COMMON HARTS TONG UR. 
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* e An oak-tree small is repeated, all 
Complete in branch and root, 
Like the tree whereunto King Charles did flee, 
When press’d by hot pursuit.” 
From its large and rapid growth, the depth of soil 
required for its roots, and the amount of space neces¬ 
sary, this fern is scarcely adapted for an ordinary 
fern collection, although there are positions where it 
is very ornamental; such as in shrubberies, in parks, 
and paddocks. It is not difficult to transplant, if only 
care be taken that the large long rhizome be not 
injured in removal, which had better take place in 
the winter. Any soil is indifferent to its success, so 
that it be not chalky. 
COMMON HARTS TONGUE. 
SCOLOPENDRIUM VULGARE , 
Symons, Smith, Bentham, Hooker and Arnott, and Moore. 
(Plate XV. Fig. 2 .) 
SYNONYMS. 
Phylhtis Scolopendrium , Newman. Scolopendrium officinarum , Swartz. 
Asplenium Scolopendrium , Lin- Scolopendrium Phyllitis , Roth, 
nseus. 
This is a readily distinguishable species of fern, and 
is very graceful and beautiful, contrasting, as it does, 
with the feathery appearance so common in other 
ferns. It grows in tufts ; the fronds, which are ever¬ 
green, are oblong, strap-shaped, and simple: they 
vary in length from six inches to a foot and a half. 
At first they appear erect and stiff, but afterwards 
