‘FERNY RAMBLES IN SOUTH DEVON. 41 
our plan of operations should be as follows. 
Selecting Totnes — perhaps the most beautiful spot 
in South Devon — as our head-quarters, we deter- 
mined that we would from that centre explore 
some of the ferny lanes, streams, woods, and 
moorlands in its vicinity, naming the places 
visited, enumerating the ferns growing there, and 
giving descriptions of the scenery. No choicer 
spot for the passionate lover of ferns can be found 
anywhere in Great Britain than in the neighbour- 
hood of Totnes, whose houses are picturesquely 
dotted about on the banks of the lovely Dart, the 
most beautiful river in all England. There are to 
be found ferns of many kinds, in every graceful 
variety of growth, exquisite in form and shading, 
and in countless numbers. 
Totnes pays homage to the ferns. Everywhere 
in and about the little town these beautiful plants 
hold sway. How can we describe the place ? We 
shall not even attempt any exact description. 
It is on a hill and yet in a valley. Climb 
the road that forms its main street, extending 
from the Dart Bridge which divides Totnes from 
