Show flowers of the sen sea like the land the sea has its flow ers but tho the most brilliant of the marine flowers bloom not upon plants but upon animals the living corals corald ot of tropical seas present a display of floral beauty that in richness and vividness of color and variety and grace of form rivals the splendor of a garden ot of flowers the resemblance to blossoms Is so complete that some persons find it difficult to believe that the brilliant display contains no element of plant life but is wholly animal in its or Q among the sea animals that bloom as if they were plants are included besides corals corald the sea anemone and the sea cucumber it has been re marked that the birds and butterflies of the upper world are replaced by lishes of curious forms and flashing colors which dart about among the animal flowers |