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shown special attention to this fern, and in addition 

 to the beautiful lines of Calder Campbell, which are 

 too long to quote entire, there is a happy allusion to 

 its haunts by Sir Walter Scott : 



" Where the copse- wood is the greenest, 

 Where the fountain glistens sheenest, 

 Where the morning dew lies longest, 

 There the lady fern grows strongest." 



Another fern with some external resemblance in its 

 habit to the female fern, is found in damp woods. 



THE POLYPODY. 



It has no good characteristic common name, but is" 

 known to botanists as Lastrea dilatata. It is often 

 found with the male fern, and seems to affect similar 

 localities. 



