- OAK FERN. 67 
Rocky places on the Mendip Hills, in Somersetshire ; 
in Gloucestershire, in the Forest of Dean, south-east of 
the rocks of New Weir, on the Wye, by a path through 
the woods towards Staunton ; in Worcestershire, on the 
Malvern Hills, in a stony ravine between the north 
and end hills, north of Great Malvern; in Hereford- 
shire, in Mr. Knight's beautiful grounds at Downton, 
in Amestrey Quarry, in Shobden Hill Woods and 
Penyard, near Ross, where its habit is very delicate, 
Hoar Bdge and Titterstone Clee. In Ireland a 
plant has been found on Knocklayd, in the 
- Antrim. 
an extremely beautiful fern in cultivation, 
lourishes on rock-work if supplied with a light 
‘moist soil which its creeping caudex can readily 
ate: this should be composed of bog earth, leaf- 
Exposure to the sun rapidly changes 
neighbourhood of London, 
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