MOSSES. 



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Other moss-like plants are called 'Club-mosses/ 

 because their spore-cases are often collected into a 

 club-shaped body, not unlike a fir-cone. These 

 delight in moist and warm climates. Thus, you 

 see, there is great variety 

 in this humble family." 



"Among them all," 

 said Mary, " what is that 

 very beautiful pale green 

 moss, which was sent 

 to mamma from Crow- 

 borough, in Sussex, with 

 such curious horns at the 

 ends of the branches ?" 



" It is called < Stag's- 

 horn Moss,'* and is one 

 of the club-mosses I 

 have just referred to. 

 It is remarkable, not 

 only for its delicate 

 colour and branching 

 growth, but for con- 

 taining in its spore- 

 cases a fine powdery 



* Lycopodium clavatum. 



STAG S HOUX MOSS. 



