Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 426
and place them between papers. The globeswill very soon dis-charge the spores, <-^vwhich will appear «g.on the paper as afine powder. Be-fore sowing thespores it is best tobake the sand todestroy the seedsof other plants,as otherwise theymight grow be-fore the ferns andchoke them out,just as the… … spores carefully scattered upon it. The sauceris then covered with the glass and set in ashady place. It must be kept moist and pre-vented from getting chilled. In a few weeks a green filmwill appearon the sand,and the greenscales slowlygrow larger,and then oneby one theyoung frondswill…
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