438 On the Cultivation of Plants in Pots in Mosses. 



roots are much at the lower part of the pot, I prefer making 

 the addition at the bottom. 



The plants which I have cultivated in Mosses are many ; 

 the following amongst others, Canna Indica and patens, 

 Calla Ethiopica, Agapanthus umbellatus, Hydrangea hor- 

 tensis, Disandra prostrata, Justicia nervosa, Gorteria rigens, 

 Pelargoniums, Cinerarias, &c. Some plants do better, and 

 flower earlier and more vigorously in Mosses than in mould, 

 such as Eucomis striata, Eucomis punctata, &c. 



The roots of whatever things are put into the Mosses spread 

 and increase surprisingly, especially such as require to be 

 kept wet, for the Mosses retain moisture longer and more 

 uniformly than mould. 



In my practice I find several particular benefits in using 

 pots thus filled with Mosses, in preference to mould ; they 

 are so much lighter that they are moved with greater 

 readiness, and in large sized pots the risk of breaking them 

 from their weight when they are moved is avoided. Pots of 

 ornamental plants which are to be placed in the apartments 

 of a house, have great advantages when filled with Mosses, 

 for independent of the facility with which they are moved, 

 they make no dirt or litter on the floor, which often occurs 

 when the pots are filled with mould. In sending plants to 

 a distance those which are rooted in Mosses travel admirably, 

 they turn well out of the pots, and the roots are so mixed 

 with the Mosses that they do not separate from them as 

 they would from mould ; and besides this safety to the plants 

 the Mosses are so light that the package is conveyed with 

 great comparative ease. 



I have succeeded in striking cuttings of many plants in 



