ts head, when laid back, looks and shade the case for a day or two; then give it the morn- most comically like the quill pens which clerks or secretaries ing sun each day for an hour or two, and your ferns will used sometimes to put behind their ears. soon start. Nothing can be more interesting… … two or three in number, and about the of the case, if it is large enough to ad- THE SECRETARY BIRD. same size as those of a goose, but‘some- mit of it, and those requiring more what rounder; the shellis either pure white or slightly moisture should be placed nearer the sides of the case, and…
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