22 I'EENS OF THE LAKE COUNTRY 



sometimes on the lime-stone with the Lime-stone 

 Polypody, but is rather to be classed as a slate fern, 

 liking a rocky district, with running water, and the 

 not stagnant moisture of woods, needing both shade 

 and shelter. It is easily cultiveable in a mixture of 

 fibre, peat, leaf-mould, and sand, either in the house or 

 on artificial rock- work. 



HABITATS. Lodore, Borrowdale, Honister Crags, 

 Scale Force, Gillsland, Wastdale, Dalegarth, Stock- 

 ghyll, Grlenridding, Hutton Roof, Casterton, Coniston, 

 Furness Fells, &c. 



