Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 232, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 September 1915 — SUNLIGHT FOR THE FERNS [ARTICLE]

SUNLIGHT FOR THE FERNS

i. Ml ee-»e- m>J>. «> I JIPM *» - * . Plants <la«not Be Expected to* Appear Their Best* Without the >*l ] the Sun’s Rays. •>'■<" •' | ______ | Some people think ferns must have; Shat *le» not true, Ferps will live in the shade, and there are wemeisortS, of eourse.-that are scotched toy the isun. * Bub -most -ferns that are ‘cultivated-- in the * bouse like deal of sunlight, and never do thdjr| best without it. lie WlndtoWbokes wherte ferriS aregrowIng shouM be -eptinkied lavtshly twice ] a day. If the leaves are dry and dusty they should be well shaken be-' 'iMfift’tewvSrUto fill your boxes from an old hotbed—-,,-about Failing that, take njiy, and enrich it with, ammonia and bone meal, railed thoroughly. A heaping ■ teaspoonful' Of -the bone meal or ia tablespoonful of* manure is enough fair '*» six-inch pot >df-earth! Neither muqtbe kept directly on thipiroots of the| plants. Liquid fertilizer,- likewise, must? tofei%pt off the Wits,' stfefldi Anil’ lWaveSl ’iA hoie’kf *Oifto’ sia« ! of *jirit WMae’*the n pot i riffi, pdttf in * tihial : fbtttflkefl krid ffet 'ft fiifllt,’then put bapkl the earth. * J * ;<J<W> iW r,,il