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THE FERN WORLD 
Cumberland, Derby, Devon, Dorset, Durham, Essex, 
Gloucester, Hants (including the Isle of Wight), Hereford, 
Hertford, Kent, Lancaster, Lincoln, Leicester, Middlesex, 
Monmonth, Northampton, Norfolk, Northumberland, Not- 
tingham, Oxford, Rutland, Salop, Somerset, Stafford, Suffolk, 
Surrey, Sussex, Warwick, Westmoreland, Wilts, Worcester, 
and York. In Wales it is found in the counties of Anglesea, 
Brecknock, Carmarthen, Carnarvon, Denbigh, Flint, Gla- 
morgan, Merioneth, and Pembroke In Scotland it is 
an inhabitant of Aberdeenshire, Argyleshire, Banffshire, 
Berwickshire, Caithness, Clackmannanshire, Cromarty, 
Dumfriesshire, Dumbartonshire, Edinburghshire, Fifeshire, 
Forfarshire, Inverness-shire, Kirkcudbrightshire, Kincardine- 
shire, Kinross-shire, Lanarkshire, Morayshire, Perthshire, 
Renfrewshire, Roxburghshire, and Sutherlandshire, of the 
Orkney and Shetland Isles, and of the Isles of Arran, Cantire, 
Harris, Islay, Lewis, and North Uist. In Ireland it occurs 
in the counties of Antrim, Clare, Cork, Down, Dublin, 
and Galway (including the Arran Isles) ; in King’s County, 
Limerick, Mayo, Tipperary, Waterford, and Wicklow. It is 
also found in Jersey and Guernsey. 
Culture. — The handsome evergreen fronds of this Fern 
and its hardy nature render it a most desirable acquisition to 
the open rockery. It may also be grown in pots or under 
glass. But in the latter case it is suitable rather for the more 
roomy Fern house, than for the small Fern case, although 
small specimens, and the smaller varieties of the normal form 
of Blechnum spicant, make pretty ornaments for rockery in 
small cases. But absolute shade and abundant moisture 
both for roots and fronds are essential for this Fern. The 
lower tiers of an out-door rockery are the most suitable, and 
the aspect in which it is placed should be northern. We 
have found some of the finest specimens of Bleclmum grow- 
ing in stiff reddish or yellowish loam, and sometimes in 
