Spirogyra. 



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The cell-walls, now lifeless, useless, perish. 

 Those vital spheres, each formed of the united 

 protoplasm of two cells, fall to the bottom of the 

 pond. They fear neither cold nor drought. The 

 pond may dry up, the ice may form about them ; 

 love has triumphed ; through it their continued 

 existence is assured. 



At the coming of the spring rain, the warming 

 of the spring sun, the new life unfolds; from the 

 germ of the spirogyra that was, there springs to life 

 a new filament with its beautiful emerald bands, 

 and again the green scum is seen over the pond. 



The world is full of invisible as well as visible 

 forms of life, thus living and reproducing. They 

 float in the air, are found in the water. Micro- 

 scopic creatures of simple structure and beautiful 

 and rare forms live their little cycle of life, meet, 

 unite, are physically immorta' through the life they 

 hand on to future generations. 



