Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 411
toms of de-caying hfe all around,and the minute eggsof animals and sporesof plants; but besidesthese, the pool is fullof minute Hving plants— small jelly masseswith solid coats of flintwhich are mouldedinto most lovelyshapes. Plantsformed of jelly and flint! You will think I am joking,but I am not.… … Fig. 7. Living Diatoms. a, Cocconema lanceolatum. 6, Bacillariaparadoxa. c, Gomphonema marinum.d, Diatoma hyalina. Inhabitants of My Pool 377 a flinty skeleton. They are so small, that many ofthem must be magnified to fifty times their real sizebefore you can even see them distinctly. Yet the…
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