FE11N WINDOWS. 
in it for ventilation. Amongst some of the middle 
classes the rooms in the basements of houses — 
when the basements are below the garden level — 
are often used as sitting-rooms. In such cases 
the utilization of the half-lighted windows and 
window-sills for growing Ferns will be very de- 
sirable, for the reason that so large a portion of 
the time of the family is spent in these downstair 
rooms. 
Coming to the ground level of a house we shall 
often find shady windows looking down upon the 
area courtyard or garden. By adjusting to the 
outside of such windows a small glass- covered 
framework, projecting over the area or garden, a 
little Fern-house could be established, that would 
be pleasant not only from inside but from outside of 
the house. Perhaps higher up in a house a win- 
dow might be found looking out, say from the 
landing of the stairs upon leads, whereon perhaps 
the water-cistern is placed. The leads are sure to 
be provided with a sink for disposing of rain- 
water, or the waste water from the cistern. Upon 
the leads a Fern rockery may be easily constructed, 
and, without difficulty, the waste water of the 
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