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tions seemed ideal for hybridizing, some really much 
better, apparently, than those where- the hybrid was 
actually found. In one instance it was some little dis- 
tance from Scott’s fern to where its supposed parents 
were growing. It does not seem here to be as nearly 
evergreen as either the ebony spleenwort or the walking — 
leaf, the fronds in the spring being mostly withered. . 
There are many similar ledges in the surrounding 
country, and if they could be examined with as much care 
and with as clear an eye as Mr. Bigelow has used in his 
explorations I believe we should have reports | of other 
places in Connecticut where eggs fern is gett es 
Sovutuineton, Cr. 
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