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“The Rolling Thing Before the Whirlwind, 
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The RESURRECTION PLANT. 
Tliis SImmkcn, Hounded Ball of 'rijjlilly-Coilcd-r]) 
Leallols, Dvy ami ajipari'iilly Dead, will livi' for liundi-cds 
of ycai-s without Ix'ine |)lantod or watered. 'When IM- 
.MKiisEi) in tepid water one frond-like tip unfolds slowly 
outward, then another, and another, until ni a short time 
the whole plant has resurrected, flattened out into a plate- 
like shape, and is transformed into a Hovely Hosette of 
heautiful velvet f-reen, fern-like moss, both odd and mar- 
velous. 
It will grow nicely if [)lanted in a warm, moist, shady 
])laee, hut heing nearly or fully matured in size and 
growth when gathered, it need not he ))lanted at all, as 
the plant will keej) just as well in a trunk, or any oth<‘r 
dry ))lace in tlu“ house, forages, in a |)erfeetly Iresh and healthy condition, and 
can he i-esuri'eeted at will time and again, indelinitcdy, hy lu iug allowed to ( itid 
u]) and hecome dry, ea(di time, after iiaving heeii fully o])eni‘d out hy water. 
The first picture is a photogra))h of the a])parently d('ad ]>lant (reduced in 
size), the iiisiile fronds of whi(di arc rolled ii]) like a scroll; the color is some- 
what like that of iron rust, having a imudi inoiu' dead a])]iearance than old dry 
hav, and like hav, it is not affected in the least hv an\' evtreme of cold or heat. 
'I'Ih' most remarkahle jieculiarity of this ))lant is, that after being i{oii,i;i), if 
is still so sensitive to humidity that it will curl up and unfold in the same inannei' 
as when growing in its native soil. 
It is entirely distinct fro)n a snmll “Selaginella” grown in ile.xico, incorrect- 
ly called the “Hesui'rection Plant.” 
It is one of the greatest of wonders in the plant kingdom; a rare and heauti- 
ful thing in the ])arlor in the dead of Winter, and a most interesting ciiriosity to 
all at all times. 15 cents each; 'J for 25 cents. 
I also have a Kesurrection .Moss, 25 cents each; and three kinds of llesur- 
rection Perns, 15 cents each; whi< h, when dry, ( uid iij) and are a])paratly dead 
like the Kesurrection Plant, ami like it can he I'csurrected at will, indefinitely. 
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