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clethra, and azaleas and lovely orchids too numerous to 

 mention. But we cannot bid adieu to the pines without 

 mention of the very local little fern, Schizma pusilla. 

 This is one of Nature's rarest treasures, to which she 

 has given but one lone spot on earth — in damp grounds 

 amid the pines, where it extends a mile or two, and 

 then is seen no more. 



This little fern I have transported with the greatest 

 care to similar-looking spots, miles away,' and given it 

 to the care of Nature, but she refuses to recognize any 

 right to the change, and allows the poor plants to 

 languish and die. 



Southern New Jersey has ever -had an irresistible 

 fascination to the botanist, unequalled by any other 

 section, in the Union. Picturesque New England, with 

 her charming flowers, cannot equal it, nor the great 

 plains of the "West. And even Florida — the land of 

 flowers — must yield the palm to the pines of New 

 Jersey. 



