. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 942 The American Florist. Dec. 3J, find every conceivable kind of growth and great diversity of habit and requirements. Notwithstanding all this, no other plants are so easily managed in cultivation as ferns. While it is considered necessary to have a knowledge of the various species in order to excel in their cultivation, yet the whole family can be satisfactorily culti- of much importance, as the value of leaf mould is acknowledged by our leading growers. Clean, sharp river sand is the best we can use to keep th
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 942 The American Florist. Dec. 3J, find every conceivable kind of growth and great diversity of habit and requirements. Notwithstanding all this, no other plants are so easily managed in cultivation as ferns. While it is considered necessary to have a knowledge of the various species in order to excel in their cultivation, yet the whole family can be satisfactorily culti- of much importance, as the value of leaf mould is acknowledged by our leading growers. Clean, sharp river sand is the best we can use to keep the compost open and admit the passage of surplus water freely through the soil. Charcoal is very valuable, broken small, and can be freely mixed with the compost for some vari- eties of ferns. It is also a valuable agency. HOUSE OF LILACS AT LOUIS DUPUY'S, WHITESTONE, N. Y. (See page 944.) DECEMBER, vated by careful attention to a few rules: First, the right kind of soil to use; second, a certain temperature must be main- tained winter and summer; third, a moist atmosphere free from draughts; fourth, abundance of light, at the same time pro- tection from the scorching rays of the sun during the summer months. We find most tropical ferns are evergreen, that is to say, they retain theirfoliage until new foliage is produced the following season, and some varieties retain their foliage for a number of years. Very few of the trop- ical varieties are deciduous, while among the species from colder climates we find the deciduous varieties predominate. The great mistake made by a novice is when ferns, having lost their foliage, are placed on their sides or put away in some corner of the greenhouse unseen and forgotten, and then left for weeks without water. The chances are theroots are injured, and if the plants are not killed outright it is impossible lor them to make such vig- orous growths the following season as they would if they had been kept contin- ually damp. Those that have los
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