78 HARDY TERNS. 
the roadside, and the fronds were small and ill- 
grown, wanting the rich fulness of size and colour 
that distinguishes the L. Foenisecii in Cornwall. 
There is no mistaking this Fern when you find it. 
It has the appearance of crisp, curled parsley, so 
entirely " recurved " is each pinnule. 
I have heard L. recurva, or Foenisecii, or Bree's 
Fern, described as very refractory in cultivation, 
but I have never found it so. It will adapt itself 
to any situation where there is good drainage ; 
stagnant soil is its death. In dry, sunny aspects, 
the fronds of Foenisecii will almost creep along 
the ground, as if to make a shade for each other. 
In an open space, where there is shade from a 
hedge, it will shoot up its feathery sprays of 
tender green tall and strong, making a very 
handsome plant. It is always interesting in its 
growth and habits, and the young fronds are 
often green in midwinter, and make lovely foliage 
for the vase. I have never found it on rocks, or in 
any county but Cornwall, save in the instance I 
have named, in Devonshire. In cultivating it in 
