fernery
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How to use fernery in a sentence
Had a careless servant broken the glass of her fernery again?
Queen Hildegarde | Laura Elizabeth Howe RichardsIn the center goes a silver or plated fernery, filled with ferns and asparagus vines, on a mirror tray, or an épergne with fruit.
The Complete Bachelor | Walter GermainSo we took our beer out in the fernery and got a cool place at a little table in a quiet corner amongst the fern boxes.
Children of the Bush | Henry LawsonThe rarely visited fernery at the end of this garden well deserves more frequent visits.
Intimate China | Mrs. Archibald LittleA case of stuffed birds, a few large pots of tropical plants, and a fernery are in keeping with the dining-room appointments.
The Ladies Book of Useful Information | Anonymous
British Dictionary definitions for fernery
/ (ˈfɜːnərɪ) /
a place where ferns are grown
a collection of ferns grown in such a place
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