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‘EERNS AND BYCOREDS: | 
‘ Turse are perhaps the most graceful of all plants. Their various forms are so elegant and their appearance so 
fresh and beautiful that they are deservedly universal favorites, The fronds of nearly all ferns, and especially those of. : 
the different Adiantuns or Maidenhair (the most graceful of all), are invaluable in the arrangement of bouquets, also “rane 
for table and other decorations. ‘The tree ferns, particularly the Dicksoaia Antarctica, with their magnificent fronds, t ret 
make very ornamental plants for the decoration of ferneries, shadehouses, verandahs, etc. Reh ms 
ie Ferns are of easy culture. Shade and moisture are essential to their successful growth. “gat ey yer Jha 
ot Cuirure.—Ferns should be examined every day: in the morning in the winter, in the afternoon or evening in S: ; 
pry summer. They must be watered freely when they are getting dry, and not again until they really require it. The best 4 
time of the year to re-pot ferns is in the spring. The soil should be kept coarse, and should consist of lumps of turfy 
) peat mixed with loam and coarse sand, so that the water may pass readily through it, or the soil will become w our and 
and the plant sickly. ates 
| Hanging ‘Baskets. _ 
Hie Microlepia Hirta Cristata. | 
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“These, when filled with ferns, make beautiful 
ornaments, and!many ferns do well and show 
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f : __ their beautiful drooping and graceful foliage to 
: adyantaga when suspended in the ‘Summer 
House. They should be kept as coolas possible. 
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