. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 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 followi
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 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 lost their foliage must be supplied with sufficient water to keep them moist while resting. The right kind of soil to use for fern cultivation is fibrous loam, and to obtain It grass sods should be taken from the field, stacked up grass side down, layer upon layer and left to stand a year or longer. By that time it will be found the roots of the grass are dead. Care should be taken in cutting the sods from the field that they are about three or not more than four inches deep, as the fibrous part of the loam is the portion we require. Leaf mould, very useful in fern culture, is made from leaves collected during the fall and allowed to lie in large heaps for a season or two, until they are entirely decomposed, or it may be collected fro
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