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ROYAL OR FLOWERING FERN. 
®H§HIS fern is remarkable for bearing its seed in a sort of crown at the top of the frond, whence, 
llllf probably, it derives its name. 
It appears in May and dies before the winter. 
The roots are long and penetrate deep into the gronnd. The rhizome is tufted and very large, 
sometimes rising considerably out of the ground. The stem is stout, woody, smooth, and about one- 
third as long as the frond. The frond attains the length of five to seven feet. It is bi-pinnate, the 
pinnules being generally entire, sometimes serrated. The seed is produced in circular clusters on 
the changed pinnules of the upper part of the frond. Instances may often be found where a pinnule 
is only partly changed, the remainder being leafy. 
Jatttat. 
Common in swampy places, and on wet hedge-rows. 
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It should be grown in peat, and be plentifully supplied with water, which should not be 
drained off. 
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