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" The third class of plants slightly typifies the wheat, — and is more 

 homogeneous with the constitution of the higher orders of animals. 



" The fourth class approximates still nearer to animal existence. 

 Being more perfect in composition than the others, it presents a varie- 

 gated foliage, the extracts from which enter essentially into the forms 

 of the first animals. 



" The fifth class being an ultimate of the four others described, is 

 necessarily more exalted in composition. This species is a kind of 

 zoophyte, — which may be considered as mediator between vegetable 

 and animal existences. For while it sustains a close connexion with 

 the former kingdom, it throws feelers of sensation into the latter, and 

 thus it partakes of both vegetable and animal life." — i. 187. 



I may perhaps here make a passing allusion to the human in- 

 habitants of Jupiter : they walk on all fours ; they inhabit tents lined 

 with a bluish bark : possessing " an expansive and sweeping intellect, 

 they comprehend the laws and relations of their being with one con- 

 centrated thought." 



Mr. Davis does not give us any detailed account of the phytology 

 of the asteroids which intervene between Jupiter and Mars, but we are 

 informed that they possess vegetables, and are shortly about to have a 

 creation of animals : we hope Mr. Davis will give the world due 

 notice of the event when it occurs. Concerning the vegetation of 

 the remaining planets, we are furnished with the following brief but 

 interesting particulars. 



The Vegetation of Mars. — " Its surface abounds with extensive 

 vegetable productions, these being still more numerous than those of 

 Jupiter, less perfect, but superior to those of Earth. The animal 

 formations are not so extensive ; but they ascend from the lowest up 

 to man in successive modifications of forms which correspond generally 

 to their interior principles. And man there, is in a much more ex T 

 alted state, both physical and mental, than the inhabitants of the earth ; 

 but he does not approach the high state of exaltation and refinement 

 which characterizes the other planets' inhabitants. I will mention 

 the kinds of vegetable productions that are most used, and not enter 

 into a classification of the general species of either the vegetable or 

 animal kingdom. There is a species of tree existing among them that 

 is of vast use. It germinates and gradually developes itself into a 

 stout, bulky form, representing the spiral. Its branches are long, and 

 extend far around the trunk. Its leaves are very broad, with a mixture 

 of a bluish and reddish color, with more prominence of the green. Its 

 blossoms are very beautiful, and its fruit is esteemed among them as 



