Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 728
at this mysteri-ous beauty comes from the bottom of the ocean,where it stands upright anchored in the mud ? It isknown as a glass sponge ; the learned call it Euplcc-tella speciosa, meaning beautifully woven, whilethe common name is Venus Flower-Basket. It would seem strange that a form so frail… … THE GLASS SPONGE, OR VENUS* FLOWER-BASKET. 698 THE EARTH, THE MOON AND THE COMET. [OCTOBH land with its mountains, valleys and plains, coveredwith lovely forests of tinted sea-weeds. This is thehome of innumerable varieties of life. Here therare and beautiful forms of coral are silently builded,and…
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