Show TREES AND PLANTS tui skin shin of the cactus is airtight air ti tight 1 it a marve marvelous ions provision of nature to enable these plants to live in moisture Is carac scarce and under a I 1 sun that would speedily dry up every drop of moisture they contain till til vitality of seeds is a constant source of astonishment to naturalists natura lists A pine pill forest when cleared away is often followed by a dense crowth of oaks or birches but where the seed comet come from froin is conjectural of wheat found in egyptian mummy cases case have been known to germinate after lying dormant donna nt for years the plant they produced is almost identical with the wheat grown in egypt at the present time madagascar has a palm called the travelers tree the foot stalks of its leaves clasp round the trunk and are arc filled with avith water which flows out readily when the stalk is pierced with it a knife rach kach receptacle yields from a pint to a gr gallon allon MANY plants are sensitive to other influences tha than it I 1 light ight some soine will close their leaves on being carried in a cart the jolting seems to disturb their equanimity though after a time they become apparently unconscious of and insensible to it |