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THE FERN WORLD 
Norway, Portugal, Russia, Saxony, Scandinavia,. Spain, 
Sweden, Switzerland, Transylvania, and Turkey. In Asia 
it has also a very wide range, occurring in Afghanistan, 
Arabia, Armenia, Erzeroum, Java, Cashmere, Russian Asia 
— including Siberia — Simla, and Syria. It occurs in the 
north, east, west, and south of Africa, namely, at Algiers, 
Abyssinia, the Azores, the Canary Islands, and Madeira, 
the Cape de Yerd Islands, and the Cape of Good Hope. 
It is an inhabitant of pi arts of North America, and of the 
Sandwich Islands. In England it is found in 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, Monmouth, Norfolk, 
Northampton, Northumberland, Nottingham, Oxford, Rut- 
land, Salop, Somerset, Stafford, Suffolk, Surrey, Sussex, 
Warwick, Westmoreland, Wilts, Worcester, and York. In 
Wales it inhabits the counties of Anglesea, Carmarthen, 
Carnarvon, Cardigan, Denbigh, Flint, Glamorgan, Merio- 
neth, and Pembroke. It is found in Jersey and Guernsey. 
In Scotland it ranges through the counties of Aberdeen, 
Argyle, Ayr, Banff, Berwick, Caithness, Clackmannan, Cro- 
marty, Dumbarton, Dumfries, Edinburgh, Elgin, Fife, For- 
far, Inverness, Kincardine, Kinross, Kircudbright, Lanark, 
Linlithgow, Nairn, Perth, Renfrew, Roxburgh, and Suther- 
land, as well as through the islands of Ailsa Craig, Arran, 
Cantire, Harris, Iona, Islay, and Orkney. In Ireland its 
habitats are in the counties of Antrim, Clare, Cork, Down, 
Dublin, Galway, Kerry, and Kilkenny ; also in King’s County. 
Limerick, Louth, Meath, Tipperary, Waterford, and Wick- 
low, as well as in the Arran Isles. 
Culture. — One of the most beautiful of our native species 
for cultivation, whether in the Fern house, the Fern case, 
pot, or the open rockery of the Fern garden - although it 
