Arthur Garfield Hays
Arthur Garfield Hays 1881-1954, American lawyer, b. Rochester, N.Y. He was admitted (1905) to the bar and practiced in New York City. He was active in many cases concerned with civil liberties; he distinguished himself as a defense attorney in the Scopes Case (1925) in Tennessee and in the Sacco-Vanzetti Case (1927). He was counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union and conducted (1937) the investigation of civil liberties in Puerto Rico. He wrote Let Freedom Ring (1928, rev. ed. 1937), Democracy Works (1939), and an autobiography (1942).
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Sphagnum establishment and expansion in black spruce (Picea mariana) boreal forests.
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of Botany; 1/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...mariana (Mill.) BSP) boreal forests, Sphagnum spp. establish colonies on the forest...community. The mechanisms that permit the Sphagnum spp. to establish and expand are unknown...establishment and expansion substrates of Sphagnum spp., and the conditions correlated...
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Efficient regeneration of Sphagnum fallax from isolated protoplasts
Magazine article from: In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology; 3/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...has never been possible to regenerate Sphagnum species from isolated protoplasts, which...protoplast isolation and regeneration of Sphagnum fallax. Protoplast survival rates of...starting material and by co-cultivating Sphagnum protoplasts with protoplasts from a chlorophyll...
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New records for Sphagnum and other peatland bryophytes from Indiana
Magazine article from: Northeastern Naturalist; 1/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...arranged, 1 m2 quadrats. The peatlands included representatives of non-Sphagnum-dominated low-shrub/sedge peatlands, Sphagnum-dominated low-shrub peatlands, Sphagnum-dominated tall shrub-carrs, and forested peatlands. Forty-eight...
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Don't confuse sphagnum moss with peat moss.(cutaneous sporotrichosis)
Magazine article from: Journal of the Bromeliad Society; 9/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...to carry the sporotrichosis fungus is sphagnum moss. Most frequently used by the floral...product frequently is being confused with sphagnum peat moss, a soil conditioner known...sporotrichosis resulting from handling sphagnum moss, I'm aware of no cases as a result...
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Sphagnum mosses limit total carbon consumption during fire in Alaskan black spruce forests.(NOTE)(Report)
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of Forest Research; 8/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...water retention of hummock-forming Sphagnum species minimizes soil moisture fluctuations...during wildfire. We hypothesized that Sphagnum cover reduces overall forest floor organic...unburned stands, microsites dominated by Sphagnum had more than twice as much soil organic...
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Sphagnum peat mushroom casing soils: composition, function and microbiology.(composting & raw materials)
Magazine article from: Mushroom News; 8/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...Casing Soil The major component of casing soil used by mushroom growers in North America is sphagnum peat. Sphagnum peat is primarily decomposed sphagnum moss. Sphagnum moss typically grows in an aquatic bog environment. The bog water has a pH...
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Sphagnum peat-based casing soils do not permit the survival of Listeria monocytogenes & Salmonella sp.
Magazine article from: Mushroom News; 9/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...ABSTRACT In the mushroom growing process, sphagnum peat amended with calcium carbonate added...monocytogenes and Salmonella sp. inoculated into sphagnum casing soils. Batches of casing soils...Results demonstrate that commercial sphagnum-peat casing soils (that are not subjected...
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Canadian sphagnum peat is a real plant treat
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 6/15/1990; ; 700+ words
; What's so special about Canadian sphagnum peat moss, which so many gardeners have...soil? The answer is: many things. Sphagnum peat moss is a very versatile organic...free of harmful chemicals and insects. Sphagnum peat moss even helps improve the finest...
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Potent Peat; Research at SCSU finds sphagnum moss extract is cancer killer
Newspaper article from: New Haven Register; 5/20/2007; ; 700+ words
; Most gardeners are familiar with sphagnum moss, a spongy material that holds water...other parasites. That may explain why Sphagnum cymbifolium appears to be a potent anticancer...senior, have patented an extract of sphagnum moss that rapidly kills cancer cells...
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Mixing ratio and species affect the use of substrate-derived C[O.sub.2] by Sphagnum.(Report)
Magazine article from: Journal of Vegetation Science; 12/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; Introduction Although Sphagnum-dominated peatlands (peatlands...mostly made up by mosses from the genus Sphagnum. The balance itself seems to depend...microform, and concomitantly the dominant Sphagnum species, may shift as a result of...
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sphagnum
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
sphagnum or peat moss, any species of the large and widely distributed genus Sphagnum, economically the most valuable moss . Sphagnums...and absorbent dressings and for other uses. Sphagnum is classified in the division Bryophyta , class...
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Sphagnum
Book article from: A Dictionary of Plant Sciences
Sphagnum (subclass Sphagnidae, class Musci ) A genus of mosses which differ in...allowing the plant to hold many times its own weight of water. The capsules of Sphagnum are also unique; they are roughly spherical with no peristome . When the...
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Peat Bogs
Book article from: Plant Sciences
...composed largely of living and decaying Sphagnum moss. Decayed, compacted moss is known...several dozen species of mosses of the genus Sphagnum can, and these come to dominate the bog flora. Sphagnum removes positive ions from the water such...
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bogs
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Irish History
...invasion by more acidic plants such as sphagnum moss. These mosses grow into small hummocks...between these hummocks attract further sphagnum colonization, and the process is repeated...as in raised bogs, to invasion by sphagnum moss. With continued waterlogging the...
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peat
Book article from: A Dictionary of Earth Sciences
...Decomposition of cellulose and hemicellulose is particularly slow for Sphagnum plants, which are characteristic of such sites, and hence...remains possible after long periods. Recent bog-moss ( Sphagnum ) peat is light in colour, with the structure of the mosses...
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