. Children with fishes;. Fishes. WHAT WAS IN THE JARS, " The holder is a Hobocodon hydroid, and is the mother of the little flowers which she holds. The flowers are young medusc?. They stay there until strong enough to leave the hydroid, then detach themselves and float off upon the sea to ' paddle their own canoes.' There are some very strange. facts about these hydroids. Portions of them may be broken off, as, sometimes, the hydroid splits of its own accord, when each portion or division be- comes an independent animal, growing to the same size as the original. For a long time these hyd
. Children with fishes;. Fishes. WHAT WAS IN THE JARS, " The holder is a Hobocodon hydroid, and is the mother of the little flowers which she holds. The flowers are young medusc?. They stay there until strong enough to leave the hydroid, then detach themselves and float off upon the sea to ' paddle their own canoes.' There are some very strange. facts about these hydroids. Portions of them may be broken off, as, sometimes, the hydroid splits of its own accord, when each portion or division be- comes an independent animal, growing to the same size as the original. For a long time these hydroids were called animal ; " What is this queer-looking bunch }" asked Frank. " That's another hydra. A floating hydroid. 589. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Maskell, A. E. Anderson, Mrs. [from old catalog]. Boston, D. Lothrop company
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