INTRODUCTION TO A FERN PARADISE AT HOME, 



arranged as that every house, ' be it never so 

 humble,' might become a { Fern Paradise.' The 

 hardier kinds, if kept within doors, will survive 

 the winter, and look fresh and green throughout ; 

 and the more delicate and fragile of the species 

 may be preserved in all their natural freshness 



'In firegrates surmounting trailing sprays of ivy.' PAGE 155. 



under a covering of glass. Plant them in a case, 

 and cover them with a shade, and then you will 

 have, even in midwinter, a miniature fernery. Do 

 you want a sweet smell as from a country lane ? 

 Take off the covering of glass, and your tiny im- 

 prisoned favourites will exhale the sweot familiar 

 odours; and where the moisture has rested on 



