CHAPTER II. 
MEANS TO THE END. 
JO give the practical suggestions which 
Fern-lovers will need to assist them in 
carrying out the proposals contained 
in this volume is the object of the present 
chapter. And, first, it must be premised that, 
if elaborate and artistic accessories to Fern- 
culture at home should be beyond the means of 
the Fern-cultivator, beautiful effects may be pro- 
duced by the tasteful arrangement of Ferns in the 
simplest and least expensive manner. 
The name of Fern-accessories is legion. If it 
be desired to grow the graceful plants in enclosed 
miniature gardens, resort must be had to Fern- 
4 cases 5 — a designation which is applied in a 
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