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Show I Feats of Strength by Small Plants, j Strength is not a thing usually con- ! nected with maidenhair fern, yet If 1 Its roots havo not sufllclolnt room they I will break tho pot In which hot plant , u grows. Hlndes or grass will forco tho , 1 curbstones between which they may i spring up out of their placo, and In I a ' single night a crop of small must- j rooms havo lifted u largo stono. In- 1 deed, wo aro told, plants havo been known to break tho hardest rocks. Tho Island of Aldabra, to tho northwest north-west of Madagascar, Is becoming snuvlt-, snuvlt-, or and smaller through tho action of tho mangroves that grow along tho foot of tho cliffs. They cat their way Into tho rock In all directions, and Into tho gups thus formed tho waves forco tholr way. lu tlmo they will probably , roduco the Island to pieces. |