MOSSES 



White Moss. 



A plant known as the cord moss is found everywhere. 

 When the spores are fully ripened the moss may be eas- 

 ily recognized, because the capsule, 

 with its mouth on one side, has such 

 a strange look. Before it is ripe the 

 capsule stands up erect. Then you 

 may not know it. The spores ripen 

 early in June. 



By the roadside and in the fields 

 you will find a moss that looks like 

 this one. It is called the urn moss 

 because of the shape of its capsules. 

 Sometimes it is seen on the earth at the florist's. By 

 the side of the paths in the parks of Greater New York 

 it grows in quantities. You can get it in the best con- 

 dition in the month of May. 

 This moss is a'near relation to the 

 cord moss, though it looks very 

 unlike it in most ways. 



" The tiny moss, whose silken 



verdure clothes 

 The time-worn rock, and whose 



bright capsules rise 

 Like fairy urns, on stalks of 



golden sheen." 



HereisaGiantBryum. Don't 

 you think that it looks a little like 



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Cord Moss. 



