THE SOFT PRICKLY SHIELD FERN 
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Clare, Cork, Dublin, Galway, Kilkenny, Tipperary, Water- 
ford, and Wicklow. It is also an inhabitant of the Arran 
Isles. 
Culture. — Precisely the same method of culture should 
be adopted for Poly sti chum a:\yulare as for its relative 
Aculeatum. It is a most beautiful and appropriate Fern for 
the shady rockery. 
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