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plants are concerned it is natural tliat this should 
be so; for, as flowering plants mostly will not 
thrive in the sunless windows of a house, these 
are abandoned to the dismal aspects of their 
own bleak outlooks. 
Ferns, even from the flower windows, are too 
frequently excluded. Why cannot this omission be 
remedied ? There are windows in many houses 
not sufficiently sunny for the sunniest of flowering 
plants, yet shady enough to allow the presence of 
some of the hardier of our Ferns. Such windows 
are admirably adapted for growing Ferns and 
some kinds of flowers together, and, where this is 
possible, Ferns will add grace to their flowering 
companions. 
Provision for drainage will be found in the 
sinks with which area ‘wells’ are always pro¬ 
vided. The sink apertures can be hidden by the 
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disposition around them of cemented blocks of 
stone. Then upon the floor of the c well ’ other 
blocks may be placed, and in the interstices 
Ferns may be securely planted in good soil. 
Around the brick sides, too, pieces of stone may 
be cemented in order to provide e pockets ’ in 
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