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fructification. The entire length of the fronds of this Fern 
does not exceed six inches, and they are frequently only two 
or three inches in length. 
Distribution. — On the continent of Europe Asplcnium 
septentrionale is found in Belgium, Denmark, France, 
(fermany, Hungary, Italy, Lapland, Portugal, Bussia, 
Scandinavia, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland. I11 Asia it is 
found in the northern parts of India, and it is also an 
inhabitant of Mexico. In England its recorded habitats are 
as follows : — In Cumberland, at Borrowdale, at Helvellyn, on 
Honister Crags, at Keswick, at Patterdale, 011 Scawfell, in 
the Yale of Newlands, and in a ravine near Wast water : in 
Northumberland on the Kvloe Crags ; in Somerset near the 
little hamlet of Culbone, in the neighbourhood of Oare 
Church, and on 'a wall bordering Exmoor about four miles 
from Porlock : in Westmoreland at Ambleside ; and in York- 
shire at Inglebrough. In Wales habitats have been 
discovered at the following places : — In Carnarvonshire, at 
Bettwys-y-Coed , at Capel Curig, at Carnedd Llewellyn, at 
Craig Dim, by the pass of Llanberis, at Llyn-y-Cwm, at 
Moel Lechog, and at Pont-y-Pair; in Denbighshire, at Llan 
Dethyla, near Llanrwst. In Scotland it has been found at 
the pass of Ballater in Aberdeenshire ; at Arthur’s Seat, 
Blackford Hill, and in some other localities in the 
vicinity of Edinburgh ; on the Stenton liocks, in the 
neighbourhood of Dunkeld, in Perthshire ; and on the 
Minto Crags, and at Jedburgh, in Boxburghshire. No 
habitats of this Fern are recorded in Ireland. 
Culture. — In planting this Fern either upon a rockery or 
in pots, the soil should consist of sandy peat and leaf- 
mould in equal proportions, and the Fern should be placed 
between little fragments of stone with its crown well secured, 
and above the surface of the soil, or in stony clefts either 
in the rockery, the Fern case, or the Fern house. 
