CHAPTER IV. 



FERN WINDOWS. 



the delightful practice of e window 

 *~\P*\n g ar dening' uas come into vogue town 

 ^i^S dwellings have assumed where this 

 practice is pursued a far more pleasant aspect 

 than they formerly did when there was no 

 thought of utilizing windows for floral purposes. 

 But though we have said that there has been, 

 during recent years, a great increase in the 

 practice of ' window gardening,' it is still very 

 far indeed from having reached its full develop- 

 ment. Year by year it is true the number of 

 window gardeners, both amongst rich and poor, 

 is sensibly. augmented. In the fashionable parts 

 of our towns well-to-do house occupiers some- 



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