Ferns for Window Gardeners, 93 



CHAPTER XIV. 



FEENS FOE WINDOW GAEDENEES. 



WINDOW gardener can hardly say his selec- 

 tion of plants is complete without an addition 

 of choice Ferns and Mosses, either in pots or 

 in a Wardian case, or under a bellglass (see illustra- 

 tions, pp. 95, 96) ; and they are always a necessity for a 

 choice rockery. Their feathery growth, graceful habit, 

 and easy cultivation render them general fevourites, 

 worthy of your attention, and pleasing ornaments in 

 a stair-landing window, or a window where flowering 

 plants do not succeed for want of sunlight. 



To grow a few select ferns and mosses, in a closed or 

 Wardian case, in such a position, or in the favoured 

 precincts of your sitting-room, is a very pleasant pas- 

 time ; and more so when, as in the Warrington case, 

 you have a fernery and aquarium combined. See 

 accompanying illustration, next page. 



The common wild British Ferns and their varieties 

 being the most adaptable and easiest obtained, will be 

 the Ferns we will take principally under our notice, 

 although to be sure there are several Greenhouse ferns 



