sphagnum

• Azaleas require highly acidic soil - such as sphagnum peat moss amended with gypsum and perhaps limestone. —  theithacajournal.com -
• We saw about fifty reindeer pasturing on an eminence at a distance of several thousand feet from us In the afternoon Kjellman and I were invited into the tent, where we passed an hour in their sleeping chamber On our entrance the lamp, which was filled with seal oil was lighted, a sort of moss (sphagnum) was used as a wick Our hostess endeavoured to make our stay in the tent as agreeable as possible, she rolled together reindeer skins for pillows and made ready for us a place where, stretched at full length, we might enjoy much needed repose. —  The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II
• In placing grafted walnuts in sphagnum or sand they should not stay wet or the buds will die. —  Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting Guelph, Ontario, September 3, 4, 5, 1947
• Either unions must be above damp sand or sphagnum, or the buds be protected by wax or adhesive Sap:= In spring grafting there is an enormous flow of sap which will sometimes tear the plates out of the pith. —  Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting Guelph, Ontario, September 3, 4, 5, 1947
• Some porous material such as sphagnum moss or excelsior (as here) is put on the open bottom and the flat watered by allowing it to stand in a sink or tub for a few minutes Illustration: Cuttings ready for sand; the leaves have been clipped back. —  Gardening Indoors and Under Glass A Practical Guide to the Planting, Care and Propagation of House Plants, and to the Construction and Management of Hotbed, Coldframe and Small Greenhouse

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