...change. Under a degree of temperature not sufficiently great to decompose the plants that have sprung upon the surface, these plants accumulate ; and, aided...the surface of plains, or accumulated in great beds upon the tops and acclivities of mountains, or in valleys, hollows, and ravines. Successive layers...

...plants accumulate ; and, aided by a certain degree of humidity, are converted into peat, which is ei.her found in strata upon the surface of plains, or accumulated...mass, it continues to increase, under circumstances favorable to its production. Water is a necessary agent in its formation, and, we may believe, too,...

...greatly improved by culture, enough of their original characters will remain to make them known. " Peat consists of vegetable matter which has undergone a...successive layers of plants being added to the mass, under circumstances favourable to its production. Water is a necessary agent in its formation ; and...