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FERNS AND. FERNERIES. 
Another very useful ground creeper is the Money-wort 
Loose-strife (Lysimachia Nummularia ), fig. 14; its grace¬ 
ful festoons adorned with glossy leaves and large yellow 
flowers will always make the fernery attractive, but as 
it is a quick grower too much of it must not be planted, 
especially when the fernery is first made. Also, if there 
is any part of the fernery especially moist, the Creeping 
Water Forget-me-not (Myosotis palustris) can be made 
to grow well It is scarcely possible to give it too much 
water. Many other species of wild plants can also be 
added, but I have mentioned some of the best. 
If possible, choose the site of the fernery under trees, 
or the north-east aspect of a wall, leaving the north and 
east aspects well open, and the south and west partially 
protected from the full rays of the sun. Having thus 
made the fernery, our next object is to plant ferns as 
nearly as possible according to their habitats. Though 
not difficult, this requires care, and if it is desired to 
make the “ fernery” a lasting testimony of our skill and 
taste, it would be better to insert each fern in a flower¬ 
pot or cocoa-nut shell filled with the necessary soil fitted 
for its growth ; but if we trust to the chances of growth, 
