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tions which it contains ? There is the greater 

 reason to hope for such a result because of the 

 very small amount of trouble and expense which 

 need be involved in the attempt. Those, of 

 course, who possess the necessary means, and 

 who are not pressed for time, and who, moreover, 

 are inclined to enter thoroughly and heartily into 

 the spirit of the Author's suggestions, can carry 

 them out with the most elaborate completeness. 

 There are abundant facilities for the exercise of 

 the most luxurious and expensive taste in the 

 selection of the accessories needed for trans- 

 forming into a ' Fern Paradise ' either dwelling- 

 house or garden. In the drawing-rooms and 

 sitting-rooms of the houses belonging to the rich 

 it is not by any means uncommon to find plant- 

 cases or flower-pots of an ornamental kind. 

 Sometimes a number of these may be found in 

 one room, and the fact is an indication that the 

 owner or some member of his household possesses 

 a taste which is strongly appreciative of the 

 beauties of Nature. Sometimes the plants are 

 Ferns, more frequently they are flowering plants. 

 But even in cases where this taste for introducing 



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