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evidently thought very meanly of Sir Walter’s opinion, whom he considered in duty bound to 
be in raptures with the lakes and mountains. I do not wonder at the great man’s taste : 
to me it appeared the most wonderfully beautiful spot I had ever beheld, and this beauty 
is mainly owing to the immense size and number of these pendent fronds.” 
Although much sought after, and regarded as uncommon, the Flowering Fern is very generally 
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