TEE FERN PARADISE. 



times produce very charming effects by the pro- 

 fuse and artistic display of beautiful-leaved plants 

 and flowers. Sometimes the display is confined 

 to a simple and tasteful arrangement of flowers, 

 either on the window-sill or upon a flower-stand, 

 just inside the window. At other times the 

 windows are occupied by small conservatories, 

 which fill the space projecting equally into and 

 from the room, or are made to project only beyond 

 and outside of the window. Occasionally we 

 may see either the entire front of a city or 

 suburban residence, or the lower or upper half of 

 its front made charming by the presence of the 

 spreading leaf clusters of some climbing plant 

 virginian creeper, clematis, wistaria, or what not. 

 Such floral transformations of town dwellings 

 are very pleasant. They give pleasure, in fact, 

 not merely to the occupiers of the houses thus 

 adorned, but to all passers-by, for perhaps the 

 next best thing to a country ramble for those in 

 cities pent during the greater part of the year is 

 a walk through suburban districts made green and 

 bright and beautiful by the abundant presence of 

 trees, shrubs, and flowers. 



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