THE 



MUSEUM GAZETTE. 



No. ii. MARCH, 1907. Vol. i. 



EDITORIAL NOTES. 



Last summer we devoted two issues of our Gazette to 

 seaside topics, and in the autumn one was given to the study 

 of fungi. March and April are the months for Mosses, and 

 we accordingly allow this most interesting tribe of plants to 

 take up a large share of our space. The Rev. E. N. Bloom- 

 field, an authority on mosses, has kindly written for us a short 

 but valuable article, and for the benefit of beginners we have, in 

 our Lexicon page and elsewhere, endeavoured to clear the 

 subject of some of its difficulties, by the familiar exposition 

 of some of the terms in use. It is a mistake to suppose that 

 the study of mosses has in it more of the abstruse than is 

 inherent in all branches of natural knowledge. It is, on the 

 contrary, one well within the reach of all. 



The beginner in the study of mosses may be advised to 

 begin by collecting a few common specimens and keeping 

 them for a time alive. A moss-vivarium takes up but little 

 room, and is not unsuited to the window sill of any room. A 

 few shallow saucers and a bell glass or two are all that is 

 needed, and the latter are not indispensable. At page 500 a 

 list of sixteen species is given with short descriptions. This 

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