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heads are hidden beneath the leaves. In this 
way the fruit often escapes the notice of birds ; the 
ostrich cannot save itself by burying its head in 
the sand, but the tiny Moschatel is undoubtedly 
protected by hiding its fruit below the leaves. 
This ‘‘ cute” little plant frequents shady places ; it 
likes damp hedgerows and the mossy ground under 
trees. The Wood Strawberry (fragaria vesca) pro- 
tects its fruit in a similar way ; and there is a plant 
which hides its flowers, which are very small, so 
cleverly that unless one knew the trick of the 
plant one would conclude that it did not bear 
flowers. I refer to the Marsh Pennywort (Hydro- 
cotyle vulgaris), whose orbicular peltate leaves are 
so commonly seen in bogs and marshes. 
Observe the strong growth of the Honeysuckle 
(Lonicera Periclymenum) around that small tree. 
The tree is evidently suffering from the grip of the 
plant, which has coiled itself around it like a snake, 
and is throttling it, as one might say. The Honey- 
suckle, or Woodbine, bears lovely flowers, whose 
delicious fragrance is well known, but it climbs up 
to the light and air at the expense of the tree about 
which it twines its wiry stem. This shrub sends out 
its leaves very early in the season; it flowers in 
July and again in October. The flowers are remark- 
able for their long trumpet-shaped corollas, at the 
inner end of which are the nectaries. Only large 
moths and long-tongued bees can reach the nectar. 
A few Toadstools are in evidence to-day, but the 
most interesting season for Fungi is the autumn. 
Then it is that we gather mushrooms from the 
meadows and a great variety of Fungi from the 
