“If the fern is planted in a pot and kept in semi-shade or even in a place where it gets some more sunlight, you will soon find the plant spreading around.”
“The other especially weedy fern is bracken, which also unusually for pteridophytes has vessels.”
“Many ferns, such as false bracken, leather fern and Pteris cretica, are drought-tolerant once established.”
“Both exotic and indigenous species were acclimatised, and specialised sections, such as rosaries, ferneries, borders, and cactus gardens, developed.”
“My aunt especially loved the smaller fern houses, the ferneries.”
“Essays discuss the buildings of the temperance movement, public ferneries, boathouses, motor houses, working women's housing, museums, courts and post offices.”