Notice of Some of the Mosses of New England. 171 



to grow, and this way I have always succeeded with the 

 most difhcult kinds : but tliey require to be kept very close 

 for a great length of time. 1 send you a list of some of the 

 best varieties : — 



Beaumont/awa, 



Willmored/ia; 



bdccans, 



hyemalis, 



tricolor, 



Hartnelh'i, 



ventricosa superba, 



Bowiedwa, 



Niven/d;za, 



Bedfordidwa, 



pannosa, 



vestita coccinea, 



Nonantum, Yale Gardens, March, 1847 



Coventry an a, 



nigricans, 



Lambertidna, 



grandinosa, 



a'rdens superbus, 



persoluta, 



Aiioniana, 



prsegnans, 



Rollissonw", 



vestita alba, 



Archeridwa, 



bicolor. 



Art. VIL Notice of Some of the Mosses of New England. 



By Wm. Oakes, Ipswich, Mass. 



Mosses of the White Mountains. 



The alpine region of the White Mountains, though a per- 

 fect garden of Lichens, is exceedingly unfavorable to Mosses, 

 from the great and sudden changes of temperature, but prin- 

 cipally from the great dryness which often prevails for sev- 

 eral weeks. In the forests at the sides and base of the moun- 

 tains are found many of the common mosses of New England, 

 with others which belong to its nortliern regions. Their 

 number, however, does not appear to be very great, though 

 man)'- of the species grow in great luxuriance and profusion. 

 The following list contains most of the interesting species, 

 both of the alpine region and the base. Specimens of many 

 of these have already been published in the magnificent vol- 

 umes of the Musci Allefj^hanicnses of Mr. Sullivant, our ex- 

 cellent American Muscologist. 



/fy'pnum denticulalum, L. Alpine. Case. 



stramineum, Dicks. Sullivant, Muse. Allegh. 38. Alpine. Base. 

 moUe, Dicks. Alpine. 

 var. alp^stre. H. alp^-stre, Swartz. Base. 



