INTRODUCTORY. 



'Grotto.' But for this, its originator would 

 probably not have been able to indulge his com- 

 mendable taste. He was anxious to have the 

 Author's opinion as to the practicability of adding 

 Ferns to his little stock of plants, and he was 

 greatly pleased to learn that it was just in such a 

 situation as that of the ' Fairy Grotto' that Ferns 

 would grow, and that they would not miss the 

 sunshine, and would add more grace to their ex- 

 temporized surroundings than the weeds and 

 other wild growths which Mr. Devey had brought 

 into such close companionship with himself in 

 his tiny garden. 



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