FERN WINDOWS. 



in it for ventilation. Amongst some of the middle 

 classes the rooms in the basements of houses 

 when the basements are below the garden level 

 are often used as sitting-rooms. In such cases 

 the utilization of the half-lighted windows and 

 window-sills for growing Ferns will be very de- 

 sirable, for the reason that so large a portion of 

 the time of the family is spent in these downstair 

 rooms. 



Coming to the ground level of a house we shall 

 often find shady windows looking down upon the 

 area courtyard or garden. By adjusting to the 

 outside of such windows a small glass- covered 

 framework, projecting over the area or garden, a 

 little Fern-house could be established, that would 

 be pleasant not only from inside but from outside of 

 the house. Perhaps higher up in a house a win- 

 dow might be found looking out, say from the 

 landing of the stairs upon leads, whereon perhaps 

 the water-cistern is placed. The leads are sure to 

 be provided with a sink for disposing of rain- 

 water, or the waste water from the cistern. Upon 

 the leads a Fern rockery may be easily constructed, 

 and, without difficulty, the waste water of the 



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