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THE 



HISTORY OF THE VEGETABLE WORLD. 



" All nature feels the secret power 

 And through eternal change, obeys ; 

 Up from the deepest region creeps 

 The trace of life of former days." 



FAUST. 



The Vignette represents a group of fossil plants or impressions of 

 plants ; in the back-ground the stem of a Calamite ; right and left, 

 some impressions of Fern leaves, &c, 



