FERN LAND. 
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found in Devonshire — are the Lanceolate Spleen- 
wort ( Asplenium lanceolatum ), the tiny Forked 
Spleenwort ( Asplenium septentrionale ), the Tun- 
bridge Filmy Fern ( Hymenophyllmn Tunbridgense), 
and Wilson’s Filmy Fern (Hymenophyllmn Wil- 
soni). The Moonwort ( Botrychium Innaria), and 
the Common Adders-tongue ( Ophioglossum vul- 
gatum), are also ferns of Devonshire growth. We do 
but enumerate these, and pass on to speak of some 
of the ferns which may be seen in almost every 
Devonshire lane, and which, although common in 
the sense of being plentiful, are nevertheless 
amongst the most beautiful of the British ferns. 
Yet beautiful as are the varieties of which we shall 
speak, they are within the reach of all who may 
choose to gather them, and that is our reason for 
devoting especial attention to these varieties. 
Gentle reader, will you follow us in imagination 
whilst we endeavour to describe to you some Devon- 
shire lanes which are familiar to us ? And please 
remember that, exquisitely beautiful as they are, 
they are nevertheless but types of thousands of 
other lanes that the ordinary tourist may find for 
