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This curious appendage 10 the trees is first Wis.
ible in the cypress swamps at about 80 degrees,
and is seen thence to the gulf. 1t is the constant
accompaniment of the trees in deep bottoms
and swampy lands, and seems to be an indica-
ton of the degree ofhumidity in the atmosphere.
have observed that in dry and hilly pine woods,
far from streams and stagnant waters, it almost
wholly disappears; but in the pine woods it
reappears as you approach bottoms, streams and
swamps. | have remarked too, that where it so
completely envelopes the cypress, as to show
nothing but the festoons ofthe dark grey moss,
other trees are wholly free from it. 1t seems
less inclined to attach itself to the cotton wood
trees than to any other.


This moss is plant of the parasitcal species,
being propagatcd by seed, which forms capsule
that is preceded by very minute but beautiful
purple flower. Although when the trees that
have cast their leaves are covered with it, they
look Us if they were dead, yet the moss will moi
live on dead tree. II is well known that thi!
moss when managed by process like that ofpre
pairing hemp or fax, separates from its bark, ant
the black fibre that remains is not unlike horse
! hair elastic, ncowuptible, and an admirab" anc
cheap article for mattresses, Of which are formed
most Of the beds cf the southern people otthl
region.