Show Flowers Compelled to Fight for lor Existence Flowers tight fight much hs ss do the mates males of most species of animals and for tor a n similar reason self preservation ton a B writer In the Cincinnati Inquirer tells fella us An iris in a n crowded crowd I d border for Instance will throw out a number of sharp pointed leaves horizontally all allaround allaround around for tor no other purpose It t would seem Item than to ward off olf other plants Primroses ses are also pugnacious If It they feel they are being crowded too closely they have a n habit of t flopping their leaves up and down don and so smotherIng smother- smother Ing the Intruding plants Many of the smaller hyacinths might be called floral ruffians Any unfortunate Intruder Is liable to b be e seized and strangled In ha a n tangle of ot vegetation which seemingly Is fe grown grow n just for fur that purpose Quite a number of ot other plants give evidence of having developed som something something some some- e thing very like consciousness that enables en en- shies ables them to divine the best way of circumventing the encroachments o otheir of t their neighbors A remarkable Illustration Illus of ot this Is seen geen In connection n with lIh the common bramble amble when as ns i. i Is q i often otten the cease case It t Is 19 s found struggling S over O H I pile of stones or up against t a roughly built wall nil In such circumstances circumstances circum stances the plant has hns the power t to o turn turu its roots Into clubs which com corn fill time tIle ere Ices crevices 1 es where soil 1011 irto If Is Isto to be found thus shutting o out t nil all com com |