DOWN A GREEN LANE ! 
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the fine green of the whole frond. Then the 
minute and regular subdivisions of the angular- 
shaped pinnules render this fern one of the most 
beautiful of its beautiful family. The aspect of 
a hedge-bank clothed with Polystichum angular e 
must be seen to be adequately appreciated. 
Pursuing the pathway a few yards further, the 
scene, for one moment, changes. Through a gate- 
way on the right, forming a gap in the sandstone 
hedge-bank which has helped to shut in the lane, 
the sun suddenly lights up the scene ; and at 
the same time a charming prospect is offered 
by the valley below. Some of the grandest 
of Devonshire scenery lies before you. From 
where you stand, a declivity sweeps grace- 
fully down to Totnes, which, nestling around 
its tall church spire, appears to repose in the 
very depth of the valley. On each side you get 
a peep of the winding Dart ; on the left as it 
flows from the moor, on the right as it makes 
for the sea. But town and river are mantled by 
trees, now thinly scattered, now densely grouped 
and spreading away over upland and hill-top, as 
