EXERCISES
1. How does the Anemone expand its "feelers"?
2. In what way does the Anemone catch the small animals on which it
feeds?
3. Where is the mouth of the Anemone?
4. In what way might the Anemone be of use to its partner, the hermit
crab?
LESSON VIII.
SEA-WEEDS AND SEA-GRASS
We think of weeds as useless plants which insist on growing just where
they are not wanted. So it is a pity that _Sea-weeds_ are so named, for
the part they play in the sea is a useful one; and they are often
beautiful, though they do not bear flowers like so many plants of the
land. You see draggled heaps of them, lying on the shore where the waves
have thrown them. They are best seen in their proper home, buoyed up by
the water, and spreading out their broad coloured fronds, or long waving
threads. There are, in many places, meadows of Sea-grass, and forests of
Sea-weed! Mother Earth still has her carpet of green, even when covered
by the salt water. The plants are very unlike those of the land, but, as
you will see, they are of great use. We will suppose you put on a diving
dress.
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