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Show PUTS PLANTS TO SLEEP. Danish Professor's Experiments C- -Good Results. Several horticulturists, acting r -, n discovery made by Dr. W. John-- of Copenhagen, havo subjected a - bor of plants, notably lilacs, III1'' tho valley, azaleas and dontzla tho vapor of ether and chlom' Uy such means a period of repose ' ' that which occurs during tho v ' months wob brought on, and e c quently the production rot on' '. flowers but of leaf buds and 1 . wns much ndvanccd. As an I it t - - of tho success of tho experiment' t' ' case of M. I.eblnnc may be men! Ho chloroformed some plants of ' lea mollis, exposing them to the i ' i of the vapor for about fort t hours. They wero at onco ren "1 to n greenhouse at n temperatur' ! C." decrees. From Marc'' C the " ' crs began to expand n little, nivl " tallied to their full dimension- ' the 8th, whereas plants growr ' r comparison were not expanded u tli March 21. |