THE FERN PARADISE. 
tions for their successful culture. We heartily 
wish him success.’ 1 
A weekly journal, which is widely read by the 
working classes, in commenting on the Author’s 
suggestions, remarks, — 4 The poor work-folk of 
this country have assuredly few artistic tastes, 
and the fact is not wonderful, seeing how difficult 
it is for them to encourage any such instincts Fhey 
may have ; but they have an overweening love of 
flowers. The dreariest window in Westminster is 
enlivened with one pot, at all events, of sweet- 
smelling blossoms, which have been carefully reared 
from a struggling root. If Ferns take the place 
of these, for the most part, unsuccessfully- 
developed flowers, an abundant crop will answer 
the care of the lovers of Nature, who are anxious 
to have what is familiarly called 4 a bit of green ’ in 
their homes. There is no defining what good, at 
some moment or other, that 4 bit of green ’ may 
not effect in the human heart.’ 2 The writer of 
this notice concluded that at the Author’s bidding 
4 Ferns would be certain to spring up in many 
1 The Guardian. 2 Lloyd's Newspaper. 
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