CULTIVATION. 



plants will not thrive is, that the collectors neglect to do 

 this. 



The commoner species, such as Funaria, Tortula muralis, 

 and Ceratodon, will scarcely require to be encouraged, as 

 they will establish themselves wherever a likely wall or 

 rock-work presents itself, providing that the place chosen is 

 not in a smoky district. Some of the tree mosses, such as 

 Leucodojn^sciuroides and Anomodon viticulosum (fig. 37), I 

 have succeeded in growing by bringing some of the bark 

 on which they were growing and fastening it down with pegs 

 on the earth. To attempt to grow these after they have been 

 removed from the bark will be sure to end in failure. In 

 the case of those species which grow on rocks or stones, a 



FIG. 37. Anomodon viticulosum, natural size. 



portion of the rock should be, if possible, detached, as the 

 mosses are more likely to live where they are established 

 than they would be if they were removed from their habitat, 

 and in these cases the pieces of rock, will require to be 

 either bedded in the rockery or in pots, making the upper 

 part of the rock level with or slightly above the level of the 

 soil. 



A very successful cultivator of mosses, Mr. R. Veitch, 

 gives the following account of his mode of transplanting and 

 cultivation : " For Grimmia pulvinata and Orthotrichum 

 anomalum, I use a soft porous stone the size of the pot, 

 rilling it with drainage to such a height that the stone, when 

 resting on it, is level with the brim. The patches are then 

 placed upon the stone with a little space between each, 

 and for the purpose of keeping them steady I sprinkle a 



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