by Bob Harms ()

Le Conte's Use of Herschel's Article

Herschel	LeConte
It was chiefly or entirely confined to the immediate neighborhood of the root, the upper parts the taller unbroken stalks being quite free from it. [p. 110]	The depositions of ice are entirely confined to the immediate neighborhood of the roots of the plants, the upper parts of the tall unbroken stalks being quite free from them.[p. 21]
... the mode in which it [ice accumulation] was attached to the stem, and seemed to emanate in a kind of riband- or frill-shaped wavy excrescence, — as if protruded in a soft state from the interior of the stem, from longitudinal fissures in its sides, — is exhibited at fig. (B).	The ice emanates in a kind of riband, or frill-shaped wavy friable semi-pellucid excrescence, “as if protruded in a soft state from the stem, from longitudinal fissures in its sides.” (Fig. B.)
the structure of the ribands is fibrous, like that of the fibrous variety of gypsum, presenting a glassy silky surface; ...	As Sir John Herschel remarks, “the structure of the ribands is fibrous, like that of the fibrous variety of gypsum, presenting a glassy silky wavy surface; ...”
Figure C	Figure C