This tiny tome (64 pages) is packed with important information about indoor ferns. The Right Fern for the Right Position in Your Home is worth the price of the book (FYI: I paid $1.50 in 1977).
You name it and I can grow it until I met these living fossils called ferns. Because we live in the Gulf Coast, where humidity and moisture (usually sweat) are rampant, one would think that ferns could grow themselves. Not so! We live with air conditioning 8 to 10 months/year. These ancient plants survived for eons in shady mists, not dried, chilly air.
The photos are excellent: I just wish there were more of them. Photos tended to include multiple plants and they werent necessarily near the text about that specimen. The info was good but the print seemed rather tiny.
A few years ago, I purchased THE HOUSE PLANT EXPERT (by D G Hessayan) and I believe it is a better option. In a mere 5 pages, it covers the necessary info to grow, propagate and salvage sick ferns (see the special problems section). There is also a colored photo or colored drawing of each species mentioned.
You name it and I can grow it until I met these living fossils called ferns. Because we live in the Gulf Coast, where humidity and moisture (usually sweat) are rampant, one would think that ferns could grow themselves. Not so! We live with air conditioning 8 to 10 months/year. These ancient plants survived for eons in shady mists, not dried, chilly air.
The photos are excellent: I just wish there were more of them. Photos tended to include multiple plants and they werent necessarily near the text about that specimen. The info was good but the print seemed rather tiny.
A few years ago, I purchased THE HOUSE PLANT EXPERT (by D G Hessayan) and I believe it is a better option. In a mere 5 pages, it covers the necessary info to grow, propagate and salvage sick ferns (see the special problems section). There is also a colored photo or colored drawing of each species mentioned.
