THE HAY-SCENTED BUCKLER FERN. : 258 
Ulster.—Antrim: Fairhead; near Cushendall. Londonderry: 
near Coleraine; Rushbrook near Londonderry; Garvagh. Donegal: 
Banks of Lough Swilly ; Milroy Bay; Arrigal Hill, near Donegal ; 
Killybegs, R. Barrington ; near Lough Eske, R. B.; about Lough 
Derg. 
Connaught.—Sligo : between Sligo and Manorhamilton, E. New- 
man; Lough Gill, R. Barrington. Mayo: Foot of Nephin; Coraan, 
Achill; Newport; Westport, etc., E. Newman. Galway: about 
Clifden; about Roundstone and Ballynahinch; near Oughterard ; 
Connemara. 
Leinster.— Wicklow: Seven Churches, abundant, D. Moore; Glen- 
dalough, abundant and luxuriant; Powerscourt, J. Ball; Great 
Sugar-loaf, J. R. Kinahan. 
AMunster.— Waterford : Ballyquin, plentiful; Clonmel, J. Sibbald ; 
Ardmore, on sea cliffs sparingly ; Foxe’s Cove, ete., J. R. Kinahan. 
Clare: Lough Graney; and near Feacle, J. R. Kinahan; near 
Loop-head. Cork: Glanmire, near Cork, J. Carroll; woods about 
Glengarriff. Kerry: on the mountains and in the woods of Kerry, 
- especially about Killarney, Dinis Island, Cromaglaun, and O’Sullivan’s 
Cascade; Kenmare. 
Channel Isles —Guernsey, J. James. 
Beyond the limits of the United Kingdom, the species is found, 
we believe, only in the Atlantic Isles off the African coast, namely 
the Azores, Madeira, and the Cape de Verd Isles. 
The Hay-scented Buckler Fern grows freely in cultivation, when 
planted in a porous soil of loam, peat, and sand; and is to be con- 
sidered as one of the most ornamental of our native species. Its 
decidedly evergreen character and moderate size, no less than its 
elegant crispy appearance, adapt it especially for greenhouse culture, 
or for a Wardian case of tolerable size: and in such situations it 
requires no unusual or special treatment. It is in fact, a perfectly 
manageable species. The plants may be multiplied by separating 
the crowns. 
It does not yield much variety. We have received from Mr. 
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