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title: "The Victorian Fern Craze (Shire Library) Paperback – 30 Oct. 2009"
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# The Victorian Fern Craze (Shire Library) Paperback – 30 Oct. 2009

**Brand:** sarah whittingham
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    CCCRRRRAAAZZZZZZZZZEEEEEEEE ferns.
  

*by M***L on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 6 September 2012*

This is a pleasing introduction to a Victorian craze that we all kind of knew about but didn't really know we knew. If you know what I mean. The typical over-stuffed Victorian parlour would not be complete for a gentleman (in his smokin' jacket) without those glass Wardian cases filled with an imitation fern gully and a small tribe of miniature Maoris. Or what seaside town would be complete without one of those huge glass steam-powered Winter Gardens to get lost in. The ferns were just one part of the Victorian fascination for creating chines, grottos and fairy hollows. In fact, many a collector of rare ferns was never seen again after disappearing down a fairy-hole and this was probably the cause of the fad dying out as the body of expertise dwindled to just a few hardened nutters armed to the teeth with knives and shotguns, but sadly lacking in any communication skills.This slim book runs to about 60 pages and has many colour pictures. It is part of a worthy series by the Shire Library about such cultural cornerstones as garden gnomes and beach huts.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    A stunning and welcome slice of social history that sheds light on to the neglected subject of Victorian ferneries.
  

*by A***R on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 March 2017*

A clear and concise book on the subject of Pteridomania that has long fascinated me. Her writing is full of insights into how the fern craze progressed through the 19th and up to the first world war. I had no idea that so many ferneries were built across the UK on such a scale. Also she captures the effect of the fern craze on the decorative arts beautifully, showing how almost every aspect of the arts contained fern related objects and  images.This small book has now made me want to read her bigger work "Pteridomania" on the subject.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Interesting little book.
  

*by R***L on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 December 2019*

Interesting, dispatched on time, no complaints.

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