THE FERN PARADISE. 



a summer-house can be beautified by association 

 with the flowerless plants ? 



The possessor of a dreary courtyard, stretch- 

 ing, for instance, but a few feet in length from the 

 liouse wall to an opposite wall, limiting the space 



of the occupier, and towering high and keeping 

 out the sun, would probably be astonished to find 

 how much he might accomplish that would be 

 pleasant and delightful should he earnestly set to 

 work to transform such a yard into a Fern para- 



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