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“Prince Charming and his squire, returning at sunset from their conquest, with a gift of sphagnum.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z
He bandaged the wound with sphagnum moss and strips of deer hide. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z
Pale corydalis and harebell grew near the shore; sphagnum, leatherleaf and Labrador tea in the swampy sections of the hike. On the Water, and Into the Wild 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z
She had inserted the freshly cut sprigs into a frame holding moist sphagnum peat moss wrapped in green tape, and the fine textured foliage ran in a neat clockwise direction, intertwined with juniper sprays. The magic of wreathmaking circles 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z
A true sphagnum moss bog adds unexpected diversity to a park featuring more than 1,100 plant species. The U.S. Issue: Endangered Species: A Coast-to-Coast Guide to Endangered Species 2011-05-13T20:22:51Z
Walking barefoot on Lewis: "The peat was slippery and cool, and where I stepped on sphagnum it surged up and around my foot, damp as a poultice." The Old Ways by Robert Macfarlane – review 2012-05-31T07:00:02Z
She has smuggled dozens of native wildflowers and orchids into a 20-foot-long display of a sphagnum moss bog. A Lifelike Version of Nature, but Not to Scale 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z
Use a mix of one part sphagnum peat moss to one part sand. These stunning plants all have one thing in common: A taste for blood 2017-06-19T04:00:00Z
They share a 12sq in tank, kitted out with organic coconut coir, sphagnum moss, filtered water and a jade plant to climb on. You've got snail: why molluscs are the best pets for 2020 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z
The Stillwater Bog Natural Area protects vulnerable sphagnum moss and a wetland area, excellent habitat for a variety of resident and migrant birds as well as other fauna and flora. Snoqualmie Valley makes a perfect day trip | Provided by Snoqualmie Casino 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z
Often labeled as sphagnum moss or peat moss, it became popular in the 1950s because of its versatility. Peat-based soil is an environmental nightmare. Try these alternatives. 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z
Layers of sphagnum moss and peat help pickle bodies by saturating the tissue in a cold, immobilizing environment that is highly acidic and almost devoid of oxygen. What the Bog Bodies Knew 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z
The Flows provide habitat for birds, otters and water voles, and is carpeted with sphagnum moss. The 'enigmatic' peatbog seeking worldwide recognition 2023-01-01T05:00:00Z
At Westhay Nature Reserve, sphagnum moss and sundews form a carpet on the boggy ground and the wetlands attract rare birds such as bitterns and curlews. Climate change: England's gardeners face peat compost ban 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z
If you go that route, make sure to nourish the plants only with rainwater and give them a boggy soil with a mix of sand, peat and sphagnum moss appropriate for the species. Micro greens: How Seattleites are maximizing even the tiniest of yards | Produced by Seattle Times Marketing 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z
Addressing alkaline soil requires products like sphagnum peat, elemental sulfur, aluminum sulfate, iron sulfate, acidifying nitrogen, and organic mulches, according to Grove Collaborative. 2 easy ways to get rid of moss that don’t involve commercial moss killers 2022-02-26T05:00:00Z
“Leather and linen survive in bogs due to the presence of sphagnum moss,” she said. What the Bog Bodies Knew 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z
Some varieties of tropical houseplants may need to be started with a soil substrate as well, and options include perlite and sphagnum moss. How to propagate houseplants and what to know before you cut 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z
"So our sphagnum mosses are what take carbon out of the atmosphere and lock it into layers of peat, and they're actually being killed by these high levels of nitrogen." Northern Ireland's peatlands face 'toxic' nitrogen risk 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z
The recipe for a faux winter: Remove the plants from the terrarium, rinse their roots and wrap the roots in moistened long-fiber sphagnum moss. How to build a terrarium, from plant selection to scene building 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z
Look for fluffy blends with composted bark, perlite and sphagnum moss. How to deal with bugs, mites and other common houseplant pests 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z
What was once a coastal bay is now dotted with small lakes, peat bogs, and mires with white sphagnum mosses and grassy sedge plants. The Art of Pondering Earth's Distant Future 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z
"It was emotional but as time goes on, seeing things happen like the first sprouts of heather, first patch of cranberry, sphagnum, they put smiles on your face." Roaches moor fire recovery could take half a century 2020-12-26T05:00:00Z
