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and for this reason is particularly acceptable to collectors. It seems to 

 be rather shy of cultivation, and curiously enough, seems to flourish 

 best when taken least care of On our Canadian rockeries it can be 

 grown easily, and probably would succeed better in England in the 

 open air than in the conservatory. It should have an upper position in 

 the rockery where it gets complete drainage. It is a plant of compact 

 j^^rowth and great beauty. 



l^'LOWERiNc; Fern — Osnmnda regalis, (L.) 



The great beauty of this common species would always make it 

 acceptable, even in parts of England where it grows. Nowhere, how- 

 ever, is it so abundant as it is here, in our low meadows and swamps. 

 Our plant, too, has somewhat a different aspect from the British, 

 being smaller, and more ruddy in the colour of the young fronds. The 

 Canadian form has been called O. spectabilis by some botanists • 

 but we occasionally find large specimens in Canada which cannot be 

 distinguished from the British form. 



This is a moisture loving fern, and must have a good depth of leaf- 

 mould. It makes a grand ornament for the back of a rockwork, and 

 will produce gigantic fronds if planted in a large pot and placed in the 

 basin of a fountain or on the edge of an ornamental pond. 



