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THE FERN WORLD 
land, Turkey, and Transylvania. It occurs in Algeria, in 
the Azores, in the island of Madagascar, in India, in the 
United States and Canada, in Mexico, in Newfoundland, and 
in Brazil. 
In England it is found in the counties of Bedford, Berks, 
Bucks, Cambridge, Chester, Cornwall, Cumberland, Devon, 
Dorset, Durham, Essex, Hants, Hereford, Lancaster, Leicester, 
Middlesex, Monmouth, Norfolk, Northumberland, Notting- 
ham, Salop, Somerset, Stafford, Suffolk, Surrey, Sussex, 
Warwick, 'Westmoreland, Wilts, Worcester, and York. It is 
found also in the Isle of Wight, in the Isle of Man, in Jersey, 
and in the Isle of Purbeek. In W 7 ales it occurs in the 
counties of Anglesea, Carnarvon, Carmarthen, Denbigh, Flint, 
Glamorgan, Merioneth, and Pembroke. In Scotland it is 
found in the counties of Aberdeen, Argyle, Dumbarton, 
Dumfries, Fife, Forfar, Kincardine, Kirkcudbright, Lanark, 
Perth, Renfrew, Ross, Stirling, and Sutherland, as well as 
in the islands of Arran, Bute, Harris, Islay, Lewis, Mull, 
Orkney, Shetland, and North Uist. It grows in the ‘Green 
Isle,’ in the counties of Clare, Cork, Donegal, Dublin, Galway, 
and Kerry ; in King’s County, Mayo, Tipperary. Waterford, 
and Wicklow. 
Culture. — Within reach of the spray of a fountain, or on 
the banks of a running stream, where its roots can reach 
and touch water, this handsome species will thrive best. 
If planted in ordinary roekwork it should be in the lowest, 
most moist, and most shady tier. The soil should chiefly 
consist of good peat, which from its spongy nature, keeps 
around the roots of Osmunda constant and abundant moisture. 
But if to the peat be added a mixture, in equal proportions, 
of rough sand and leaf-mould, the compost will be improved. 
Peat, however, should form at least three-fourths of the com- 
post, one-fourth only being leaf-mould and sand. A small 
case is unsuited for the Royal Fern, on account of the large 
