THE LIFE STORY OF THE MOSS eB 
The pigeon-wheat moss. Who knows the pigeon- 
wheat moss? Well, here is a picture of a clump of it. 
In the open wood, or near the woods on damp ground, 
you may see it in clumps or in large patches. 
The moss is more interesting to study when it is in 
fruit, because then one can read more of its life story. 

Fic. 259. Clump of “ pigeon-wheat ”? moss. 
The moss in Fig. 259 is in fruit. There are little 
stalks that rise out from the ends of the leafy stem 
with a little capsule on the end of each stalk. Some- 
times this capsule is covered with a large, pointed, 
woolly hood, and perhaps the appearance of numbers 
