40 WHERE TO FIND FERNS. 



not near, but in water. We refer to the Marsh Buckler 

 Fern; and here below is a tiny bit of "locality" just 

 suited to Lastrea thelypteris. It is obviously boggy, and 

 in entering at the point shown in the foreground of 

 the little sketch one would necessarily have to pick 

 one's way. A bog overgrown with trees, just as this 

 seems to be, is the place to find the finest specimens of 

 this water-loving or liquid-peat-soil-loving fern. 



Mr. Boot knows how to draw trees and ferns, as may 

 be seen by the little picture on page 41 of oaks at 



Bradgate ; but the artist leaves the fern-lover to guess 

 whether he is depicting Bracken or Buckler Fern in the 

 foreground of his drawing. In just such positions one 

 might expect to find either the Bracken or the Common 

 and Broad Buckler Ferns, whilst by the water's edge 

 there might surely be some Lady Ferns. 



Our artists in general have sadly neglected the ferns, 

 and, when it is considered how much beauty is lent to 

 all scenery by the presence of ferns, the omission is 

 strange. On page 42, however, is a happy little sketch by 



