THE POLYPODIES. 
autumn, assume the beautiful appearance of little 
heaps of gold-dust, so richly coloured are they. 
Essentially a forest Fern is the Common Poly- 
pody, waving its delightful fronds aloft in forest 
tree forks. But it lias also wonderful powers of 
domestication. No Fern is so plentifully vended 
in the London streets as our Polypody ; for 
Epping Forest — that delightful strip of green- 
wood — furnishes the plant in thousands. In 
beautiful Devonshire it grows not only on garden 
walls, but on the housetops, under cottage eaves, 
and indeed almost everywhere ; and in cultivation 
it will smile refreshingly on your efforts to pre- 
serve it. It is, finally, though plentiful, not 
common ; and though simple, it is beautiful. 
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