MOORLAND IDYLLS. 



material with a thick coat of glazed outer 

 cells ; the deciduous trees, on the other 

 hand, withdraw all the living protoplasm 

 in autumn into the live layer of .the bark, 

 drop the dead skeletons of the leaves on the 

 ground, and utilize the protoplasm afresh for 

 the formation of young leaves when spring 

 comes round once more in due season. 

 Nothing is lost; everything is economized, 

 hoarded, and finally used up again. 



