the 
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AND 
greenhouse. 
]lAISni& FEBNS PBOM SEED. 
Oftbe..auyop.atio.sP^--^^^ 
3 mauy r 
dening, none ’"■® raising of 
ing than the most kinds 
Ferns from spores or seeds, wh 
l,ear abundantly. In 
conditions are favorable, e _ 
suitable resting-places, on wn 
minate fully. Indeed, the ^ on 
seen in—"'' '"’""t'Hns damp bncKs, on 
ivast quantities on damp- . 
the sides of pots, on the sm-face of 
and in all sorts of positions. ’ 
ever Ferus come up in this pron 
Son, few think of sowing and raming 
them from spores; what young o™s hoy get 
are by chance, but if any one will foUon 
out the directions here given they may rear 
as many .as they please, and that witioii 
ranch trouble 
The most important point toward the 
successful raising of Ferns is the preparation 
of the pots, which should be three parts 
filled with find potsherds, or soft red brick; 
then add the soil and press it down amt make 
it pei’feetly level .and smooth on the surface. 
Before doing this, however, it is always ad¬ 
visable to subject the soil, which slionld bo a 
mixture of peat and fibry loam, to a good 
baking on a flue or other hot place, so as to 
destroy any eggs of slugs or weed seeds, in 
order that there may be notliing to interfere 
with the young Ferns when they come up. 
In sowing the spores, take the fi-ond they 
are on, after it has lain between paper for a 
few days, and sweep off the seed lightly with 
a brush in such a way that it may fall reg¬ 
ularly oyer the soil. When this is done, the 
pot should bo covered with a pane of glass 
and at once placed in shallow pans of water, 
and then set in a shady position in any house 
in which the temperature is kept between 
G0° and .S0°; but this degree of heat is only 
necessary for the stove kinds; the green¬ 
house and hardy varieties germinate freely 
in any eold-fi’ame, and may oven be raised 
successfully in the window of a dwolling- 
hoiise or behind a wall in the open air. 
T.he first thing to be seen in the germina¬ 
tion of Ferns is a filmy green scale, or pmo- 
thalliis; numbers of these soon spread 
themselves out over the surface of the soil, 
which they quickly cover, and after a short 
time tiny leaves or fronds maybe discovered 
emerging from the center of the scales • and 
ttese fronds go on multiplying and increas¬ 
ing in si.e till perfect plants are formed. 
Up to this stage it will bo necessary to keep 
the glasses close on the pots, as confined air 
and moisture are life to the young seedlings ■ 
but should they show signs of damping, then 
the glasses must be slightly tilted for an 
hour or two each day and lot down again 
,.■7 soon as the minute plants can be fairlv 
distinguished and .are large enough to h-.. ,ii ^ 
by bending a thin piece of tough green ,v„en’ 
and use them for taking hokUf th, ’ 
Ferns, when, with a point^ «t 1 
other h,and, they may be dibbled • ^ 
without bruising or inlrfi f 
way For pricking the seedlings"'i;," 
peat and lo.am, mixed with a little sa’nd js 
tuo soil, 
be necessary to ^ unless the pots 
^gthemwith panes 
be set under 
ing-boxes, where Wherevei 
to give the pte t g no sun 
placed, it should be bor 
them all up- To p^ diu'ing the greater 
should bo kept ovoi • „ ^„d evening 
i fbfi dav and inorning auu o 
part of the t ^ ^ ^th a synnge. 
the plants should bo bedo 
sofl may be employed, and to lusiu’o the 
porosity of tliis,-au 
Lucultiv.ation,-it is a ge«dP^\^" 
in with it some cli.arcoal in small pieces 01 
finely broken crocks, soft bricks or cinders, 
round any of which the roots will cling. 
S. n., in Lmuion Garden. 
NEPHROLEPIS DUFFII, 
to S inches, above which is a narrow linear 
frond about halt an inch wide dividing into 
a mnltified apex. The fronds h.avo a di'oop- 
uig habit, with small roiimled pinnro, which 
lave the peculiarity of growing two together 
from the same point, and .are crenato on the 
bftT’i '''g'' toinporaturo for its 
best <levelopincnt. 
