ABOUT A FERN. 



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fronds, and delicate little rosettes clusters of seed- 

 lings flourish. Here and there a tiny streak of 

 liquid silver winds and wriggles down the sides of 

 the rocks, tumbling and splashing from point to point 

 in a million glistening tiny orbs that fall among the 



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moss and liverworts, and keep the fern-roots ever 

 steeped in percolating moisture. These are the spots 

 in which they absolutely revel, giving off larger and 

 brighter, more softly tinted and more gracefully arch- 

 ing fronds than elsewhere. So congenial do they 

 find their surroundings that scarce an inch space can 



