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Show Wonder of Plant Memory. Plant memory" Is n problom for tho Inquisitive botanist, says tho Dundee Advertiser. In 1901 a plant allied to the squash and pumpkin was taken to New York from tho desort of Sdnora, In Mexico, and since then It has been kept without watering In a strange climate 3,000 miles from homo. During Dur-ing tho six wceka of rain In tho des- :t tho plant grows Its leaves and flowers and perfects Ub seed. Then It dries up nnd leaves only a water-filled water-filled gourd, which a thick, hard shell seals against animals and evaporation. Tho transplanted speclmon still remembers re-members tho rnlny season of six weeks. It wakes, sends out rootlets, stems nnd leaves, and then dries up again until tho following year. |