The Life Plant

Therë isa plant in Jamaica called tha Hfe piüut Jjecaase it is aluiost impossible tu feiU it o.1 :i;iy portion of it. Wben a leaí is out off and huugtip byastring, it ont wbite, threodlike roots, gathers rnoistnre froin the air and beíí'íds to grow uew lea%es. Even when pressecl and packerl swayiii a botanist's herbarium i f has beea kiiown to outgrow tlit! l( [ivi s of the book iu which it v.'as placed. The only wuy to kill it is by tho heat of n Isot; irou or of boiliug water. .