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Show Flowers of the Sea. Like the land, the sea has its flow ers, but the most brilliant of the ma -rine flowers bloom not upon plants but upon animals. The living corals 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 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 it3 organization. or-ganization. Among the sea animals that bloon; as if they were plants are included, besides corals, the sea anemone and the sea cucumber.. It has been remarked re-marked that the birds and butterflies ot the upper world are replaced by flshes of curious forms and flashing colors which dart about among the animal flowers. |