Show arre WHY of superstitions by it KIN kinq transformation 0 OF PLANTS at ir talat plants are ablo to transform f themselves not only into other aclei clea but bu tInto forms of animal ufa la Is firmly believed by many persons persona tn in this count country irand and canada people too who in their communities aro esteemed for or their good hard everyday corn com won inon sense chess or cheat to la quite commonly r regarded e ns as wheat which has undergone a transformation wheat turns turna into cheat chent the farmers ajmera armera say any and not vory very long ago some agricultural papers papera gravely bravely discussed the matter now chess or r cheari cheatta ch eatla Is the aromus nus nua and wheat la Is end and such they remain however much ahoy hc y may deteriorate or however howe vei touch they may bo be improved A superstition found in some see tlona eions to that mosquitoes are the proa i acts of alder buds buda mrs mra der ber gen mentions an intelligent tady lady who told her of a certain marsh plant which from belag being a plant inthe in th early earla part of its existence changed into it a snake various superstitions of the sort are scattered about the country tho the idea dea of the transformation of it 6 t plants Is not mot now new it is as old as the hills almost literally so theoplas Theop ras ms tho the learned greek writing inthe tn the dawn of the christian era says that wheat turns into darnel and gives ei long ong list of plants which it if they are not watched will change into entirely different species and primitive man accepted as a tact fact beyond dispute that plants and trees could change into forms forma of anina life even human buman be f ings inga ns as la Is testified to by many an ancient myth trees and plants had life to tho primitive nan man they were also tho the abode of souls or spirits prom from them why should not human brings be born it la Is stated by some learned men that tha t the orso folk bell believed eTed all the human race to be derived frow from the sacred acred ash Ju speaks of the new race I 1 which sprung from the 0 oak ak and homer alludes to the same camp I 1 origin for tuo the idea of the transformation of vegetables can be traced far back and appears to have bave heen been once universal luther burbank had dad nothing on primitive man a by flamm por syndicate |