Garland Globe | 1906-05-26 | Page 7 | Sunlight for All the Leaves

Sunlight for AH the Leaves. The tolegrnph plnnt of India haa n method nil Its own for cntchlng tho sunshine. Each of 1U leaves Is composed com-posed of thrco IcalleLs. Tho largor terminal ono erects Itself during tho day nnd turns sharply down at night, whllo tho other two smaller leaflets move constantly, day nnd night, describing de-scribing complete circles with n peculiar pe-culiar Jerking motion llko tho second hand of n watch. Occasionally they rest for a period and then go on ngnln. thus bringing ovcry part of every leaf to tho full action of the sunlight, Telegraph Age.