The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-08-27
,asy Work for Non1eliS,nal
Ferncries Always Marketable
The Case and It's dornmert.
Should Have Glass Cover.
Ferns to Put in t. ther5
Flowers That Will Will Flourish :a'Fl
Under the Glass.
By. Dora May Morrell.

s'4sIf New York "a a9f
rom late summer until the frost comes
is the time for making iernsT,es, ano ,m9
- forthe holiday season or tor an
can be devised. There is scarcei Y a Sloca!tty;
where one may not find the plants for these
IL one will go into the country: even when
one lives In g city. but as some W c'tlN
do not like to make an effort even 70 secure e
the thing they prize there is A good business 'i
for other women In making these pretty tnins
for sale The work Is easy, and there -
always market Tor ferneres when are re-
small enough to sell chea Ply hose " S ~
spend their vacation where ferns STOW can an
bring home with them souvenir thu 9tneae,
which viii remind them Of summer 1oys'
though whit er's SHOWS are thick
Before getting your plants provide .. your,
box or may be bought II q bog is chosen y
must DO nailed very closely ano 10 WI, ~ IN
to cover tho angles Of the tour Wl.a
stri nn Of tin,5 so that the necessary moisture
shall not make the box fall 70 NJ
u. green, red or brown The first ana third
e9lers aeoTa
sha ped twgs ichens and the bits IRON, .,ic
woods that keep their form. Sou can. MAKE z
decorative sass s snd o @ yer
ssfterS ali 81. tackled in place. woman can
do thIs bit goe ca rpentry as We'll az atls oae
else and az one q -, the az In sone sea-
.on. Were supplied by#one OF rs
About five inches is the proper d ertll Tor the
case. /. ii [, Il 35s X S4
although ferneries sthriye Without Elass
covers. they do much better VII glass oy ..
them and The rs,ulis fs hat
M one starring a fernery should omit IN
glass sides and prevents y, ~, WOO ~
growths from being dr,so and also saves
men, tho dust tina cannot be avoided. Water.
ing the fcrncr3 once q WecK M :,
rnvcr, 'tbnn III can gain By daily watering
p,itho,it IL etltes IT necessary 70 raisa
the glass IL the fernery stands ~ sunny
Ella - the i, ear,y atmosphere that one 3
in 4 greenhouse. Nothing dries under IT,: {,
You can buy oval and round glass c2Xe =
for fern an ISh,e' y y eaane
stockD al The stores YOU car MAKE ~ trol,
window glass cut 70 the Saund
s9r nj hinges. 80 that sheI,
y Convenience q to have the top Glass Gul., on
the plants needs more air. y y nnf, ,,' n1re
convenient to lit the cover nan ~
tho entire glass top. ,sta Il ssssS 3
being sure that your boy Is light. eno o. g,
IL Void together but not without soWes Dram.
age holes In the bottom. prepare the e, earth
for he plant Over the bottom n!ars
layer Of pebbles .nlns
the sar'h ana aHen have drainage.
ne gn,e WI ms with florists moss or tho gray
dry NOES that you find u Sthe WOODS ,ars
the earth for the e eass s is soil
- which they are accustomed and they. VIII
thrlye In Il ms they viii not IN tha you set
what You shall put q depends 600
deal upon tho size OF the box, but speak. \,
GENERALLY you will be- wise .lo = eneoss ", ~
common brake. There are several tiny ferns.
which are more satisfactory than. the tai ex-
cent for very large 'ne y, - "
Z ~ he nut if the box IS round; let the
h,phest plants come inithe middle and the bor'
der be Of the lower varieties !. I. :. :.
IL ' IN hut ferns but perhaps you VIII .l! y
II better II. You add 10 them SOM q ne
bIosoming species which viii Dc we'll N tho
h9Sss Y t tse ca nnaes sepember
blossom by chrlstn,as at least that was the
he experience Of the writer. ~,
Sns w,tho uiD blossoms and dog tooth
Violet. Nearly ali kinds OF violets will bios;
som in the fernery tho yellow anu 4,
aysa a.pas Their Nodes!
the shadow Of fern !, under hSsh y@n
them None 2, iAsse ith ana
manv Of them viii not even stay alive unless
sven The Tier. y ona 5sans
te bosonng e thfSs hsvs ali p'th
u Usual fragrance. they Do not have * their
enTnr thr arbutus is white md the purple
vInIet. Will he OF the palest5 tint. but THIS
Snss NOT lessen their charm rs Y a. low Towers
10 not Hfade in their tint, and It almost seems
asSif tie blossoms grew IN fragra1rce VIII
Sta.l, dslieaoy Of (! .'n y! Es'3
Ins The woods will be found ma Y vines
which add 10 the otfectlyaness o. me kEssn,
ery. The choicest Of these Is partrlase .oeIIs
'fntcheila repens> whose herrlfa, ana
sresn leaves al the w sn,esr
ard Vi KEPT damp wllb greenland say WITH WITH
r,nsnsd berry 10 budding aEain and 70 herT
ries' season after season when IN q ca J,
III All EnIants when taken from . the 7. srnun Va
should have a great deal OF eaIth 1871 ap9ut
their roots and he set In their new nome affl
MIth as little disturbance as pcss' PIE: I. n J,
e war 81 WOMAN will not have the botanlsts
on "a for carrying them hut a. basket covered
~ Ira hotto,,l to keep the dirt from shnklng
an will serve about as well ~ care Is "a Ken
~ xcenthe plants iott Of the sur. They soon
wilt after being disturbed 4 not lett ~ 'he
is" When oyerythins has been set In the cas-:
the earth should be covered 90 that none ~
III Ia seen, with thick green ItosA ana ,tnls
Keeping the solls moist and cool f1yerythlnS;
the Class cover upon tho ease, set u, rather
- croi' 40 81 spot the shade is Very essen-
niT-and lei ~ stay there init everything
yeerns Ia be al home IN ~ new ne 2 Eorhooa.
BE Az fernery never should be set IN dlrect
sunlight, but may have plenty q Hight Y, 4
does not get the raSs Of the sun upon it, Al
the' ca re- that the fernery wil REQUIRED = watfr