THE FEEN PAEAD1 SE. 
a summer-house can be beautified by association 
with the flowerless plants ? 
The possessor of a dreary courtyard, stretch- 
ing, for instance, but a few feet in length from the 
house wall to an opposite wall, limiting the space 
of the occupier, and towering high and keeping- 
out the sun, would probably be astonished to find 
how much he might accomplish that would be 
pleasant and delightful should he earnestly set to 
work to transform such a yard into a Fern para- 
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