species of zoophyte known
as the yarp-happy, which seemed to be a combination of ape and
flower. Its peculiarly weird, ape-like face was covered with a hood,
and from the open mouth of each animal the tongue protruded. From the
neck of the animal three long leaves radiated, the two lower leaves in
each case terminating in claw-like extremities, which gave a weird
expression to the zoophyte.

[Illustration: The Yarphappy.]

Right underneath these strange beings, there grew an immense quantity
of spotted pouch-shaped plants, each having the head of a cat growing
above the pouch. This peculiar zoophyte was known as the gasternowl.
From either side of the junction of the cat-like head with the pouch
radiated two speckled leaves. The tips of the ears terminated in
frond-like plumes, and a peculiar plume like a crest surmounted the
head.

A strange root known as the crocosus was developed into a perfect
animal that crawled with four legs upon the floor. The animal was not
unlike the lizard, or a diminutive crocodile, with an immensely long
neck, which it held erect. The neck terminated in a bulbous head, with
an open, bill-shaped mouth, not unlike the mouth of a pelican, while
right below the jaws there grew a root-like appendage, that coiled
around the neck. The animal possessed a root-like tail, and was a most
interesting creature.

[Illustration: The Jalloast.]

To enumerate all the wonders of the conservatory of plant
transmigration at Tanje would be impossible. I saw the jardil (or
love-pouch), an orchid resembling a pouch, with the face of a child
growing therein, from which radiated rootlets and jabots of spiral
fronds. I also saw the redoubtable blocus, an animal resembling a
jerboa, or kangaroo, whose only trace of plant existence was a few
rootlets growing out of its back. The funny-fenny, or clowngrass, was
a weed with veritable goblins growing on the stems. The goblins had
long noses and wore high hats and lace collars, but were otherwise but
plants with absorbent roots. They were so grotesque that I began to
think that nature was laughing at me quite as much as I laughed at
nature.

When leaving the conservatory I heard a chorus of tender voices like a
band of spirits singing, whereupon the goddess directed my attention
to a cluster of fairy girls that, like flowers, were growing upon the
stem of a plant. It was a peculiarity of these fairy creatures to
sing every time their goddess passed by, her spirit