. Flashlights on nature [microform]. Insects; Plants; Insectes; Plantes. 36 Flashlights on Nature I " bubbles, each enclosing an uninjured soldanella bud in its centre. The reason is that the heat from the flower keeps the enclosed air just above freezing-point ; and so long as it is not actually frozen soldanella is indifferent to the cold of its surroundings. Gradually, in this way, the little buds manage to bore their way to the surface and to the sunshine on the outside of the ice-sheet. At last the stalk melts its path out, and a flower appears on the top, in the centre of a small cu
. Flashlights on nature [microform]. Insects; Plants; Insectes; Plantes. 36 Flashlights on Nature I " bubbles, each enclosing an uninjured soldanella bud in its centre. The reason is that the heat from the flower keeps the enclosed air just above freezing-point ; and so long as it is not actually frozen soldanella is indifferent to the cold of its surroundings. Gradually, in this way, the little buds manage to bore their way to the surface and to the sunshine on the outside of the ice-sheet. At last the stalk melts its path out, and a flower appears on the top, in the centre of a small cup-shaped or saucer-shaped de- pression (No. 4). The exquisite blue bt/-. are thus seen bloom- ing in profusion, apparently out of the ice itself, or as if stuck into it. Unless you looked close, and noticed that their stems came from the ground beneath, you might even imagine they were rooted in the crystal mass of the neve. The edge of the snow-field in earl;, spring is often pierced and riddled by hundreds. NO. 4.—FLOWER REACHING THE SUR- FACE OF THE ICE AND OPENING IN A CUI'-SHAl'ED 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 Allen, Grant, 1848-1899. London : G. Newnes
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