Retro Garden

I’ll seek the shaggy fern-clad hill
And watch, ‘mid murmurs muttering stern,
The seed departing from the fern
Ere wakeful demons can convey
The wonder-working charm away.
Leyden.
“The green and graceful Fern” (filices) with its exquisite tracery must not be overlooked. It recalls many noble home-scenes to British eyes. Pliny says that “of ferns there are two kinds, and they […]

Nothing can be prettier than to see a stand of ferns in the parlor or sitting-room through the winter. Their freshness, amid winter snow and desolation, is gratifying to the eye, and the richness of their growth well repays the little care and attention which they demand.
Our lady friends should gather pretty, delicate specimens […]