British mosses, their homes, aspects, structure, and uses : with a figure of each species etched from nature / by F.E. Tripp.

  • Tripp, F. E.
Date:
1868
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: British mosses, their homes, aspects, structure, and uses : with a figure of each species etched from nature / by F.E. Tripp. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PREFACE. HE aim of the following pages has been to present such descriptions of British Mosses as should be useful to the amateur who may desire to ascertain the names of such species as he chances to meet with. The language has been simplified as much as possible, and reference to minute detail and intricacy of structure has been avoided where prac- ticable. Those who wish to pursue the study more deeply can do so by the aid of such standard works upon the subject as Wilson’s “ Bryo- logia Britannica ” and Bruch and Schimper’s “ Bryologia Europma.” The illustrations have been etched on the copper directly from the living specimen. It has not been possible through the medium employed to give colouring, but an attempt has been made, by dark or light plates, to afibrd some idea of the comparative shade of the Moss represented. Some doubtful natives or very rare kinds have been omitted, but with these exceptions every species has been given, and the greater b