FERNS, MOSSES, AND LIVERWORTS. IOI 



What method may be followed with the mosses and 

 Liverworts to gain instruction, as well as amusement, 

 and convert a woodland visit to some better purpose 

 than a mere idle stroll ? What is applicable to the 

 one is also to the other. Mosses should be collected 

 when in fruit, that is, when they exhibit their capsules. 

 In this condition they should be taken from the 

 ground or trees, and each wrapped in thin paper by 

 itself. The locality to be written outside in pencil? 

 with the date. Arrived at home, all mould or ex- 

 traneous matters should be removed, the specimens 

 laid out flat between sheets of paper, and pressed by 

 a heavy weight until dry. When dried they may be 

 kept in envelopes, to be studied or named at any time. 

 After years of rest, these specimens will not appear to 

 differ from what they did on the day of their collec- 

 tion, except a slight fading of the bright green colour. 

 Not only will they prove souvenirs of many a pleasant 

 ramble, but if the localities and dates are ; attached, 

 they will always afford interest to bryological friends, 

 -or they will furnish material for fireside study and 

 intellectual amusement during the evenings of winter. 



