The mosses, the brakes, the lichen, had all gained new beauty and interest in her eyes.
The doctor watched her and then scrambled up to his feet and came to her side.
"Look here, Daisy," said he, stooping down at the foot of the rock and shewing her where tufts of a delicate little green plant clustered, bearing little umbrella-like heads on tiny shafts of handles.
"What is that Dr.Sandford ?" "Something wonderful." "Is it?
It is pretty.

What is it, sir ?" [Illustration] "It is a plant somewhere between the mosses and the lichens in its character--it is one of the liverworts, and they are some of the first plants to go in advance of superior vegetation.

This is called _Marchantia_." "And is it wonderful, Dr.Sandford ?" "If I could shew it to you, you would think so.

Look here, Daisy--on the surface of this leaf do you see little raised spots here and there ?" "Yes, I see them." "Those are, when they are finished, little baskets." "Baskets ?" exclaimed Daisy delightedly.

"I can't see anything like a basket now." "No, it is too small for you to see; you must take it on my word, who have seen it.