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dally as growing inside the tower of Morwinstowe 
Church, and round about the sad memorials of the 
drowned and shipwrecked sailors who lie buried there 
in close proximity to the devouring element which 
engulfed them. It is not a melancholy fern, and its 
bright tiny fronds, springing from their resting-places, 
serve to remind one of the new life which is to come, 
and of the “haven of rest, where no storms shall 
blow.” 
We need walk no farther from London than Green¬ 
wich Park to see it flourishing abundantly on the 
brick walls surrounding a part of the park ; and those 
who are wishing to meet with it may find it most 
likely on the first garden-wall they pass by. 
Those who desire to domesticate this fern will find 
it difficult to remove from its native haunts,, as its 
wiry roots seem to intersect the bricks or pieces of 
rock on which it grows. It should only be removed 
with a portion of the wall on which it has fixed itself, 
and then surrounded with brick rubbish, mortar, and 
sandy peat. In this way it will often thrive well if 
sheltered from the sun and cold winds. Mr. Newman 
says :—•“ It seems to disapprove of the attentions of 
the gardener, to loathe his waterings and his syring* 
ings, to despise his composts, and utterly to eschew 
the confinement of a bell-glass.” 