Peat moss – or sphagnum – that grows in the Arctic tundra is a known carbon sink, which means it absorbs more carbon than it releases. 10 million snowblowers? Last-ditch ideas to save the Arctic ice 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z
The sphagnum moss is so saturated, there’s no standard way to measure. How to keep Trader Joe's orchids alive and other tips from the Huntington's expert 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z
Moss Lake is another possibility, described as “a sprawling sphagnum bog” in Romano’s book “Urban Trails: Eastside.” Need fresh air while coronavirus social distancing? Seattle outdoors folk suggest these hikes without the crowds. 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z
A public appeal raised more than £100,000 to repair the habitat for wildlife and over winter, workers built "leaky dams", planted sphagnum moss and cut vegetation fire breaks. Wildlife returns to moor but fire threat persists 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z
They found a community of different sphagnum and sedge species – some adapted to live on the raised hummocks and ridges, others thriving in the lower, soggier spots. Scotland's bogs reveal a secret paradise for birds and beetles 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z
Southwards, the coast yields to low stands of dwarf birch and willow, sphagnum bogs of arctic cotton grass, pitcher plants, blueberries, lingonberries, and cloudberries. The Fight for the Reindeer 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z
The Flow Country peatbog is formed from layers of dead vegetation such a sphagnum moss. Huge wildfire 'doubled Scotland's emissions' 2019-11-17T05:00:00Z
He’s willing to experiment with National Trust ideas such as re-wetting the soil over the winter, or growing sphagnum moss for use in beauty treatments or hanging baskets. Call to end the 'abuse' of land surface 2019-08-04T04:00:00Z
Freed plants in 15-to-20-gallon containers and in the ground, but either way he always uses a potting soil that lists sphagnum peat moss or peat moss as its first ingredient. Want a bumper crop of tomatoes? Listen to this guy 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z
Soggy patches of sphagnum moss are less predictable. Scotland's bogs reveal a secret paradise for birds and beetles 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z
Some SoCal gardeners add about 50% sphagnum peat moss to their soil when planting acid-loving plants like blueberries and azaleas, because it helps lower the acidity. The one gardening mistake you can’t afford to make 2019-05-03T04:00:00Z
Her first outbreak involved a fungal infection traced to sphagnum moss that had been used to pack tree saplings. The Weirdest Job Fair Pitch: ‘Ask Me About Brain-Eating Amebas’ 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z
Mines can use sphagnum to filter out toxins from pits where by-products are collected. Peru discovers the value of moss 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z
Removing the top few feet of sphagnum exposes the ancient, dark-brown peat soil underneath—the result of twelve thousand years of accumulated organic material decomposing in an acidic and oxygen-starved environment. Tiny Country Cuts Carbon Emissions by Planting Bogs 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z
There were ivory fractals of dead lichen, like intricate coral, and miniature hills and valleys of sphagnum moss in every shade. Letter of Recommendation: Bogs 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z
As trees grow, they also provide more shade, which favors the growth of other mosses that, because they hold less moisture than sphagnum, are less fire resistant. A New Climate Danger: Carbon Released by Burning Bogs 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z
Once the dominant vegetation, sphagnum moss, had returned, the peatland began absorbing carbon once again. UK Peatland Code designed to attract private funds - BBC News 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z
TO THE Quechua-speaking subsistence farmers who live in the higher reaches of the Peruvian Andes, the sphagnum moss that upholsters the land near their villages is a nuisance. Peru discovers the value of moss 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z
Then you allow sphagnum and other native plants to recolonize the marshy ground. Tiny Country Cuts Carbon Emissions by Planting Bogs 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z
Bogs are generally more open, characterized by an abundance of sphagnum, a superabsorbent moss, and the accretion of peat. Letter of Recommendation: Bogs 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z
“There’s little to no sphagnum recovery, which is very worrying, because if it’s going to return to a carbon-accumulating system, which is what you would hope, really, it needs to get that sphagnum back.” A New Climate Danger: Carbon Released by Burning Bogs 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z
Glints of colour, purple saxifrage, sphagnum moss, the reddening leaves of the bilberry. The place where wolves could soon return - BBC News 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z
