In this the leaves are the cups. They have narrow necks, and flaring tips, from which it is easy to drink the clear water contained in the wonderful leaves. The full grown leaves of the larger species hold a pint of water. [Illustration: THE SARRACENIA.] We have this same plant, on a much smaller scale, in our own marshes. It grows in damp, shaded places, and I advise you to look for it in your summer rambles, for it is a very singular plant. The leaves of our _Sarracenia_ are so small they will scarcely hold a gill of water. But we have plenty of cool springs, and limpid brooks in our country, and do not need the large cups of water the Amphora-plant offers to its visitors in South America. [Illustration: THE WEEPING TREE.] The common name of our Sarracenia is Pitcher-plant; but, as you can see by comparing the two, it is very unlike the Pitcher-plant of the Eastern deserts. But then you know pitchers are of a great many different shapes, and sizes, and are only alike in being able to hold water. But the most wonderful of all the plants that give men water to drink is a tree that is said to have been found some years ago in one of the Canary islands. It was seen at different times by different travelers, and they all told the same story about it. The leaves grew thickly on its spreading branches, and, from each leaf the drops fell so rapidly that all together they formed a steady shower of rain. It was called the Weeping Tree. The water fell so copiously that it formed a pond at the foot of the tree, and the people who lived in the neighborhood got from it all the water they used. This is certainly a very wonderful tree if the accounts of it are true. There is a plant of the Arum family, with broad, heart-shaped leaves that constantly throws from the end of each leaf a drop of water. These drops sometimes follow each other so fast that there is a little jet of water formed in the air above the leaf. But water is not the only drink that we get from trees. In Central and South America grows the cow-tree, which gives milk! This milk can be obtained during all seasons, but is much more abundant in the spring. If a deep cut is made with a hatchet in the bark of the tree a stream of milk gushes out, and flows freely. It yields the greatest quantity at sunrise, and, at that hour, in the places where this tree grows, men and women come from all directions to the tree nearest their homes to get a supply of this refreshing drink. They bring pitchers with them, and take some of the milk back to their families.