[f. FERN sb.1 + -ERY.] A place or a glass-case where ferns are grown.
1842. E. Newman, Brit. Ferns, Introd. (1844), xi. A fernery, to supersede the necessity for care and attention, should possess abundant space, a pure atmosphere, a variety of surface, natural shade, and a natural fall of water.
1863. Bates, Nat. Amazon, I. 70. The whole forest glade formed a vast fernery.
