8 Ferns and Fern Culture. 
numbers but also of enormous size. As the climate of 
the British Isles has changed, so has its vegetation, and 
it is necessary now to go to tropical countries to see such 
Ferns as once flourished here. 
It must not be forgotten, however, that the Ferns of 
our own time and country are of such variety and beauty 
of form that they will compare favourably with the 
more tender exotics. Indeed, comparatively few people 
are aware of the rich profusion of variety there is among 
British Ferns, all of which may be cultivated with the 
greatest ease and the most pleasing results. 
