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arranged as that every house, 4 be it never so 
humble,’ might become a 4 Fern Paradise.’ The 
hardier kinds, if kept within doors, will survive 
the winter, and look fresh and green throughout; 
and the more delicate and fragile of the species 
may be preserved in all their natural freshness 
‘ In firegrates surmounting trailing sprays of ivy.’—P age 156. 
under a covering of glass. Plant them in a case, 
and cover them with a shade, and then you will 
have, even in midwinter, a miniature fernery. Do 
you want a sweet smell as from a country lane ? 
Take off the covering of glass, and your tiny im¬ 
prisoned favourites will exhale the sweet familiar 
odours; and where the moisture has rested on 
