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THE FERN PARADISE. 
and will thrive in the open rockery, in the green¬ 
house, or indoors, if grown under the conditions 
which have been described. 
6 . 
THE MOUNTAIN BUCKLER FERN. 
Lastrea montana. 
Plate 6, Fig. 5. 
WO peculiarities, strongly marked, dis¬ 
tinguish this beautiful and symmetri¬ 
cally-formed species from the rest of 
the group amongst which it is ranked. Ordinarily, 
when Ferns are bruised in the hand, a strong- 
starchy odour is emitted. It has been already 
mentioned, however, that in the case of the Hay- 
scented Buckler Fern, there is given out when the 
fronds are bruised, an exquisite scent of hay. 
When the Mountain Buckler Fern is crushed or 
rubbed, a very strong balsamic odour is emitted; 
and this is a characteristic which renders it easily 
