A Frozkn World 



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In reality, plants, thoiij^h usually more or less 

 attaciicd to the soil, have almost as many tricks 

 and manners of their own as the vast mass of 

 animals ; they provide in the most inj^enious and 

 varied ways for the most diverse emerj^encies. 

 The winter shoots of the eurlcd pond-weed, for 



NO. 4. — THE SIIOOIS DETAt HINC. THEMSELVES AM) SINKING, 

 liEI-OKE THE roNI) EKEEZES. 



example, carry int^ with them the hopes of the nice 

 for a future season, are (k-liberately arranged be- 

 forehand with a line of least resistance, a point of 

 severance on the stem, at which in the fulnesr- of 

 time they peaceably detach thrmsclves. You can 

 note in the illustration how they have glided off 



