46 Ferns and Fern Culture. 
foliage, and it will constitute a splendid ornament of 
nature. i 
Iron pillars, sometimes indispensable in ferneries, and 
yet eyesores, if surrounded by wire netting, with room 
left for a lining of moss and a quantity of soil, may be 
converted into ornaments by planting small Ferns in the 
2. 
‘Tree Fern STEM. 
(Showing Ferns planted on it.) 
moss and keeping the wholedamp. They will soon grow, 
and pay well for the little expense and trouble incurred: 
POTTING. 
The time for potting stove and warm greenhouse 
varieties is February or the beginning of March; for 
