FeRxVeries, Wardian Cases, and Fern Decorations. 
The fern case offers to us the very simplest of all means of household plant 
pleasures. Many who cannot afford a green house, or conservatory, or go to the 
expense of fitting up a plant cabinet, will find an abundant solace in this simple 
and inexpensive method of growing indoor plants. 
The use of these small glass cases for plants, are numerous. They occupy very 
Fig. 38.— Fern, (Platylonia cordata. 
little room, are usually ornamental enough to be placed on any table or parlor 
stand. When once filled, they need little or no attention for many weeks ; require 
no unusual care as to watering; can be readily removed from one room to another; 
are not as quickly affected by changes of temperature as plants in the open air 
of our sitting rooms. 
But a more favorable feature in their use is «een when we say that they afford 
