ALPINE POLYPODY, Ci> 



against bruises and bones broken or out of joint." The 

 root, when boiled, yields a sort of mucilage, which, 

 in the North of Europe, is used for stiffening linen. 



This showy and attractive fern should find a place 

 in all collections. It is not difficult of culture, and 

 thrives well on the margin of a piece of water, or on 

 rock-work near water. On the banks of ponds or 

 lakes, and in a damp peaty soil, with plenty of mois- 

 ture, it will attain its natural luxuriance. 



Mr. Ward, the inventor of the closed cases, and the 

 successful cultivator and lover of ferns, has in his 

 garden at Clapham so aiTanged an artificial water- 

 course as to grow Osmunda regalis, and other bog- 

 plants, in great luxuriance in the narrow limits of a 

 London garden. 



ALPINE POLYPODY. 



POLYPODIUM ALPESTRE. 



[.Koch, Spurgel, Moore, and fientham. ] 

 (Fig. 18.) 



SYNONYM. 

 PSEUDATHYRIUM ALPESTRE. Newman. 



THIS fern bears so great a resemblance to Asplenium 

 Filix Fcemina, that it has frequently been overlooked, 

 and considered merely a variety of that fern. The 

 F 



