FERNS AND SELAGINELLAS. 



TT70NDERFUL is the diversity of trie vegetable kingdom as represented by the 

 * ' various kinds of plants. In orchids we find the most peculiar, as well as the 

 most gorgeous, of flowers ; in ferns no flowers are to be seen, yet these two widely 



Fig. 94. The Ferneey at Ihpney. 



distinct families are often found in pleasing association, each enhancing the beauty of 

 the other, as in groups of " Orchids and Terns " at exhibitions, as well as in numerous 

 home decorations. Orchids having had a generous share of attention in the foregoing 

 chapter, we now turn to their elegant associates. 



