. My garden, its plan and culture together with a general description of its geology, botany, and natural history. Gardening. Fig. 791.—Lesser Dodder. THE ALG^. " Spawn, weeds, and filth, a leprous scum, Made the running rivulet thick and ;—Shelley. We have many Alga in my garden, which are interesting, as they represent the lowest types of vegetal life. On the palings of the Park and on the trunks of the trees a green dust is formed in winter, which is the Protococcus viridis (fig. 792). It is composed of minute cells, and a high magnifying power is required to examine them sat
. My garden, its plan and culture together with a general description of its geology, botany, and natural history. Gardening. Fig. 791.—Lesser Dodder. THE ALG^. " Spawn, weeds, and filth, a leprous scum, Made the running rivulet thick and ;—Shelley. We have many Alga in my garden, which are interesting, as they represent the lowest types of vegetal life. On the palings of the Park and on the trunks of the trees a green dust is formed in winter, which is the Protococcus viridis (fig. 792). It is composed of minute cells, and a high magnifying power is required to examine them satisfactorily, shows the plant magnified 600 times; for when increased only 100 times (fig. 792) the green dust still only appears to be composed of fine particles. Fig. 793 Fig. 792.—Proto- coccus viridiS* X xoo Fig. 793.—Ditto, x 600 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 Smee, Alfred, 1818-1877. London, Bell and Daldy
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