Show THE VEGETABLE salamander air cannot injure the th a hardy tr e of there li is a tree of colombia the Rh od adorata orata of the order which prents ts says ays an article quoted quote d in current a most moat remarkable power of resistance to fire in the district of rollins it is customary every year during daring the dry season to set dot fire to the plains alaina in order to dewoy destroy all the dry weeds that during rains might interfere with the growth gross th of the young and tender vegetation thle thin periodical conflagration matut illy ally produces the moot disastrous effects upon the trees tree which gradually disappear without being replaced since it tie i difficult for an old tree to resist and till still more so BO for a young shoot of one or two years A single tree forms forma an exception e and tint hrit is fa the one abone mentioned the small distorted and so and habing a wild and desolate deb appearance this tree not only does docs not suffer buner from the fire fike hut but derives profit it prod bally establishes itself in abandoned by other trees and installs itself therein lne e haie hae liete here a sexy cry typical case of a our avni of the fittest it alone capable of sting fire wit A it the disappearance of its rivals and in seen to gradually encroach upon tin always more extended donimic its ita resistance to fire la is due to its bark the external portion of the latter boic than than halt half au an inch and formed of dead cells and fineis acta like a a protect protective lie jacket with respect to the more cantral slid ining and this assures its ita triumph in its ita struggle nt lor fox existence against fire |