3.Von Kaganick writes: " We suddenly have to deal with the most frightful adversary, the autumn rain and mud which the Russians call 'Rusbotisa', endless mud so gluey and sticky that it sucks and holds on everything."
4.The water is then pulled up into the plant body and stored in cells that contain mucilage, a gluey substance that clings to water molecules and stops them from evaporating if the plant's tissue is ever damaged and exposed.