Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 716
al duty of these cells is to suckin moisture from the swamps inwhich the plantsgrow. A handful of bog-moss, when squeezed,yields a surprising amount of water. Placed indampness again, the whole plant rapidly becomesas moist as ever. In fact, the absorbing powersof sphagnum equal that of a sponge.… … srllAGNUM OK IRAl-MOSs. ever there are bogs, there the moss is almost cer-tain to be found growing in great abundance. Itis one of the chief components of peat. During tlie war, many women and children have col-lected the hog-moss and despatched it to the RedCross depots in Great Britain and…
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