ADIANTUM CAPILLUS-VENERIS. 99 
friend who first introduced me to its haunts on the 
rocky banks between Lelant and St. Ives, in a 
wondrous walk, where every beauty of earth and 
sea and sky seem blended together in harmony. 
As we walked and talked, rabbits came out of 
their burrows, peered at us, and then scudded away 
amidst the gorse. I had never seen A. capillus- 
Veneris in perfect gTOwth in England, and none 
but one to whom its fastnesses were well known 
would have found it on this day. I was cautiously 
descending a very slippery bank on the verge of 
a sharp descent to the sea, whose waters were 
murmuring below, when I heard a joyous cry — 
"Look up!" and there I saw the Maiden -hair, 
not one plant, but many, peeping out of moss 
dripping with trickling water, and nestling into 
the crevices of the rock. Some of the plants were 
tender wee things; but I think these answered 
best in cultivation, for out of this morning's raid 
I have had about twenty beautiful Ferns, besides 
those that my friend took away. I can recall the 
very scene — the dark eyes of my friend, out of 
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