70 HARDY FERNS. 
little pink pimpernel, and there the sundew lifts 
up its white blossoms to the e'dvlj sun ; and while 
jou search for these and other treasures, the 
startled kine turn round and look at you with half 
curious, half-doubtful eye. 
Not far from Haldon, on the Chudleigh rocks, I 
have found a curious form of Polypodium vulgare. 
I suspect it to be a permanent variety ; and though 
it is not yet Cambricum, its pinnae being narrower 
and its fructification more abundant, it approaches 
very near to it in some of the plants ; and I look 
forward to cultivation improving its form and size, 
which at present are rounder and smaller than those 
of the true Cambricum, the middle pinnae being the 
widesto 
I found my first wild Osmundas near Exmouth. 
They grew in an old forsaken orchard, where one 
took each step in danger of being swamped. The 
marshy nature of the ground suited these noble 
Ferns, and they grew up right royally on every 
side, their fronds waving in the breeze. I never 
saw more beautiful sunsets than there are at 
