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mens, but I am sorry to say so few botanists can 
appreciate the difference between this species and the 
next following, that I have thought it the safer way to 
omit all the records that have been obligingly handed 
me if unaccompanied by specimens. 
In a common flower-pot this fern grows most luxu- 
_riantly. Select a small pot, in proportion to the size 
sandstone in small pieces, and light friable loam 
sifted fine, so as to get rid of the pebbles which 
so frequently occur in loam: these five ingredients, 
in equal parts, should be thoroughly mixed and 
through a coarse sieve. Hold the fern in 
sega constantly full of water, but supply no water 
1 the fronds or surface soil 
