148 FREAKS OF PLANT LIFE. 



Further, that this aggregation has not been' observed 

 under any other conditions, and yet has been dis- 

 covered in all our carnivorous plants, down to the 

 lowest and most uncertain of all, the "Christmas 

 Rose." 



In the face of these facts, however reluctant we 

 may at first find ourselves in accepting a theory so 

 contrary to our previous experiences, we must 

 even be " convinced against our will " that there are 

 plants, such as we have described, which are truly 

 carnivorous. 



What's this I hear 

 About the new camivora ? 



Can little plants 



Eat bug's and ants 



And gnats and flies ? 



And, if so, we feel disposed to consider it 



A sort of retrograding ; 



Surely the fare 



Of flowers is air, 



Or sunshine sweet ; 



They shouldn't eat, 

 Or do aught so degrading. 1 



Whatever our feelings may be at first, these must 

 give way under reflection that many yet stranger 

 things than these may yet be revealed. Our know- 

 ledge of the operations is as yet very elementary. 



1 " Scribner's Magazine," for April, 1875. 



