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procumbens) may be seen on one of the highest 

 hills, while nearer the sea-level grows the Greater 

 Skull -Cap, Pale Butterwort and sweet-scented 

 Orchis, together with the tuberous Bitter Vetch, 

 the roots of which, Pennant says, were eaten by 

 the Highlanders. The deep ravines of Braemore 

 are the homes of many kinds of ferns, such as the 

 Black Maiden Hair Spleenwort, Green Spleenwort, 

 Brittle Bladder Fern, Wilson's Film Fern, Beech 

 Fern, and Oak Fern. Only on one occasion has 

 the very rare Forked Spleenwort Fern (Asplenium 

 septentrionale) been found, when some ten years 

 ago the head forester brought home a plant of 

 it which he found on some steep rocks, 3000 feet 

 over the sea level, and indeed at these high altitudes 

 grow many tiny plants that have not as yet been 

 accurately identified. 



FOREST OF CLUNIE BY INVERGARRY. 



This property belongs to Mr. J. E. B. Baillie of 

 Dochfour, and was occupied for upwards of twenty 



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