Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 August 1901 — Living Stones of South Sea. [ARTICLE]

Living Stones of South Sea.

The visitor to the Falkland islands sees a number of what appear to be weather-beaten, moss-covered bowlders of various sizes scattered here and there. On attempting to turn one over he is surprised to find that it is anchored to the ground by roots of great strength, These are not bowlders, they are trees! No other place in the world can show such a peculiarity of “forest” growth. The Falkland islands are exposed to a strong polar wind, which renders it impossible tor trees to grow in the proper form; nature has consequently adapted herself to the prevailing conditions and produced this strange form of plant life. These “living stones,” as they are called, are quite devoid of “grain” and it is next

to impossible to cut them up and utilize them for fuel.—New York Press.