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THE FERN PARADISE. 
yet, given such, minute descriptions as might 
enable the young botanist accurately to distinguish 
one from another. 
We have simply endeavoured to create a general 
love for the plants themselves, with the object of 
showing that, exquisitely graceful and beautiful 
as they are when seen growing wild in the situ¬ 
ations which are natural to them, they will carry 
that native grace and beauty with them wherever 
they may be transplanted ; with the object, too, 
of urging that Ferns should be grown in every 
garden, and be found in every house, however 
humble it may be; for the lovely plants will 
be charming no less in the cottage of the 
peasant than in the mansion of the squire—no 
less in the garret window than in the handsome 
conservatory. 
We do not write so much for those who live in 
the country as for those who live in our cities 
and in our large towns, and who can only get 
their peeps at Ferns during occasional visits to 
the country. There are few homes which do not 
possess plants or flowers of some kind. Even 
when a house has no garden attached to it—and 
