The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . lent in texture. The lens, too, reveals speedilythe naked sporeheaps, which, botanically, rank itwith the Polypodies, despite its undoubtedly strongerclaims to kinship with the Athyrium. More andmore we found as we proceeded, its presence alwavsbeing determined by that of loose lying boulders,under the shelter of which the plants could nestle. A few hundred yards further, and we found our-selves on a slight declivity, leading down to a shallow August 22, 1891.] TEE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 217 tarn or loc
The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . lent in texture. The lens, too, reveals speedilythe naked sporeheaps, which, botanically, rank itwith the Polypodies, despite its undoubtedly strongerclaims to kinship with the Athyrium. More andmore we found as we proceeded, its presence alwavsbeing determined by that of loose lying boulders,under the shelter of which the plants could nestle. A few hundred yards further, and we found our-selves on a slight declivity, leading down to a shallow August 22, 1891.] TEE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 217 tarn or loch, which lies in the midst of a boldamphitheatre formed by the topmost ridges of BenLawers, whose cairn-crowned summit rose some 1500feet to our right. The cliffs and slopes were spark-liDg with long tortuous lines of snowy cascades, for the species was over, and that our special searchfor varieties was beginning. Most of the plants werefairly hidden in deep crevices, due, we imagine, topartial depletion by visitors, as, later on in oursearch, in less accessible spots, we found it growing. was bagged, forming, with the normal, a very fairquartette, considering the reputed constancy of thespecies. The Holly Fern here was accompanied bya profusion of small plants of the Hard Fern(Blechnum spicant),the Broad Buckler Fern (Lastreadilatata), in a very lax and delicate condition ; , very small; and here and there a diminu-tive L. filix-mas. All these species were obviouslyvery near the border of their possible alpestre, the Oak Fern (P. dryopteris),the Beech Fern (P. phegopteris), and the brittleBladder Fern CCystopteris fragilis) were, however,quite at home, while two plants of Woodsia ilvensiswere unexpectedly found among the rocks, insteadof in the steep cliffs to which it was supposed tobe confined, but on which it could not be dis-covered after long search. The green Spleenwort(Asplenium viride) literally swarmed in everychink, and even in the grass
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