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Kent ; near Bramshot, Hants ; at Osterley Park, Lamp- 
ton Lane, and Sion Lane, near Brentford, in Middle- 
sex ; near Hastings and other places in Sussex; at 
Kmgsteignton, in Devon ; and near Gurnet Bay, in the 
]sle of Wight. 
lu Wales, near Wrexham, in Denbighshire; at Cickle, 
near Beauraaris, and at Lleiniog Castle, Anglesey ; and 
near Bangor and Caernarvon. 
In Scotland, about Drumlanrig, in Nitl.sdale; at 
Peasebridge ; and. on Cartlaad Rocks, near Lanark. 
In Ireland, at Colin Glen, Belfast; Hedge Banks, 
near Carrickfergus ; and near Clonmel. 
Johnson, in his edition of " Gerarde's Herbal," is the 
first to mention this Fern as a British plant, and we 
have the unusual occurrence, not only of the name of 
its discoverer, but of the very day of its discovery. He 
describes it as Filix mas non ramosa pinnulis latis, auri- 
culatis, spinosis (Male Fern not branched, with broad 
eared and prickly leafits) ; adding, " This I take to be Filix 
mas aculeata major Bauhini (Bauhin's Larger prickly 
Male Fern) ; neither have I seen any figure resembling 
this plant. It groweth abundantly on the shadowy 
moist rocks by Maple-Durham, near Petersfield, in 
Hampshire. John Ooodyer, July 4, 1633." 
Polysticlium aculeatum is a free-growing, easily- 
managed, and very desirable Fern for the rockery, 
feruery, and also for pot culture. It grows remarkably 
well in sandy loam and peat (fibry is the best) in 
equal parts, with an admixture of sand. It requires a 
tolerable depth of mould to grow in, and to be well 
