152 IX. ASPLENICM. 
dicated by repairs of the wall. More recently, it has 
been found by the Rev. W. Hawker, on a wall at 
" Ashford," near Petersfield, Hampshire, where it is said 
to be growing in several large patches. Mr. Shepherd 
of Liverpool, who has been for many years a cultivator of 
ferns, has sent me specimens, which he states to have been 
gathered at Matlock in Derbyshire. The probability is 
that the plant has been often overlooked in its native 
haunts; and in confirmation of this view it may be 
mentioned that Mr. Hutcheson, formerly gardener at 
Boxley Abbey, Kent, and a fern cultivator, states that 
he gathered it in 1842 on rocks near Stonehaven, Kin- 
cardineshire, in a spot since destroyed by the construc- 
tion of a railway. Undoubtedly many localities where 
it may exist have never been examined by a scrutinizing 
eye ; and, as it is not unfrequent in other parts of Europe, 
especially the alpine districts, I do not feel justified in re- 
jecting the testimony of our older botanists, and excluding, 
as others have done, this interesting plant from our flora. 
Asplenium fontanum is a very pretty and easily grown 
plant. To ensure success, it should be carefully potted, 
so that superfluous moisture may drain away from its roots, 
and it is best elevated slightly above the level of the 
soil between two or three pieces of soft sandstone. It 
never attains a great size, and therefore does not require 
a large pot, and should be kept in a close shady frame. 
It may be propagated by division of the plant. This 
species grows admirably in a damp shady hothouse. 
2. Asplenium lanceolatum, Hudson. Lanceolate 
Spleenwort Fronds lanceolate, rigid, bipinnate glabrous ; 
pinnae ovate-lanceolate; pinnules obovate, deeply and 
sharply toothed ; rachis scarcely winged, minutely scaly ; 
sori short oblong, near the margin. 
ASPLENIUM LANOEOLATCM, Hudson : Sm. Ens. Fl. iv. 208 
Eng. Dot. t. 240 : Hook and Arn. Fl. 573 : Bab. Man. 414 : NewnV 
