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spots, it is very stunted : in other cases five feet high, but 
always ornamental and elegant in appearance. The Fern is 
common throughout Europe. Francis also states, that it 
grows in North America from Pennsylvania to Virginia. 
If any person wishes to adorn a garden with this child 
of nature, it can be easily done by taking up the roots care- 
fully, planting them in loose vegetable mould in a shady 
spot, and supplying them with moisture. Newman calls 
this Fern Lophodium Multiflorum. 
