VI. BEVOLVING PLANTS. 



The rounded world is fair to see, 



Nine times folded in mystery ; 



Though baffled ears cannot impart 



The secret of its labouring heart, 



Throb thine with Nature's throbbing brea 



And all is clear from east to west ; 



Spirit that fcirks each form within 



Beckons to spirit of its kin ; 



Self -kindled every atom glows 



And hints the future which it shows.'' EMERSON. 



THE Volcoos globator here sketched is a very small 

 and beautiful plant. To those unacquainted with the 

 revelations of the microscope, this statement will 

 appear rather startling, so different is this organism 

 from what are usually known as plants. The fact 

 is that we are here again on the border-land or de- 

 bateable ground between vegetable and animal life ; 

 and although the botanists have established their 

 claim to the Fblvocinete, there being more of the 

 vegetable than of the animal in them, yet the posi- 



