FERN HABITATS. 4! 



one who, when he has determined to give us a bit of 

 water, this is a Severn scene, and banks sloping down 

 to it, does not forget the important suggestiveness of a 

 few Bracken in the foreground. The depicters of our 

 English scenery can scarcely afford to overlook the 

 Bracken, because it is such a conspicuous feature in all 



forest scenes. Mr. Walter Crane understands this, and 

 he knows, too because he knows the New Forest so 

 well what Bracken can be in that rich domain. A 

 sketch of his, representing yews and whitebeams in 

 Sloden (page 38), will not be without its especial interest 

 for all who revere and love the magnificent woodlands of 



