La romance de la vie végétale, descriptions intéressantes de l'étrange et curieux dans le monde végétal . ragmites,Prêle, Scirpus, etc. Il semble que ce soit la profondeur, l'ex-posure au vent, la nature du sol, et d'autres unknownfactors, que déterminer laquelle de ces sera présent. Les Allof sont grands, bien au-dessus de l'eau permanent ; leurs bras principal est habituellement à plat sur le fond de l'étang, ou floatinghorizontally dans l'eau, mais en libérant beaucoup d'uprightbranches*. Îles flottantes sont souvent formés par certains de ces hori-zontal tiges principales de casser* et être emportés.Ces chinois qui po

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The romance of plant life, interesting descriptions of the strange and curious in the plant world . ragmites, Horsetail, Scirpus, etc. It seems to be the depth, the ex-posure to wind, the character of the soil, and other unknownfactors, that determine which of those will be present. Allof them are tall, standing well above the water; their mainstem is usually flat on the bottom of the pond, or floatinghorizontally in the water, but giving off* many uprightbranches. Floating islands are often formed by some of these hori-zontal main stems breaking off* and being carried away.Those Chinese who possess no land make floating islands ofsuch reeds for themselves, and grow crops on them. Thereare hundreds of such islands in the Canton River. Beyond the reeds, one sees the large flat, floating leavesand beautiful cup-like white or yellow flowers of the Water-lilies. They grow in water which is not more than fifteenfeet deep. Their long stalks and leaf-stalks are flexible andyield readily, so as to keep the flowers and leaves floating.There are narrow submerged leaves as well. The actual^ 204. Stereo Copyright, Underwood &? Undernood London and New York A Leaf Raft Victoria Regia, the giant water-lily of the Amazons.Minnesota and are able to support the weight of a child, to be ten feet in diameter. Those shown are in a public park inIn their native home the leaves are said LIFE IN A POND stem of the White Water-lily is about three inches indiameter, and stout and fleshy. It is full of starchy material, and lies upon the mud deep down at the bottom of thepond. There are many advantages in the position of theflowers, for bees, flies, and other useful insects can reachthem easily, but slugs, snails, and other enemies cannot doso. The little seeds have a curious lifebelt-like cup, whichenables them to float on the surface. Of course, our own British water-lilies cannot comparewith the magnificent Victoria regia of the tropics. Itspetals are white or pink on the inside, and its gig

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