24 WHERE TO FIND FERNS. 



and the Lady Fern (Athyrium filix-fxtnina) would be 

 found growing singly or together in clumps, roots inter- 

 lacing with roots. Under the same shady influence it 

 must be strange if we did not come upon Osmunda 

 regalis, but this would be in positions where the soil 

 was more than usually peaty and soft, and where the 

 rootlets could touch the percolating water. 



Talking of Mr. Blackmore and his beautiful book 

 tempts us to give a little glimpse, on page 25, of the 

 Bagworthy water-slide at the foot of the same Doone 

 Glen, a spot known by heart to thousands who have never 

 seen the place, but whose recollections will never cease to 

 vividly retain the graphic and awe-inspiring recital of Jan 



