THE RUE-LEAVED SPLEENWORT 
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Italy, Norway, Portugal, Russia, Scandinavia, Sicily, Spain, 
Switzerland, Transylvania, and Turkey. It is also an inha- 
bitant of parts of Africa — both north and south — of Asia and 
•of North America. In England it is found in the counties 
of Bedford, Berks, Bucks, Cambridge, Chester, Cornwall, 
Cumberland, Derby, Devon, Dorset, Durham, Essex, 
Gloucester, Hants (including the Isle of Wight), Hereford, 
Hertford, Kent, Lancaster, Leicester, Middlesex, Mon- 
mouth, Norfolk, Northampton, Northumberland, Notting- 
ham, Oxford, Rutland, Salop, Somerset, Stafford, Suffolk, 
Surrey, Sussex, Warwick, Westmoreland, Wilts, Worcester, 
and York. In Wales it is found in Anglesea and Priest- 
holme Island, in Brecknock, Carmarthen, Carnarvon, Den- 
bigh, Glamorgan, Merioneth, and Pembroke. It is an 
inhabitant of Jersey. In Scotland the counties where it is 
found are those of Aberdeen, Argyle, Banff, Berwick, Caith- 
ness, Clackmannan, Cromarty, Dumbarton, Dumfries, Edin- 
burgh, Elgin, Eife, Forfar, Kincardine, Kirkcudbright, 
Lanark, Linlithgow, Nairn, Perth, Renfrew, Stirling, and 
Sutherland. Amongst the Scotch Islands it occurs in the 
following: — Ailsa Craig, Cantire, Harris, Iona, Islay, and 
Uist. In Ireland it is an inhabitant of the counties of 
Armagh, Clare, Cork, Down, Dublin, Galway, Kerry, and 
Kilkenny, of King’s County, Limerick, Louth, Tipperary, 
Waterford, and Wicklow. 
Culture. — Its fondness for stony habitats and for leaf- 
mould and old mortar must be remembered in the cultiva- 
tion of this little Fern. From the fact that naturally it 
selects the airy position of a wallside or top, it will be under- 
stood that, under'culture, it is not adapted to the close and 
moist confinement of a Fern case. It thrives best on the 
open rockery, though it may be grown in the greenhouse. 
If possible, when the plant is taken from its stony home, it 
should be detached with the stones on which it is growing, 
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