Show to PLANTS THAT DEAL D DETH EFT H two destructive members of the vegetable kingdom there Is a plant in III south america which has all the arst qualities of a melodrama villain and infinitely greater success it la Is called tho the hn knotter otter and andis is well uell known to and avoided by scientists on the ap of aai any living object the vino vine casts out its tentacles and twines round it it is then dragged into the tho heart beart of the foliage while its flesh is burnt into by the tile clutch of the tentacles when there the creatures juices are drained in a manner romi nascent of the vampire of romance the insidious villainy of the plant ha has been tried by bending a dog or other animal into its clutches and judging from the agony inflicted on the poor animal the pain appears to bo be worse than it is possible to conceive another vegetable murderer ij Is a grain called bhat it is much like rice and grows with it in III the orient trading on its resemblance to thi popular grain it gets mixed with it and find is devoured by the unsuspecting oriental A few grains of it are enough to bring on a most horrible death the first symptoms of its in are a state of mania at first the victim becomes drowsy end later suddenly cheer cheerful fill and gay then he goes raving mad and experiences a form of self cannibalism tearing himself to pieces with his ills fingers and seeking to devour himself |