Show lifting power of plantain leaf the power of the ordinary plantain leaf Is well illustrated in an article ir the strand magazine by a writer jhc constructed a pitch floor as follows the ground was scraped and then a three inch layer of sand ft as spread over it and on this sand a two inch laer of soft roofing pitch wag placed this had been down for sev eral weeks when we noticed one part 0 the pitch breaking open like a miniature volcano on examination we found some green shoots coming through the pitch the shoots contin aed to grow in spite of the great heat caused by the sun shining on the black surface of the pitch they finally assumed a flourishing condition it should be added that before laying the sand a sheet ot heavy tar paper bov ered the ground |