FERNERIES, WARDIAN CASES, AND FERN DECORATIONS. 



The fern case offers to us the very simplest of all means of household plant 

 pleasures. Many who cannot afford a green house, or conservatory, or go to the 

 expense of fitting up a plant cabinet, will find an abundant solace in this simple 

 and inexpensive method of growing indoor plants. 



The use of these small glass cases for plants, are numerous. They occupy very 



Fig. 38. Fern, (Platyloma cordata. 



little room, are usually ornamental enough to be placed on any table or parlor 

 stand. When once filled, they need little or no attention for many weeks ; require 

 no unusual care as to watering; can be readily removed from one room to another ; 

 are not as quickly affected by changes of temperature as plants in the open air 

 of our sitting rooms. 



But a more favorable feature in their use is een when we say that they afford 



