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The Work of Fifteen Days

           HereIfoundsomeyoungonions,acoupleofgladiolusbulbs,andaquantityofimmaturecarrots, allofwhichIsecured,and,scramblingoveraruinedwall,wentonmywaythroughscarletandcrimsontreestowardsKewitwaslikewalkingthroughanavenueofgiganticblooddropspossessedwithtwoideas: togetmorefood,andtolimp,assoonandasfarasmystrengthpermitted,outofthisaccursedunearthlyregionofthepit. 

           Somewayfarther,inagrassyplace,wasagroupofmushroomswhichalsoIdevoured,andthenIcameuponabrownsheetofflowingshallowwater,wheremeadowsusedtobe. Thesefragmentsofnourishmentservedonlytowhetmyhunger. AtfirstIwassurprisedatthisfloodinahot,drysummer,butafterwardsIdiscoveredthatitwascausedbythetropicalexuberanceoftheredweed. Directlythisextraordinarygrowthencounteredwateritstraightwaybecamegiganticandofunparalleledfecundity. ItsseedsweresimplypoureddownintothewateroftheWeyandThames,anditsswiftlygrowingandTitanicwaterfrondsspeedilychokedboththoserivers. 

           AtPutney,asIafterwardssaw,thebridgewasalmostlostinatangleofthisweed,andatRichmond,too,theThameswaterpouredinabroadandshallowstreamacrossthemeadowsofHamptonandTwickenham. Asthewaterspreadtheweedfollowedthem,untiltheruinedvillasoftheThamesvalleywereforatimelostinthisredswamp,whosemarginIexplored,andmuchofthedesolationtheMartianshadcausedwasconcealed. 

           Intheendtheredweedsuccumbedalmostasquicklyasithadspread. Acankeringdisease,due,itisbelieved,totheactionofcertainbacteria,presentlyseizeduponit. Nowbytheactionofnaturalselection,allterrestrialplantshaveacquiredaresistingpoweragainstbacterialdiseasestheyneversuccumbwithoutaseverestruggle,buttheredweedrottedlikeathingalreadydead. 

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