3 4 Dwelling-houses. 



which grew under glass in his garden, he devoted 

 a stable loft to the same favourite, which he sur- 

 rounded with boxes of this fern, with tops or fronts 

 of glass. 



Mr. Callwell had but few specimens of this fern ; 

 but one of these filled a glass-case some four feet 

 long by nearly as many wide, which stood on a lobby 

 in his dwelling-house, and which was so admired 

 by Dr. Ward, of "Wardian-case celebrity, that he 

 seriously asked Mr. C. if he would take 250 for it. 

 Half the garden Mr. Callwell covered with glass, and 

 made of it a rock- work fernery, which was very suc- 

 cessful . 



Amongst foreign ferns, hardy, and nearly so, for 

 trial in such places, I name Woodwardia radicam, 

 Cyrtomium falcatum, Onycldiim Japonicum, of whicli 

 latter the crowns may sometimes require slight pro- 

 tection, as by dried leaves, or turf-mould, or other- 

 wise ; Pteris scdberula, and others of the genus. 

 P. cretica albo-lineata stands out in different places. 

 Gymnoyramma Japonica, Lomaria Magcllamca, and 

 L. Chilemis, whose fronds are sometimes three feet 

 long. Onoclea semibilis, which luxuriating in moisture 

 may be well grown in damp places. Stwihwgteri* 

 Germanica, with fronds three feet long ; S. Pennsylva- 

 nica, S. Japonica, Polysticum acrostieoides y and others. 



There are numbers of stables in and about our 

 cities and towns where a horse is not kept, and of 

 which little if any use is made, some of which might 

 readily be transformed into conservatory or hot- 



