268 THE FERN PARADISE. 



vation appears more nearly to supply the natural 

 conditions under which this beautiful fern grows in 

 greatest luxuriance. We have devoted one little 

 terra cotta stand and shade to three fine speci- 

 mens of Lanceolatum, the same which we obtained 

 from the vicinity of the Logan Stone, that crowns 

 the heights of Lustleigh Cleave, on Dartmoor. We 

 planted the roots, and gently wedged in the 

 crowns of the plants between little blocks of sand- 

 stone, keeping them carefully under their glass 

 covering, which is only removed from time to 

 time to give air and water. They are thriving 

 admirably, and are throwing up new fronds most 

 vigorously. They delight in the shady situation 

 in which they are placed, and revel in the per- 

 petual moisture that surrounds their beautiful 

 fronds, and distils on them like dewdrops. 



6. THE GREEN SPLEENWORT. 

 Asplenium viridi. 



A FERN of the rocky moorland and the moun- 

 tain stream ; not rare, but local in its distribution. 



