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The following are beautiful kinds : 



Adiantum capillus veneris (British Maidenhair) 



„ pedatum 



Asplenium adiantum nigrum (Black Maidenhair) 



,, marinum 



„ ruta-muraria 



„ trichomanes 



Athyrium filix-foemina (Lady fern), many beautiful forms 

 Ceterach officinarum 

 Cystopteris fragilis 



Lasirea filix-mas (Male fern), many varieties 

 Osmunda regalis (Royal fern) 

 Polypodium dryopteris (Oak fern) 

 Polystichum angulare 



„ proliferum 

 Scolopendrium vulgare (Hart's tongue fern), many forms 

 Struthiopteris germanica (Ostrich fern) 

 Woodsia alpina 

 Woodwardia virginica 



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