. St. Nicholas [serial]. A PHOTOGRAPH BY A. M. McFARLAND. 844 NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS. [July, A LITTLE ARCTIC TRAVELER. Several thousand years ago a little travelerwas stranded in the northeastern part of theUnited States in a strange land, and with noneof its friends SKETCHES OF THE PARTS OF THE SUBARCTIC PRIMULA. This little foreigner was a tiny plant, the sub-arctic primula, and you can easily guess that itwas left behind by the great ice-sheet of theglacial period which at that time covered thisregion. As the climate grew warmer, and the icemelted and receded, we all know
. St. Nicholas [serial]. A PHOTOGRAPH BY A. M. McFARLAND. 844 NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS. [July, A LITTLE ARCTIC TRAVELER. Several thousand years ago a little travelerwas stranded in the northeastern part of theUnited States in a strange land, and with noneof its friends SKETCHES OF THE PARTS OF THE SUBARCTIC PRIMULA. This little foreigner was a tiny plant, the sub-arctic primula, and you can easily guess that itwas left behind by the great ice-sheet of theglacial period which at that time covered thisregion. As the climate grew warmer, and the icemelted and receded, we all know that it left inits wake lakes and rivers that had never beforeexisted, dug out gorges and formed waterfalls,and scattered all manner of glacial deposits. And it also left behind it, inthese strange new surroundings,this delicate little plant of theprimrose family. The great mass of animal andplant life which survived the ice-sheet gave up its struggle for ex-istence ; but the sturdy primrosepersevered and began lookingabout for the most natural placeit could find for a home, finallydeciding upon the shaded wetwalls of the ravines then form-ing. It set bravely to work, mak-ing the best of its surroundingsand adapting itself to them. Thismember of the primrose familyclosely rese
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