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in the form of square pieces of pottery, which may be nailed flat against the 

 wall. In the lower portion of the front appears a projection of a shell, and with- 

 in it is a small cavity for holding the plants. Being of various sizes, any style 

 of arrangement can be ingeniously formed, and at slight expense. 



These designs are as yet unknown in the United States, but can be quickly 

 imported to order by any one; or our pottery manufacturers could soon supply 

 any demand by making any pattern and casting therefrom. 



They are elegant in appearance and effect, and the general testimony is to the 

 effect that the ferns thrive yery well in them. 



Fig. 63.— Feiu Stand. Fig. 64.— Fern Stand. 



Figs. 52 and 53 introduce several pretty Parlor Ferneries, of easy manufacture, 

 the former in the shape of a rectangle, about 2 feet long by one and a quarter foot 

 wide, and two feet in height. The other with six sides, curving to the top, 

 from which suspends a little wire hanging basket. These designs are soon 

 constructed by any cabinet maker. 



A pleasant story is told of a gardener near London, England, who, instead of 

 following the invariable fashion of devoting the high stone walls surrounding his 

 enclosed garden, to wall fruit, determined to cover it with ferns. 



" The wall was 14 feet in height and 400 feet in length. It was then very old, 

 and having been originally built of a dark red brick, much in use in that day 

 in the district, it had a venerable and picturesque appearance. From the 

 ground line to the summit it was all the summer long dotted over with ferny 

 tufts of herbage, some sparkling with the hue of emerald, others shading off to 



