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they administer to those who are afflicted with coughs 
or colds. 
Gerarde is the first writer who mentions any place in 
England where it was native. He says—“ I found it 
growing in a shadowy, sandy lane in Betsome, in the 
parish of Southfleet, in Kent. It groweth, likewise, 
upon stone-walls at Her Majesty’s (Queen Elizabeth’s) 
Palace of Richmond, and on most stone-walls of the 
west and north parts of England." 
It will grow freely on the shady side of rockwork in 
the open air, but the soil must be composed only of 
sandy peat, old mortar, and fragments of brick in equal 
proportions. It can be grown in a Wardian Case, and 
in a greenhouse, but requires the same soil, perfect 
drainage, and a frequent change of air. 
The best time for transplanting this Fern is in April. 
Those growing on a hedge-bank should be preferred for 
transplanting, because, unless the bricks can be taken 
with them, those growing on walls can scarcely be 
moved without a fatal injury to the roots. Those 
growing in the fissures of rocks are moved with quite as 
much difficulty and uncertainty of success as those on 
walls. Young plants should be preferred before old ones 
for removal. They should have a bell-glass turned over 
them for a few days after their transplanting. Plants 
already in cultivation may be propagated by division 
also in April. In dividing the tuft, a crown must be 
preserved to each division. 
We have never raised it from seed, but we have no 
doubt that spores collected when ripe in August, and 
