10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPHAGNOLOGY»
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sphagnology in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
sphagnology and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Chambers Dictionary
... it decays and used in horticulture, etc for its water- retentive properties. - Also
called peat moss or bog moss. - adj sphagnic olous (L cnlere to inhabit) living in
peat moss « sphagnol ogist. » sphagnology the study of the sphagnum mosses.
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Origins: A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English
... sphagnology, the science of peat mosses. Sphenisd-, Sphenisw, only in Zoo:
from SciL Sphem'scus, the genus of the jackass penguins. 'from the shortness of
the bird's wings' (Webster), Gr sphe'niskos meaning 'a little wedge', from sphin, ...
3
Journal of Botany, British and Foreign
Hence success in the new Sphagnology is to be attained only by patient Section-
cutting. And as the multiplication of cryptogamous species usually varies in direct
proportion with the magnification afforded by the powers of the microscOpe ...
4
The Journal of Botany, British and Foreign ...
... postscript the author announces that he has handed over the treatment of the
Sphagna to Mr. Horrell, who introduced. (Journ. Bot., April to December, 1900)
Warnstorf's system of Sphagnology to British readers. A. G. BOOK-NOTES,
NEWS, ...
I have not created a new system of Sphagnology as he supposes, but have
merely recommended a new method of enquiry into the science, a method which
I have applied in my publication " Zur Systematik der Torf- moose " (1886) which
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Abel Joel Grout, Annie Morrill Smith, Otto Emery Jennings, 1908
... but very remarkable family of the peat-mosses. To Mr. Faxon, who has had the
kindness to translate this work into English, I here express my most sincere
thanks. May he long continue to take, as heretofore, an active interest in
sphagnology.
John Merle Coulter, M.S. Coulter, Charles Reid Barnes, 1890
... leading logically to the study of peat moss, if that's your desire, after cascading
from biology to phytology, and thence to bryology (the study of mosses and
liverworts), muscology (mosses), and sphagnology (the sphagnum, or peat,
mosses).
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Journal of Botany: British and Foreign
Warnstorf seems to have been a no more satisfactory guide than other well-
known fathers of Sphagnology. W. & Ae. Dopp (Marburg) summarise some recent
contributions to Moss- cytology. Finally, miscellaneous notes contain some
obituary ...
Berthold Seemann, Alfred Barton Rendle, 1937
9
The collected works of Sir Humphry Davy ...: Discourses ...
... but very remarkable family of the peat-mosses. To Mr. Faxon, who has had the
kindness to translate this work into English, I here express my most sincere
thanks. May he long continue to take, as heretofore, an active interest in
sphagnology.
John Merle Coulter, Sir Humphry Davy, John Davy, 1890
10
Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History).: Botany
Full descriptions and excellent illustrations are plentiful in earlier literature. Nor is
it desirable to repeat the major part of the history of Sphagnology in Europe,
except where it has a direct bearing SPHAGNALES OF TROPICAL ASIA.
