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spring, and he was safe on a ledge, securing root 
after root of the desired treasure; and thus I 
became possessed of the first living specimen for a 
Fernery that has been my pleasure for ten years. 
The little party in the sea-cave gathered round 
the Fern, feeling we could hardly admire it enough, 
with its black shining stripes, its simply pinnate 
frond — not stiff, as in cultivated specimens, but 
with a waving curve of dark bright green on which 
the Hght glinted — its fructification (it was autumn) 
rich, full, and brown, traversing from either side 
of the mid-vein of the pinnule to the serrated 
outer edge. 
After due examination, the sailor took a "cor- 
dial " from our picnic flask, jumped into his boat, 
and the party, so strangely brought together in 
pleasant fellowship in that lonely spot, parted for 
ever. I planted the roots in pots half full of 
drainage, and I have them now as green and 
beautiful as then. In looking at them I often 
wonder whether there still exists in another English 
home one of the trophies of that day, of which 