In the United States, owners of swimming pools install sphagnum filters to reduce the need for chlorination. Peru discovers the value of moss 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z
In the fall, excavators remove the surface vegetation and cut the top layer of sphagnum moss into blocks. Tiny Country Cuts Carbon Emissions by Planting Bogs 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z
If necessity is the mother of invention, the use of sphagnum moss as a wound dressing goes firmly in that category, given the acute shortage of cotton and linen for that purpose. Medical Technology, 1915 [Slideshow] 2015-02-01T05:00:00Z
It is showing signs of recovery, with clumps of singed sphagnum moss already producing small shoots of regrowth. A New Climate Danger: Carbon Released by Burning Bogs 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z
On a carpet of green sphagnum moss, they are a natural target, easy to find, and tasty. Rare in New York City, the Wild Cranberry Is Tart and Sweet 2014-11-28T05:00:00Z
For example, Prof Rotherham said, sphagnum moss - tiny plants that grow tightly together to form carpets across bogs - was harvested and processed to provide wound dressings. Wetlands' 'vital role in conflict' 2013-09-04T00:57:57Z
"This will be removed eventually and replace by moss land plants - like sphagnum moss," he said. Bog 'recovering' after extraction 2012-10-02T11:11:55Z
Over there was the shallow pool brimming with sedges and sphagnum mosses. Op-Ed Contributor: Mean Streets for Staten Island Mountain Mint 2012-08-15T01:23:16Z
In other cases they are planted in open baskets of wood or wire, using the porous peat and sphagnum compost. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z
The windless air was faintly musical with the hum of insects and with the occasional squeaks and scurryings of unseen lemming mice in their secret roadways under the dense green sphagnum. Hoof and Claw 2012-01-28T03:00:27.507Z
"Although there is evidence that the potential medical applications of sphagnum was known to prehistoric people, its use was rediscovered in the 1800s," he observed. Wetlands' 'vital role in conflict' 2013-09-04T00:57:57Z
That is sphagnum moss carpeting the banks of a bog that stretches across hundreds of acres, a signature feature of northern landscapes. Fearing Climate Change?s Effects on the Adirondacks 2011-12-02T04:18:15Z
My method," writes Mr. Dawson, "has been to side-graft, using a cion with part of the second year's wood attached, binding it firmly and covering it with damp sphagnum until the union has been made. The Nut Culturist A Treatise on Propogation, Planting, and Cultivation of Nut Bearing Trees and Shrubs Adapted to the Climate of the United States 2011-11-12T03:00:31.793Z
In these places the cat-tail is dominant, though numerous sedges occur, and there is some sphagnum growing on the fallen logs and along the shore. Notes on the Mammals of Gogebic and Ontonagon Counties, Michigan, 1920 Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, Number 109 2011-10-15T02:00:26.690Z
He picked his way daintily over the wide beds of moist sphagnum, making no more sound as he went than if his feet had been of thistledown. Hoof and Claw 2012-01-28T03:00:27.507Z
Delegates to a three-day gathering in Sheffield will hear how sphagnum moss was harvested from UK wetlands for wound dressings during World War One. Wetlands' 'vital role in conflict' 2013-09-04T00:57:57Z
De Golyer was back in a moment, both hands full of dripping sphagnum; and Nick washed away the mess of blood. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z
I should side-graft them close to the collar and plunge them in sphagnum moss, leaving the top bud of the graft out to the air. The Nut Culturist A Treatise on Propogation, Planting, and Cultivation of Nut Bearing Trees and Shrubs Adapted to the Climate of the United States 2011-11-12T03:00:31.793Z
In August the ground was very wet, there being standing water in some places, and the ground was heavily covered with sphagnum. Notes on the Mammals of Gogebic and Ontonagon Counties, Michigan, 1920 Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, Number 109 2011-10-15T02:00:26.690Z
He had penetrated into one of the screened runways of the little people of the sphagnum. Hoof and Claw 2012-01-28T03:00:27.507Z
Transport wanted for fifty men going from the King Street Hospital today—and they want more sphagnum moss. The War-Workers 2011-08-25T02:00:32.260Z
La one hand she held a great sponge of steaming sphagnum. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z
No collector should feel sure that the Baltimore is not to be one of his trophies until he has visited in June every peat bog or sphagnum swamp in his locality. Butterflies Worth Knowing 2011-08-10T02:00:15.887Z
At other places sphagnum becomes abundant and the conditions approach those of a sphagnum bog. Notes on the Mammals of Gogebic and Ontonagon Counties, Michigan, 1920 Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, Number 109 2011-10-15T02:00:26.690Z
The deficiency of wild flowers found there is in part made up by the presence of sphagnum bogs with a typical fauna and flora of their own. Glacier National Park [Montana] 2011-06-21T02:00:29.217Z
