CHAPTER II. 



MEANS TO THE END. 



give the practical suggestions which 

 Fern -lovers will need to assist them in 

 carrying out the proposals contained 

 in this volume is the object of the present 

 chapter. And, first, it must be premised that, 

 if elaborate and artistic accessories to Fern- 

 culture at home should be beyond the means of 

 the Fern-cultivator, beautiful effects may be pro- 

 duced by the tasteful arrangement of Ferns in the 

 simplest and least expensive manner. 



The name of Fern-accessories is legion. If it 

 be desired to grow the graceful plants in enclosed 

 miniature gardens, resort must be had to Fern- 

 8 cases ' a designation which is applied in a 



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