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THE FERN' WORLD 
Glenbour and Killeagh, near Yonghal ; at the base of a 
dripping rock in Temple Michael Glen, and at Ballinhasy 
Glen, near Cork ; near Bandon ; at the fall of the Clasli- 
garifte ; near Glandore ; in the neighbourhood of Bantry ; 
beneath a shelf of rocks, and at an altitude extending 
from a thousand to twelve hundred feet on Carrigeena 
Ivildorrery, in the north of the county. In the county 
of Kerry, at the Tork Waterfall, and on the Tork Moun- 
tain, in several places extending to an altitude of fifteen 
hundred feet; at Glengariff, on the island of Yalentia; 
in a ravine of the Cromaglaun Mountain; on Mount Eagle 
near Dingle ; at Gortagaree, a place lying between Kenmare 
and Killarney ; at Blackstones, in Glouin Caragh (in this 
locality growing abundantly in a romantic cave); at Inveragh, 
and at Curaan Lake, Watcrville. In the county of Limerick, 
on the Cumailte Mountains ; in Waterford, along the valley 
of the Biver Blackwater ; and in the county of Wicklow, 
in Hermitage Glen, and at Powerscourt Waterfall. 
Culture. — From what has been said it will be imagined 
that the only method of cultivating this beautiful Fern is 
under glass, unless a natural condition of growth can be other- 
wise imitated. To obtain success Nature must be copied, as 
far as possible, by keeping around the plant an atmosphere 
constantly loaded with moisture. Exposure of the delicate 
pellucid fronds of Tricliomanes radical is for a few minutes to 
the air, unprotected by any glass covering, will cause its fronds 
to dry, and commence to shrivel. The soil for case culture 
should be peat, leaf-mould, and silver sand, placed upon the 
usual drainage of broken bricks. Small or moderately-sized 
blocks of freestone, or soft porous sandstone should be 
placed about, upon, and partly embedded in the soil. Be- 
tween these blocks the rhizomas of the Bristle Fern should 
be placed, the rootlets being .covered with earth. On first 
planting, the rhizomas should be pegged closely down to 