All around there is the general bog fragrance of sphagnum and water-lilies, and the woodsy perfume of the rose-colored orchids. A Northern Countryside 2011-04-27T02:00:22.523Z
I bade Joe lay more dry wood on the fire and kick it well, for the sphagnum moss still dulled it. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z
The underground lake is up to 16 metres deep and is covered by a metre of sphagnum, creating a sphagnum raft. A dragonfly's guide to Britain 2011-04-14T16:41:06Z
Four of these were taken in tall sedges, one in grass alongside the sedges, and one in sphagnum between the sedges and the lake. Notes on the Mammals of Gogebic and Ontonagon Counties, Michigan, 1920 Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, Number 109 2011-10-15T02:00:26.690Z
With German thoroughness, they made further experiments, and so "discovered" sphagnum moss from the surgeon's point of view. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z
The two men “hopped” the broad expanse of Patch Dam heath, springing from tussock to tussock of the sphagnum moss. King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z
In the current issue of the journal Science, they report how sphagnum moss shoots its spores like an atomic bomb. Observatory: High-Speed Video Shows How Sphagnum Moss Spreads 2010-07-26T22:12:00Z
Masked Shrew.—In this county the masked shrew is usually found in sphagnum and tamarack bogs. The Mammals of Washtenaw County, Michigan Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, No. 123
Their nests are built on the ground, being sunk into the sphagnum moss, and made of grasses lined with feathers. The Bird Book Illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs.
The plant in Figure 462 was found in a sphagnum swamp near Akron and was photographed by Prof. G. D. Smith. The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth
In the country they have collected eggs for the sick, and on the moors have gathered sphagnum moss for the hospitals. Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts
Tamaracks, sphagnum, crimson pitcher-plants grew thicker; wet woods set with little black pools stretched away on every side. The Flaming Jewel
Its diameter is 40 rods, and it consists of a felt-like mass of peat, three to five feet in depth, covered above by sphagnums and a great variety of aquatic plants. Peat and its Uses as Fertilizer and Fuel
The correct amount of moisture may be attained by adding 4 fluid ounces of water to 1 pound of dry sphagnum moss. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Seventh Annual Report Wooster, Ohio, September 3, 4, 5, 1946
This is a beautiful plant growing, as Figure 172 shows, on the lower dead portion of the stems of bog moss or sphagnum. The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth
The rooting medium was white, washed, building sand placed over one half inch of sphagnum moss. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953
We got along pretty well with that in damp sand, we got along fairly well in sawdust, and we got along especially well with damp sphagnum moss. Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948
One year I packed away my scions in rather moist sphagnum moss. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fifteenth Annual Meeting New York City, September 3, 4 and 5, 1924
The completed graft was packed in layers of sphagnum and placed in an incubator instead of using a greenhouse. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Seventh Annual Report Wooster, Ohio, September 3, 4, 5, 1946
Dr. Kellerman and I found this plant growing on living sphagnum, other mosses and on rotten wood on Cranberry Island, in Buckeye Lake, Ohio. The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth
The cut or ringed area is treated with a hormone powder, wrapped in sphagnum moss and covered with a wrapping of polyethelene. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953
Nuts for planting purposes can be kept in excellent condition for several weeks by spreading them thinly between layers of damp sphagnum moss and storing in a cool place. Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948
This packing may be sphagnum moss or mill planings slightly moistened. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fifteenth Annual Meeting New York City, September 3, 4 and 5, 1924
This year I used green sphagnum with all its water and the nuts seemed to keep well in it. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting Guelph, Ontario, September 3, 4, 5, 1947
Table 1 shows the results obtained from treated nuts of ten species of Juglans when they were planted in the open field, in soil in the greenhouse or in moist sphagnum in the greenhouse. Northern Nut Growers Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Report 1943
Cover under and over with fine sphagnum moss, kept moist, and give 60 degrees until the roots start, which they will do quickly. Gardening Indoors and Under Glass A Practical Guide to the Planting, Care and Propagation of House Plants, and to the Construction and Management of Hotbed, Coldframe and Small Greenhouse
The difficulty was in getting my men sufficiently interested to keep the sphagnum wet all the time. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Second Annual Meeting Ithaca, New York, December 14 and 15, 1911
