32 HAEDY FERNS. 
beautiful varieties. On the road to the Kerrara 
Ferry I found angustata, with its acutely drawn- 
out length of frond and pinnas ; dentata, broad 
and stumiDy-looking, bearing a near resemblance 
to Dickieana, save that the fronds are more 
robust and the pinnae not quite so closely ap- 
proaching each other. I have never found 
C. alpina, C. montana, or Dickieana; but I 
possess many healthy plants of each variety 
excepting montana, which I have lately procured 
from Mr. Veitch's nursery. It promises to grow 
rapidly as the others do, but I daresay it will 
need a little extra care. 
The walk from Oban to the Ferry will repay 
the tourist, even if he be not a lover of Ferns. 
Amongst the heather he will find the golden 
asphodel with its feathery blossoms of exquisite 
form; and in July there are beds of rich ripe 
strawberries scenting the air, which blows pure 
and fresh around him. He should go at eventide, 
and watch the sun setting over one of Nature's 
loveHest scenes. The sea, broken into numerous 
