. Botany for secondary schools; a guide to the knowledge of the vegetation of the neighborhood. Plants. 210 WHERE PLANTS GROW peat. When dug out and dried, peat may be used as fuel. Finally it may decay and make a vegetable soil known as muck. When thoroughly decayed, plants become vege- table mold or humus. New plants grow on peat or muck, and the accumulations year by year tend to raise the level of the bog, and the surface finally becomes so high as to support plants of the high lands. An important agent in the formation of peat bogs is sphagnum moss. New moss grows on the old, and the bog
. Botany for secondary schools; a guide to the knowledge of the vegetation of the neighborhood. Plants. 210 WHERE PLANTS GROW peat. When dug out and dried, peat may be used as fuel. Finally it may decay and make a vegetable soil known as muck. When thoroughly decayed, plants become vege- table mold or humus. New plants grow on peat or muck, and the accumulations year by year tend to raise the level of the bog, and the surface finally becomes so high as to support plants of the high lands. An important agent in the formation of peat bogs is sphagnum moss. New moss grows on the old, and the bog becomes higher as time goes on. (Fig. 374.). 376. A landscape devoid of vegetation. Western United States. 365. Plants Contribute to Scenery.—Aside from sky and air, natural scenery depends chiefly on two things: the physical contour of the earth; the character of the vegeta- tion. Contrast the aspect of winter and summer scenes as expressed in vegetation. (Fig. 375.) Imagine any land- scape with which you are familiar to be devoid of plants. Compare Figs. 376 and 377. Review.—What is meant by environment? By habitat? Flora? What determines where plants shall grow? What is an aquatic plant?. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954. New York, Macmillan
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