I notice that Mr. Jones has been using some kind of mill planings in place of sphagnum moss. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fifteenth Annual Meeting New York City, September 3, 4 and 5, 1924
Later we found it much better to keep scions at home in a cellar at a higher temperature, and in only slightly dampened sphagnum moss. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting Guelph, Ontario, September 3, 4, 5, 1947
This bit of sphagnum shows the process in miniature: stage after stage of dying has been gone through, and each has been all the while crowned with life. Parables of the Cross
Over this rough material put a little screenings, leaf mould or sphagnum moss, to prevent the soil's washing down into it. Gardening Indoors and Under Glass A Practical Guide to the Planting, Care and Propagation of House Plants, and to the Construction and Management of Hotbed, Coldframe and Small Greenhouse
In one experiment some of the cuttings were placed in a glass cutting bed in live sphagnum covered with sand, the upper ends of the cuttings projecting from the sand. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Second Annual Meeting Ithaca, New York, December 14 and 15, 1911
A marcot box containing sphagnum moss kept moist by a glass wick immersed in water from a bottle at the lower end was employed. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Forty-Second Annual Meeting Urbana, Illinois, August 28, 29 and 30, 1951
In placing grafted walnuts in sphagnum or sand they should not stay wet or the buds will die. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting Guelph, Ontario, September 3, 4, 5, 1947
Peat mould, peat moss litter, sphagnum moss, turf for burning, dry moor peat? Lessons on Soil
In the cut stuff a little sphagnum moss; remove this after a few days and wash the cut out with warm water, removing the congealed sap. Gardening Indoors and Under Glass A Practical Guide to the Planting, Care and Propagation of House Plants, and to the Construction and Management of Hotbed, Coldframe and Small Greenhouse
In the other experiment the cuttings were placed in sand without sphagnum in a greenhouse at a temperature ordinarily of 50° to 65°, rising occasionally, however, on still, sunny days to 70°. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Second Annual Meeting Ithaca, New York, December 14 and 15, 1911
Habitat and Range.—Swamps, sphagnum bogs, shores of rivers and ponds, wet, rocky hillsides; not uncommon, especially northward, on dry uplands and mountain slopes. Handbook of the Trees of New England
Either unions must be above damp sand or sphagnum, or the buds be protected by wax or adhesive. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting Guelph, Ontario, September 3, 4, 5, 1947
Pack them in sphagnum moss, put them in cold storage and freeze them solid. Northern Nut Growers Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-First Annual Meeting Cedar Rapids, Iowa, September 17, 18, and 19, 1930
Cover the surface of the soil between the plants with clean live sphagnum moss. Gardening Indoors and Under Glass A Practical Guide to the Planting, Care and Propagation of House Plants, and to the Construction and Management of Hotbed, Coldframe and Small Greenhouse
Another way to grow it is in pots, when exactly the required kind of compost can easily be given, viz., peat and chopped sphagnum. Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies.
It is to be hoped that Thoreau enjoyed his surveying, as he probably did, especially when it took him through sphagnum swamps or scrub-oak thickets or a tangle of briers and thorns. The Last Harvest
Then put them all in, the short-rooted ones in the sphagnum only, the others through into the peat. Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 2
The Wedge Nursery of Albert Lea, Minnesota, have a method of packing roses in sphagnum moss. Northern Nut Growers Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-First Annual Meeting Cedar Rapids, Iowa, September 17, 18, and 19, 1930
From the organization of the big schemes of supply down to such work as the collecting of sphagnum moss, everything that was needed has been done, and done well. Women and War Work
Some pots have sphagnum moss over the drainage. The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming.
He finds poverty more attractive than riches, solitude more welcome than society, a sphagnum swamp more to be desired than a flowered field. The Last Harvest
Will you please plant them out carefully in the zinc tray of peat and sphagnum that stands outside near the little greenhouse door? Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 2
When grown in a warm house, in a small, round, wire basket, filled with peat and sphagnum, this little Cactus forms a pretty tuft, which in the spring produces large numbers of white, star-like flowers. Cactus Culture for Amateurs Being Descriptions of the Various Cactuses Grown in This Country, With Full and Practical Instructions for Their Successful Cultivation
Everybody up here is gathering sphagnum moss—you know—for bandages—upon the fells. Missing
Stone, broken pot, sphagnum moss, or hay will do for this. The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming.
