THE ADDERS-TONGUE. 
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nature. As in the case of the Bracken and the 
Moonwort, it is necessary, in order to secure 
success, to take care in removing the plant to 
remove as much as possible of the soil in which 
it is found growing, without disturbing the roots 
of the fern. Both the Moonwort and the Adders- 
tongue are found growing in general in open mea- 
dows or heaths, amongst the grass which abounds 
in such situations. There is a double advantage 
in getting up your fern without disturbing its 
roots. In the first place you make sure that it 
will grow ; and in the next place you ensure its 
commencing to grow immediately on removal. 
You, in fact, bring with your fern a bit of the 
meadow, or wild heath, and in your home “Fern 
Paradise” you at once surround your favourite 
with the delightful association of its habitat. The 
Adders-tongue does not, perhaps, possess in full 
measure the attractions of some other members 
of the beautiful fern family ; but it is, nevertheless, 
beautiful in its simplicity ; and it should by no 
means be banished from the fern-house, or the 
fern-garden, or, indeed, from any part of cultivated 
fern-land. 
