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THE FERN PARADISE. 
We have simply endeavoured to create a general 
love for the plants themselves, with the object of 
showing that, exquisitely graceful and beautiful 
as they are when seen growing wild in the situ- 
ations which are natural to them, they will carry 
that native grace and beauty with them wherever 
they may be transplanted ; with the object, too, 
of urging that ferns should be grown in every 
garden, and be found in every house, however 
humble it may be ; for the lovely plants will 
shed their soft charms no less in the cottage of 
the peasant than in the mansion of the squire — 
no less in the garret window than in the handsome 
conservatory. 
We do not write for those who have any 
acquaintance with ferns ; we do not write so much 
for those who live in the country as for those who 
live in our cities and in our large towns, and who 
too frequently are content to get their peeps at 
ferns during their rare and occasional visits to the 
country. There are few homes which do not 
possess plants or flowers of some kind. Even 
when a house has no garden attached to it — and 
