WILD PASTURES 



ing them young again with the odorous 

 promises of spring. 



, In midsummer, among patches of 

 green and gray moss, you will find tiny, 

 diamond-like globules glistening. These 

 are the clear, dew-like drops of glu- 

 tinous liquid which gem the leaves of the 

 Drosera, northern representative of the 

 Venus's fly-trap. This, the Dionaea, 

 catches flies by means of a steel-trap 

 leaf which closes on them when they 

 light on it. This other, the Drosera, is 

 not so active. It attracts insects with 

 its honey dew, holds them with sticky 

 glands, and grips them, little by little, 

 with bristles. It is a curious and beau- 

 tiful little plant, and one would hardly 

 think it carnivorous to see it adding its 

 diamond ornaments to the floral decora- 

 tions which beautify the ancient stumps 

 all summer long. 



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