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FOSSIL PINE WOOD, 



vertical, horizontal, and tangential. 



SECTION OF COCOA NUT. 



This gives an example of cells thickened into very con- 

 solidated woody tissue. 



SECTION OF COB NUT. 



The cob nut, or hog nut, is the seed of a plant (Omphalea) , 

 belonging to the natural order of Euphorbiacese, native of 

 Jamaica. 



SECTION OF SNAKE- WOOD. 



This is the wood of a plant called Ophioxylon,* from its 

 twisted root and stem, resembling a serpent. It is found 

 in the East Indies, sometimes as a climbing plant, bearing 

 bright red and white flowers ; sometimes as a small shrub, 

 the root of which is a famous nostrum with the native 

 physicians. 



MOSS. 

 SLIDES OF DICRANUM, FUNARIA, ETC., ETC. 



There is no season without its beautiful symbols of 

 God's power and love, His wisdom and forethought. Spring 

 flowers fade away; the summer foliage withers and falls 

 from the trees ; the autumn soon loses its crown and the 

 last of its flowers : but hardly have the lingering Dandelion 

 and little Daisy left us than on every old wall and knotted 

 trunk we find, in rich profusion and variety, the capsules or 

 seed-vessels of the pretty mosses. 



They are our little way-side friends, we often gather 

 their trailing stems and leafy sprigs ; but few persons, com- 

 paratively speaking, pause to examine their exqusite seed- 

 vessels ; therefore a few mounted specimens will be of great 

 value in the collection for our microscope. 



* Ophioxylon, from <**, a serpent, and %v\ov r wood; because it 

 has a twisted root and stem. 



