KNOWLllDGR. 



the case, as ovimi iniiuite piccfs of stoiU', pajjcr, 

 wood or glass ari' suHicient to cause movement, 

 provided tliey are lieavy enough to penetrate the 

 secretion and touch tlie gland, hut the action is 

 often slower and less complete than if meat or 

 insects were used. Raindrops, however, do not 

 seem to cause movement : on the other hand, the 

 leaves are very nuicli affected by the application of 

 a finger. 



We have so far been considering the "indoor" 

 side of the Sundew — let us try for a few minutes to 

 search for it out in the sunshine. To show the plant 

 association in which it lives we may give a picture 

 of a favourite hunting ground. This is a marshy 

 piece of ground through which a stream flows, shut 

 in by steeply-rising rocks, in the hollows of which 

 grow oak trees. The essential point for our purpose 



is the absence of cultivation. Round the marsh 

 there grow many of the sweet-scented i)lants. mint, 

 and marigolds, " which go to bed with the sun and 

 with him rise weei)ing," and other flowers of middle 

 summer, as Ferdita calls thein. There are some lf)w 

 bushes of sweetgale and tufts of heather. To drain 

 off the excessive water, a ditch has been cut through 

 the peat. On the banks of this grow Meadow Sweet, 

 Pur|)le Loosestrife and Hutterwort. The marsh itself 

 through which this ditch runs is a \ivid green tinged 

 with red from the Bog Moss which fills it. Here 

 the Sundew grows in great abundance, and the tinge 

 of its leaves adds to the colour of the Sphagnum. 

 In one corner, where the marshy character gives 

 place to swamp, the cotton grass becomes prominent, 

 then reeds and horsetails and, finallj-, on the open 

 water, water lilies float. 



A COLOSSAL KLINFORCLD CONCRETE STATLE. 



Hv I'KANK 



pI':rkins. 



Thk accompanying illustrations show the remark- 

 able reinforced concrete Indian statues of Lorado 

 Taft"s design, as unveiled in 1911 at Eagle's Nest 

 Bluff, Oregon, Illinois. This colossal statue of the 

 famous Indian chief " Blackhawk," overlooking the 

 Rock River. Illinois, was jiresented to the peojile of 

 the state. It measures forty-two feet high with a 

 base of six feet, and was erected on a natural rock\- 

 bank two hundred and fifty feet high, overlooking 

 the river. The total height of the concrete statue 

 measures forty-eight feet. 



.'\ French reinforced concrete statue was recentlx' 

 erected in Espaly, Loire Department, France, and 

 is also entirel}" made of reinforced concrete, the 

 pedestal and the figure of .St. Joseph together being 

 seventv-two feet. A threc-storv tower. twent\-fivt; 



feet in diameter, and 24-4 feet high, forms the base. 

 Within this base are seven columns in a circle, 

 which carry the weight of the statue itself. 



The figure, weighing eighty tons, measures forty- 

 eight and a half feet in height, and is composed of 

 a framework of reinforced concrete about which the 

 outside mantle is fitted. The framework in the 

 main is made up of a vertical shaft w ith a tube at 

 the top which forms the axis for the head. There 

 is a series of nine horizontal platforms in the various 

 sections of the hgure which supports the exterior 

 coating of the figure. It is stated that the statue 

 was moulded on the ground and fitted around the 

 framework, all traces of joints being effaced by a 

 proper finish, so that the entire statue seems to be a 

 singK' structure. 



<^I 



FiGURK 196. 

 In course of Erection. 



•iGCUli 197. 

 Tlu- Mould of the Head 



Figure 199. 

 The finished Statue. 



Ihe Concrete Statue at Eagle's Nest, Bluff, Oregon. 



