A Home-Made Fernery

  A Home-Made Fernery 

Quite often flower lovers have a north window in their living rooms in which they have difficulty in grow ing plants. They have perhaps sufficient number of Palms, Rubber Plants, and specimen Ferns in other parts of the house, and we would suggest a home-made fernery as one of the most interesting ornaments, where they can be put beside the north window, Such a fernery can be cheaply made by anyone who has a knack of handling tools. A neat wooden or sheet iron frame, lightly fastened together, at the corners in such a manner as to hold the glass for the four sides is all that is necessary. It does not require the strong tight frame for a fernery, which would be desirable for an aquarium. There should be space near the bottom, so that a little air can be let in if necessary. Although this is not one of the requirements. At the bottom of the fernery there should be a pan about three or four inches deep filled with good light leaf mold, or loose rich sandy soil, suitable for the growth of Ferns.

References:

Home Floriculture A Complete Guide for the GROWING OF FLOWERS in the HOUSE and GARDEN CUT FLOWER WORK LANDSCAPE GARDENING ETC PAGE'S 

BY CHAS N PAGE AUTHOR FEATHERED PETS AQUARIA ETC PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR DES MOINES IOWA