PKEFACE. 
Still, Ferns arc not to be grown with as much ease as 
geraniums; they are tender plants, and want -careful 
culture and nursing, but they will soon repay their cost in 
glorious displays of beauty. But there is no mystery 
about them. The greater number of our native species can 
be made to thrive and increase with a very moderate 
attention, provided it be of the right sort ; and we shall 
here enumerate such particulars as will enable any person 
fond of Ferns and Mosses to maintain a respectable collec- 
lion at but little cost, cither of time or money. 
