¨¨£¨¨¨¨¨££                                          £¨¨¨¨¨¨¨£¨
¨¨¨£¨¨¨¨££                                          ¨£¨¨¨¨¨¨¨£
£¨¨¨£¨¨¨£¨                                          ¨¨£¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨£¨¨¨£¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨£¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨£¨¨¨£¨¨¨                                          £¨¨¨£¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨£¨¨¨£¨¨                (EQUISETUM)               ¨£¨¨¨£¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨£¨¨¨£¨                                          ¨¨£¨¨¨£¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨£¨¨¨£                                          ¨¨¨£¨¨¨£¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨£¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨£¨¨¨£¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨£¨¨        ¨~-;-~¨ THE PLANT ¨~-;-~¨         £¨¨¨¨£¨¨¨£
£¨¨¨¨¨¨¨£¨                                          ££¨¨¨¨£¨¨¨
¨£¨¨¨¨¨¨¨£ THE EQUISETUM  IS  A  PLANT  MUCH  OLDER £££¨¨¨¨£¨¨
¨¨£¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ THAN  FERNS,  WHICH  ARE  IN  TURN  MUCH £¨££¨¨¨¨£¨
¨¨¨£¨¨¨¨¨¨ OLDER THAN MOST TREES. IT'S  LIGHT GREEN ¨¨£££¨¨¨¨£
£¨¨¨£¨¨¨¨¨ TO  YELLOW  IN  COLOR  AND  IS  SLIGHTLY ¨¨£¨££¨¨¨¨
¨£¨¨¨£¨¨¨¨               TRANSPARENT.               ¨¨¨¨£££¨¨¨
¨¨£¨¨¨£¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨£¨££¨¨
¨¨¨£¨¨¨£¨¨ THE  PLANT HAS A SPINE. EACH VERTEBRA IS £¨¨¨¨¨£££¨
¨¨¨¨£¨¨¨£¨ STACKED UPON THE  NEXT,  WITH  SPOKELIKE ¨£¨¨¨¨£¨££
£¨¨¨¨£¨¨¨£ RIBS RADIATING  OUTWARD.  EVEN  SO, IT'S ¨¨£¨¨¨¨¨££
££¨¨¨¨£¨¨¨ VERY LIGHT, BEING  HOLLOW. IT'S  ROUGHLY £¨¨£¨¨¨¨£¨
£££¨¨¨¨£¨¨ THE  HEIGHT OF  A FOXES TAIL, AND SHARES ££¨¨£¨¨¨¨¨
£¨££¨¨¨¨£¨            A SIMILAR PLUMAGE.            £££¨¨£¨¨¨¨
¨¨£££¨¨¨¨£                                          £¨££¨¨£¨¨¨
¨¨£¨££¨¨¨¨ IT LIKES PARTIAL  SHADE  AND  VERY  DAMP ¨¨£££¨¨£¨¨
¨¨¨¨£££¨¨¨                  AREAS                   ¨¨£¨££¨¨£¨
¨¨¨¨£¨££¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨£££¨¨£
£¨¨¨¨¨£££¨                                          ¨¨¨¨£¨££¨¨
¨£¨¨¨¨£¨££                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨£££¨
¨¨£¨¨¨¨¨££         ¨~-;-~¨ IN MAGIC ¨~-;-~¨         ¨¨¨¨¨¨£¨££
£¨¨£¨¨¨¨£¨                                          £¨¨¨¨¨¨¨££
££¨¨£¨¨¨¨¨ WHEN  A COLONY  NUMBERS HIGH ENOUGH,  IT ¨£¨¨¨¨¨¨£¨
£££¨¨£¨¨¨¨ SLICES  THE  AIR   IN  THE  FOREST  INTO ¨¨£¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
£¨££¨¨£¨¨¨ SEPARATE  PLANES, A FEW  CENTIMETERS  IN ¨¨¨£¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨£££¨¨£¨¨ HEIGHT.  TIME  CAN   GET  DIFFRACTED  IN ¨¨¨¨£¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨£¨££¨¨£¨ THESE,  HITTING   EACH   IN  TURN  IN  A £¨¨¨¨£¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨£££¨¨£      SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ANGLE, AND       ££¨¨¨¨£¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨£¨££¨¨          EVENTUALLY SPREAD THIN.         £££¨¨¨¨£¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨£££¨                                          £¨££¨¨¨¨£¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨£¨££                                          ¨¨£££¨¨¨¨£
£¨¨¨¨¨¨¨££                                          ¨¨£¨££¨¨¨¨
¨£¨¨¨¨¨¨£¨                                          ¨¨¨¨£££¨¨¨
¨¨£¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨£¨££¨¨