FERN WINDOWS. 



plants are concerned it is natural that this should 

 be so ; for, as flowering plants mostly will not 

 thrive in the sunless windows of a house, these 

 are abandoned to the dismal aspects of their 

 own bleak outlooks. 



Ferns, even from the flower windows, are too 

 frequently excluded. Why cannot this omission be 

 remedied ? There are windows in many houses 

 not sufficiently sunny for the sunniest of flowering 

 plants, yet shady enough to allow the presence of 

 some of the hardier of our Ferns. Such windows 

 are admirably adapted for growing Ferns and 

 some kinds of flowers together, and, where this is 

 possible, Ferns will add grace to their flowering 

 companions. 



Provision for drainage will be found in the 

 sinks with which area ' wells ' are always pro- 

 vided. The sink apertures can be hidden by the 

 disposition around them of cemented blocks of 

 stone. Then upon the floor of the ' well ' other 

 blocks may be placed, and in the interstices 

 Ferns may be securely planted in good soil. 

 Around the brick sides, too, pieces of stone may 

 be cemented in order to provide ' pockets ' in 



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