Inter-Mountain Republican | 1906-05-10 | Page 3 | The Sleep of Plants.

TI TIlE THE g SLEEP OP OI PLANTS That sleep sheep at ft regular al Intervals and lot for 01 certain periods Is I necessary to the well being being wel-being of animals man nian Included ed we ire all know That plants in Iti their turn al need periods of repose repose although equally appreciated by the botanist ISan Isan is isan an Item Iem of nature knowledge In foSS voss poss Ilon only olly of a few perhaps It does This scientific circles not hold 1011 outside po position Is the outcome 1 In Itt a great gret mea nea of it regarding the animal and nc vegetable kingdoms as a related if at ut atall all ull al only in III a Cl n minor degree or 01 rather if oC looking upon theta them tWI a as things apart an and ind ahl 1 irretrievably separated Plants must sleep sheep l tP as tH well sell as animals antI and I if the he sleep sheep ii 1 of the former Cornier has in sonic some fome respects rather a mu different significance than it i lias luas In iti the thit latter yet the he two hu have also aiso man many of Ie resemblance or 01 01 at least of analogy The Tho o n owner of a n garden gurden or grounds groundswell s well stocked with wih plants If IC ho lie Is at nil all al observant ant can cami not mint hut but have been charmed with wih the hue blight and open open- opel- opel faced facet appearance of everything e on a clear cheat e especially if It J ha d ahM-d overnight o or om a hav heavy lauy dow dou Is lying on the plants The he cheerful ap- ap tearance of everything e ma may l be ninin- ninin throughout tho ho tiny day but hu If Ie the he oh observer er says Cassell's Cassells el Popular Science In lingers rs lung long after atter neel sundown and the dew begins to lo fall he lie is aJ al- al I mo lost Il-lost t certain to be lie struck with the aler Altered d aspect of ot something he may mar p ho been 1001 looking at during the da day It t If may be that hint the foliage of oC th the lie wisteria or of oC th the false acacia l Is droop droop- In ng or that the he clover el clo among the grass at hl his feet ha has clo closet closed up UI a as 05 If If It patched lh the lie heat of the tiny day The Ike f fact act el is IN that the Ita f leaves have lU e gone gOle to sleep or assumed the tile night position