New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-03
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THE JARDINIERE FOR WILD FLOWERS
This "a inst the season 10 start a 1ardinere OF
Wild flowers The best receptacle for this IL a
shallow basket OF silver or stone ware. properly
fitted with metal Innings 10 receive the plants
This lining may be removed. and is arranged for
drainage. When the fernery IL not serving as n
ceptron,oce on the dinner BILE II may be protected
nv a bell glass beneath which all manner OF DELL
cate woodland things will blossom in native love-
Illness.
II Is an astonishment TO most persons 10 see the
fragile woodland flowers even those OF the shy
sort that utterly refuse to take up habitat In the
garden bloom freely in the limited area OF such d
fernery.
The plants for small fernery may be ordered
from a florist. but the most attractive ferhery seen
this season was fitted up at home The receptacle
was a circular dish Of old blue Canton ware. which
had been purchased for a small sum al one of the
sales of cracked china" The dish was first filled
with woodland ferns planted in leaf mouId-some
budded heDaticas. with some Mltchena bearing It's
red berries \ brilliant red fungus. some RED cup
NOSES and an abundance Of green MOSES filled the
iardiniare When II was not used on the table as a
centrepiece the little woodland garden was kept In
under the bell glass, which fitted closely In the
rim OF the dish. This kept the atmosphere most
around the plants. Soon a cunp OF the peautiul
white and gold dicentra was planted with other
budded plants. Two bulbs Of yellow Erythronium
were added. Both OF these plants were taken from
the woods but could have been found at the flor
49, The limited area OF the iardiniere made II
necessary to select small varieties OF plants ana
miniature ferns, but - pine securing anu W.
,,,iniaturs bomlock :, Ing attractive
part of the greenerl rVallihg IN beauty the
madenhair. poypodun other FERNS -
Care was taken at I. eginnin 10 gather no
wild plants but those sho buds ana 10 disturb
Ia roots as little as poss aspng the earth
anvil, around them and .'o air from the
roots when the plant il be painted.
As soon as "A plant Is thrC as boSsominS sea-
son the owner OF the fernery replaces II with some
thing else ready to bloom. Several bndded roots OF
trailing arbutus have bossoned as naturally as
they would in their native wood The fragile timid
Clavtona sends out the most exquisite Mowers
The wood anemone has budded and blossomed In a
ferncrv Even the fragrant white violet OF the Tor
csts grows as naturally as In It's native shade.
The plants selected are all woodland flowers that
thrive like ferns. in the shade. Wintcrgreens. pip
sissewa and the orchis spectahiis have thrved and
blossomed in this Canton plate.
There is no expectation on the part OF the owner
that any OF these woodland blossoms VIII do any
more than blossom this season but they serve heir
nurpose by furnishing a most beautiful and attrac-
tive centrepiece for the dining table when the bell
glass IL removed and at the same time they fur-
1ish an interesting study Of the blooming habits OF
sprng flowers. over thirty varieties OF plants
twenty i'm blossom, with dozen varieties OF moses
ana Ichcns are crowded into this old blue
uIate Almost all these plants coud be found In
country stroll in the vicinity OF New-fork