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THE EEKN PAEADISE 
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- 
