PERNS AND MOSSES. tO 
Ham Pond, near Sandwich, where it luxuriates in the 
meadows, and banishes all other ferns from the neighbour- 
ing wood ; those who visit the Isle of Wight, will find this 
marsh-loving fern near Fresh- water Gate. 
For the sake of botanists who may be somewhat puzzled 
MARSH FERN. 
when referring to "Withering's Arrangement of British 
Plants, pp. 995, 996, we subjoin a concise description of 
the Marsh-fern, extracted from the History of British 
Ferns, being anxious rather to avail ourselves of the aid 
afforded by that valuable work, than to rely exclusively on 
our own judgment. 
