. The century book of gardening; a comprehensive work for every lover of the garden. Gardening. 350 THE CENTURY BOOK OF GARDENING. rooting into the stuff below, and in a surprisingly short time a fine established clump will lint the juncture of the rock with the soil. It may be taken as a rule that interspersed rocks are congenial to Ferns. They keep the soil from baking and encourage root- formation, and man\' a Fern will thrive if treated a la Parsley, minus perhaps so liberal a covering, since as a rule the crowns are better above the surface but in the shade. Hart's-tongues are wall Ferns
. The century book of gardening; a comprehensive work for every lover of the garden. Gardening. 350 THE CENTURY BOOK OF GARDENING. rooting into the stuff below, and in a surprisingly short time a fine established clump will lint the juncture of the rock with the soil. It may be taken as a rule that interspersed rocks are congenial to Ferns. They keep the soil from baking and encourage root- formation, and man\' a Fern will thrive if treated a la Parsley, minus perhaps so liberal a covering, since as a rule the crowns are better above the surface but in the shade. Hart's-tongues are wall Ferns as well as ground Ferns, and require a little lime in the coil, hence if planted at a north wall foot they thrive capitally. The Male or Buckler Ferns do well in any soil, but the Mountain Buckler Fern (L. montana) does not like lime or hard water, and does well in a yellow loam. Blechnum Spicant, the Hard Fern, has the same dislike, but prefers a little more peat or leaf mould, assuming its largest size in the latter. The common Polypody, a denizen of old trees and wall tops where leaf mould has collected, indicates its predilections thereby; good sandy leaf mould and awell-drained and sloping position suit it best. Its pretty cousins, the Oak Fern (P. Dryop- teris), the Beech Fern (P. Phegop- teris), and the Lime- stone Poly- pody (P. cal- careum) want The Spleenworts,. 1ERNS BY STREAUSIuE. VEN HOUSE, SOMERSET. a looser leafy compost and a shaded nook ; the last-named needs some lime, one and all, are rock-lovers and need a chink, and, as a rule, some lime as well. Finally, those who can and do grow Ferns in their little domains should ignore the common forms to a large extent, especially as fronting plants, and give a good selection of the best varieties at any rate an equal chance. Their relative merits would then speedily become clear, and the varietal forms undoubtedly would oust the common or normal types entirely, to the cultivator's great advantage. CULTURAL HINTS AND
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