FERNERY 



the case under a tracery of delicate greenery, 

 and plant low-growing plants about the base of 

 the large plant, which may be a Palm, a Dra- 

 cena, a Boston Fern, or an Asparagus 'plu- 

 mosus nanus. In winter a Calla will flourish 

 there, and Primula obconica can be planted 

 about it thickly, and made to cover the soil with 

 its pretty foliage, above which its starry flow- 

 ers will show to fine effect. In fact, almost any 

 moisture-loving plant can be grown in a case 

 of this kind, for the air inside it will not be as 

 close as that inside the little ferneries made of 

 iron and glass. Mosses from the woods, wild 

 Ferns, Checkerberry and Prince's Pine will live 

 for a long time in it, and often they will flour- 

 ish in it as well as any of the plants obtained 

 from the greenhouse. This will quite likely 

 be the case if you lift them with a good deal of 

 native soil adhering to their roots and plant 

 them before it has a chance to become dry. 



