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great quantities on all peat bogs, grotvitig 

 generally in the moist places. It should be 

 perfectly fresh, and not left any time pul- 

 led up before it is used for the intended pur- 

 pose. 



I have since receiving the premium from the 

 Society, sent with success to the East and West 

 Indies, Africa, Constantinople, and to Finland, 

 many packages of fruit and other trees, which 

 have been found to succeed beyond my most 

 sanguine expectation, an account of which may 

 be seen by referring to the Trans, of the Society 

 of Arts, vol. XXX. p. 195 to 203. 



Some years ago, I had an opportunity of 

 viewing a large heap of this moss which had 

 been collected for decorating a grotto ; and 

 I observed that although it had lain exposed 

 for several months in the heat of summer, 

 yet with the exception of the very outside 

 of the heap, its particles appeared in the same 

 state as when first collected, and that a gen- 

 tle state of vegetation was still going on. I 

 moreover observed, that several species of 

 heaths, grasses, and plants, that had been by 

 chant e collected in the heap were preserved, 

 and in several instances had the same appear- 

 ances as when growing, others were a little 

 blanched for want of light; but even these were 

 alive and capable of growing byproper manago- 



