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pods; of these, Bryum roseum is pink, B. 
horn urn yellowish green, and B. cuspidatixm 
light green: Dicranum glancnm nearly yel¬ 
low, and D. scoparium a very dark green: 
Sphagnum, one kind pink, and another nearly 
white; and Hypnum, several species, varying 
in different shades of green. All these are 
abundant in the commons about London. 
Farther north, more brilliant colours are 
found, some very dark brown, some of a 
rich brownish purple, some of a very bluish 
green, and some so white as to look like snow. 
Wherever there is a common or very old 
turf, it will be an amusement to explore it in 
search of the different kinds of mosses; and 
when the prevailing mosses of the district 
have been discovered, the pattern and colours 
for the moss-house can be arranged accord¬ 
ingly. A very rich, and at the same time 
original effect, might be produced in a moss- 
house, by arranging the moss in an arabesque 
pattern, with different colours combined 
something like those of a Turkey carpet; 
and instead of paving the floor it might be 
formed in the same manner as the walls. Or, 
the walls might be of some plain colour with 
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