L' EN VOI. 



The ordinary red flower-pots, for instance, are 

 within the reach of all, even the very poorest, and 

 these can be brought freely into requisition to aid 

 the Fern-lover in transforming his home into a 

 ' Fern Paradise.' The lovely plants will be none 

 the less graceful because grown in these simple 

 contrivances. On the contrary, they will show to 

 all the greater advantage when their own lovely 

 forms are left unsurrounded by artistic acces- 

 sories to speak to the eye with the quiet elo- 

 quence of natural grace. 



In the garden also, however small it may be, or, 

 as these pages have shown, even in the paved and 

 narrow yard which may exist when a garden is 

 absent, the same simplicity of arrangement will 

 suffice for producing the most pleasing effects. 

 Rockwork, for instance, will provide, perhaps, the 

 most convenient site for the disposition of garden 

 Ferns; and here it Avill be absolutely essential 

 rigidly to exclude anything like prim ornamenta- 

 tion. There must be no brilliantly-coloured or 

 polished stones ; no coral ; no regular gradation 

 of size and shape in the material used. Rough 

 misshapen blocks of stone, arranged according to 



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