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Moomvort just described there are three or four departures 
in Britain, in the shape of varieties of the species. 
Distribution. — This Fern occurs— at heights ranging 
from the sea level to three thousand feet above it — pretty 
generally throughout Europe. It is also an inhabitant of 
Asia, being found in the Altai, in the Himalayan, and in the 
Ural Mountains, as well as in Kamtschatka and Siberia. It 
is found in Canada, in Newfoundland, in the Rocky Moun- 
tains, in Tasmania, and in the colony of Victoria. In 
England it is found in the counties of Bedford, Cambridge, 
Chester, Cornwall, Cumberland, Derby, Devon, Dorset, 
Durham, Gloucester, Hants (including the Isle of Wight), 
Hereford, Kent, Lancaster, Leicester, Lincoln, Monmouth, 
Norfolk, Northampton, Northumberland, Nottingham, Ox- 
ford, Rutland, Salop, Somerset, Stafford, Suffolk, Surrey, 
Sussex, Warwick, Westmoreland, Wilts, Worcester, and 
York. In Wales its habitats are in the counties of Anglesea, 
Carnarvon, Denbigh, Glamorgan, Merioneth, and Mont- 
gomery. In Scotland it inhabits the counties of Aberdeen, 
Argyle, Ayr, Banff, Berwick, Caithness, Clackmannan, Dum- 
barton, Dumfries, Edinburgh, Fife, Forfar, Kincardine, 
Kinross, Kirkcudbright, Lanark, Linlithgow, Moray, Nairn, 
Perth, Renfrew, Ross, and Wigton, as well as the islands of 
Bute, Orkney, Shetland, and Skye. The counties in which 
it is found in Ireland are Antrim, Cork, Down, Galway, Lon- 
donderry, and Wicklow. It is found in greatest abundance 
in England, in the counties of Stafford, Surrey, and York, and 
in Ireland in the county of Antrim. 
Culture. — The simplest and easiest method of treating 
the Moomvort under cultivation will be found to bo the most 
successful method of treatment. When found in its wild 
habitat it should be taken up bodily, with a square, thick 
piece of the turf in which it is growing, especial care being 
taken to dig down to a proper depth, so as not to cut off be- 
