Show FLOWERS THAT GIVE LIGHT fact not generally known Is that thai many common plants have a distinct luminosity most people have seen the plant colloquially called the b burning urn ing bush and have struck a match and applied C it to the feathery flowers and leabes in order to see the delicate flame run over the surface of the plant without affecting or hurting it but it Is not so well known that there are a number of flowers which throw off luminosity III all their own and among such plants are the common marigold old certain sorts of lilies and the oriental poppy as well as that fa familiar millar aud and popular favorite tile the nasturtium it is related that on a warm summer evening in the year 1702 the clever daughter of tile famous swedish botanist linneus noticed that out some nasturtiums in her fathers garden were emitting tiny but distinct flashes of light one flower then another would mould throw out an evane evanescent cent heam beam though at first her assertion was le ic calved with doubt other investigators investigator soon proved it to be true aide ail it I 1 Is now known that not only nasturtiums but many other flowers exhibit tills luminosity camellias liae hane been seen to glow with a moonlike moon liko rad radiance hince |