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plants. The proper window for ferns and mosses 

 would be one the sun does not shine upon. In such 

 a window, with water now and then overhead, they 

 would grow and thrive nicely. To have them exposed 

 to the sun throws them into an unhealthy, lingering 

 state, and then they are far from being satisfactory. 



I am sure nothing could be so pleasant, as to see 

 the plants you have taken under your care, thriving 

 and healthy. Any little trouble you have had with 

 them you will feel is paid back with good interest. An 

 hour or two spent in tending your plants is never lost, 

 and will cause no sad reflections in the mind, such as 

 there might be, if the same time had been spent idling 

 about. The love of flowers ennobles and purifies the 

 heart and fills the soul with thoughts and ideas of the 

 beautiful, that might never have been called forth, if 

 the lovely flowers had not been present. There are 

 very few who do not love to linger over a pretty 

 flower, admiring its glorious tints and exquisite pro- 

 portions. What would the world be without the charm 

 of their existence ? We should miss the richest charms 

 and graces of Nature, and the world would be indeed 

 dull with no modest Daisy or queenly Rose to deck 

 the path of life. The thinking mind recognises in 

 them the hand of the Omnipotent Ceeatok. It is 

 He alone who could call forth such lovely delicate 

 creations as the Lily or the Rose. And nothing 

 evinces the almighty power of His Hand so well as the 

 floral beauties of Nature in all their varied forms and 

 gorgeous hues. 