AUCUBA JAPONIOA. 
ort!.et;'‘ 2 ';;:’, 
plants. ’There it wMl""'*’ ■Tapanoso 
very cold itC" ^ 
several of thorn resisted the 1 ^ 
tnrs, when a greni severest win- 
greens. ’ '^'‘einos, and Ever- 
'ilMeions, and'tCt" bSoJu 
^---Uhe Pistillate, and 
uau. ---—vi-puuB. 3m ^ 
staininate plant was introduced f. Ht 
by Von Siehold, all the female 
■f , ■ 1 ■ ^«Hiaie pw* 
fruit, which IS exceedingly 
This slu'uh is also very interest’ ’ 
pot plant; of eoiu’se, principally the *1 
There are a gi-eat many Varieties^’*'^'’'“‘«. 
obtained some by artificial cross fe ' ^ 
some with small and large lear'*^**^’®®, 
plain green, and some variegated an^’ 
yellow. If a dozen female plants *^''**®^ 
ted and put in a gi-eenhouse with 
only, they will all he fertilized andT 
with seed-pods in December, whi 
become reddish about February, and*'" '1" 
on tlie plants until the end of March"'"'" 
that state they are exceedingly oma'Ll^/'; 
for in-door decoration, at a time when fl " 
are scarce, and by their fine glossy i^"'" 
they show to good advantage with "tf* 
nlnnf.S- 
ti.< 
plants 
Their propagation is very easy, ei 
I" \ 1-1 r ■' 
put in water strike roots rapidly, and this’ 
tho best mode to multiply them, althoiH 
they may also be raised from seed. “ 
Jean Sisley, France. 
NEPHEOLEPIS DUFFII. 
A very distinct and remarkable Pern, of a 
elose-tiifted li.abit of gi'owth, producing nn- 
inevons fronds of a very peculiar character, 
and exceedingly ornamental. Tliey attain a 
lieight of about 2 feet, with a bare stem of 6 
BOSES FOE WHTDOWS, 
Roses require a season of rest some time- I' I ' 
they cannot be forced continuously the year 
around. If we secure a good gi'owth earlyin 
tho season, the plants will have ample time 
to ripen their wood before freezing weather 
sets in. Should they take a rest dining 
o.arly summer and form their growth only in 
late autumn, the show of bloom will in con- 
sequouco be meager. 
There are two systems in use; oneistopot 
tho plants into five or six inch size, using 
liglit turfy rich soil, with good drainage, and 
then sink tho pot up to the rim in the gromid. 
Cover the surface of the soil with a light 
mulch to prevent evaporation, and w.afer 
frequently. An occasional doso of weak 
liquid manure, and soapsuds from the 
kitelion, wnll stimulate the growth. They 
may i-omain in tho open air till the ground 
freezes; then prune back the strongest shoots 
.and rcinovo iu-doors. 
Tho other system is that of planting the 
Roses in the open ground early in siinimer, 
.allowing them to remain there until late 
autumn ; then c.aroftilly lift and pot. In 
case tho plants nooessarily receive a chec' 
which may or may not injure them for fuf‘ 
ing purposes, dopoiidiiig altogether npo" * 
care bestowed. For tho novice, the forn'er 
plan would, perhaps, prove prefera 
People wlio lovo flowers generally 
with them, boeiuiso tlioy aro always on 
alort to water at tho right tiiiio, to 
all injurious insects, and to give a * g 
fr’osh air on suitable days.— .losiAii I 00 
in N. V. Trihiciw. 
STIGMAPHYLLON OlLIATHM. 
This plant, a native of Driizil, jj jg 
soon of tenor in groonhousos tliaiHh (,t 
of a climbing habit, tho loaves, tUo - 
wliieh aro fringed with hairs, aro 0 
cons hue. Tho flowers aro in 
hols of a rich yellow color, and con u 
hloom tho oiitiro suminor. Tho P'’0P ^ 
Is a mixture of loam and loaf moW- -jiy 
should bo takon to have tho shoots p^ , 
Ciu''’ 
Irainod as they aro liable to. got 6 “' 
