A FROZEN' WOKLD 



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aiid-by the pond will freeze, and the iloatinj^ leaves 

 of the frogbit will be frozen and killed with it. 

 But the prudent plant provides for its own survival 



NO. 10. — THE FROr.JUT nF.TArillN'O ITS WIMKR liUDS, 

 WHICH SINK TO THK BOTTOM. 



in the person of its offshoots, which are not its 

 young, but integral parts of its own individuality. 

 it fills them with starch and other ricli foodstuffs 



