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its roots. In woodland walks, or on the shady margin of 
ornamental water, no fern can be more appropriately intro¬ 
duced. When grown in a pot, it requires one of rather a 
large size, and should be planted in turfy soil, intermixed 
with fragments of charcoal, sandstone, or potsherds. To 
attain anything like a fair degree of its lady like graceful¬ 
ness, this fern must under all circumstances be well sup¬ 
plied with water.’’— Moore's British Ferns. 
