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meeting of the British Association, in 
Section K, Mr A. R. Horwood, of 
Leicester, read a paper on the dis- 
appearance of cryptogamic plants \ 
Animals 
The animal world is ultimately 
dependent on vegetation, so that if a 
bog is drained or a wood cut down, a 
great number of animals, as well as 
plants, are destroyed. It must not be 
supposed that the animals return after 
a new plantation has been formed on 
the old woodland site, for many species 
live only where there is a natural 
plant growth and not on cultivated 
land. In Germany, for instance, about 
80 species of spiders live on cultivated 
ground, in fields and forests, and by 
^ British Association Report, 1907. See also 
Irish Naturalist^ Aug. 1908. 
