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‘ neighbourhood, with an abundant growth of quiet-coloured and 
rather washed-out looking lichens. One thing should be noted 
particularly by those who are disposed to pay attention to the 
Mosses, and that is that they may be studied all the year round. 
The usual fruiting time perhaps is the winter, but many species 
are a long time—several months—maturing their fruit. Some 
Mosses will have a certain soil, chalk or clay as the case may be, 
and many want a great deal of moisture, but some are not hard to 
please. Even ‘‘ The bank whereon the wild Thyme grows”’ will 
be found to be a good place for the Bryologist, especially during 
wet weather and in the early months of the year. Many plants 
are called Mosses that are nothing of the kind. Two ofsuch are 
used medicinally, namely Iceland ‘Moss,” whichisa Lichen, and 
Trish ‘‘Moss”’ which is a well-known seaweed, common enough on our 
own coast. 
