130 FERNS OF KENTUCKY. 
The Trichomanes and Lygodium, so far as our present 
knowledge extends, are both exceedingly rare in Kentucky, 
and we earnestly hope that these lovely ferns, however 
tempting they may be to fern collectors, may be left in 
their native habitat. Mr. Martindale, of Camden, New 
Jersey, in the “Botanical Gazette,’ for December, 1876, 
gives an account of seventeen species of ferns collected 
by Miss Rule, at Rockcastle Springs, among which was 
the Lygodium palmatum. 