The pots should be two-thirds filled with crocks, then filled up with fibrous peat and sphagnum moss. Gardening for the Million
Just lift up the sphagnum and see if the earth beneath is moist, if not give it a soaking. Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 2
Several new stations for the curly grass have recently been discovered in the southwest counties of Nova Scotia by the Gray Herbarium expedition, mostly in bogs and hollows of sandy peat or sphagnum. The Fern Lover's Companion A Guide for the Northeastern States and Canada
And I shall try and help with the sphagnum moss. Missing
I wanted to know what you were going to use in place of sphagnum moss. The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming.
Oncidium Sarcodes.—Plant these Orchids firmly in well-drained pots, using equal parts of live sphagnum and fibrous peat. Gardening for the Million
In either sand or sphagnum, the roots will not shrivel; but if the cellar is warm, they may start to grow. Manual of Gardening (Second Edition)
In a clay soil, it often will pay, on a small scale, to sift leaf mould, sphagnum moss, or some other light porous covering, over the rows, especially for small seed. Home Vegetable Gardening — a Complete and Practical Guide to the Planting and Care of All Vegetables, Fruits and Berries Worth Growing for Home Use
But meanwhile what could she do—poor little Ariadne!—but 'live and be lovely'—sew and knit, and gather sphagnum moss—dreaming half her time, and no doubt crying half the night. Missing
In a growing potato plant, direct upwards one of the low shoots and surround it with a little cylinder of stiff carpet paper, stuffed with sphagnum and loam. Outlines of Lessons in Botany, Part I; from Seed to Leaf
The pots in which they are grown should be filled with fibrous peat and sphagnum moss, largely mixed with charcoal, and abundant drainage ensured. Gardening for the Million
When it can be had, florists' or sphagnum moss is an excellent medium in which to pack roots for winter. Manual of Gardening (Second Edition)
Where an upstairs room has to be used, swamp or sphagnum moss may replace the sand. Home Vegetable Gardening — a Complete and Practical Guide to the Planting and Care of All Vegetables, Fruits and Berries Worth Growing for Home Use
These dead trees fall in turn, thus making a clearing, while sediments gradually accumulate changing the pond into a bog, or meadow, for a growth of carices and sphagnum. The Mountains of California
The lowest stratum, 2 to 3 feet thick, consists of swamp-peat composed chiefly of moss or sphagnum, above which lies another growth of peat, not made up exclusively of aquatic or swamp plants. The Antiquity of Man
A mixture of peat and chopped sphagnum is what it likes. Gardening for the Million
The pockets are filled with good fibrous moisture-holding earth, and often a little sphagnum or other moss is added. Manual of Gardening (Second Edition)
Get boxes, barrels, bins, sand or sphagnum moss ready beforehand, to save time in packing. Home Vegetable Gardening — a Complete and Practical Guide to the Planting and Care of All Vegetables, Fruits and Berries Worth Growing for Home Use
Cellulose.—I did not obtain this substance in a separate state, but tried angular bits of dry wood, cork, sphagnum moss, linen, and cotton thread. Insectivorous Plants
A little sphagnum moss, that was dampened slightly every few days, was kept around them. Moths of the Limberlost
Sarracenia.—Curious herbaceous plants, requiring to be grown in pots of rough peat, filled up with sphagnum moss, in a moderately cool house having a moist atmosphere. Gardening for the Million
Very fine sphagnum moss may be sifted over the seed, or the box set in a moist place, where the soil will remain wet until the seeds germinate. Manual of Gardening (Second Edition)
"I fear I live a very quiet life—except for picking over sphagnum moss." The Burning Spear
Botany cannot go farther than tell me the names of the shrubs which grow there—the high blueberry, panicled andromeda, lambkill, azalea, and rhodora—all standing in the quaking sphagnum. Walking
It was filled with baked sand, covered with sphagnum moss, slightly dampened occasionally, and placed where it was cool, but never at actual freezing point. Moths of the Limberlost
The best material in which to pack them is sphagnum moss, the same that nurserymen use in packing trees for shipment, and which may be obtained in bogs in many parts of the country. Manual of Gardening (Second Edition)
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