| Show CAUSES FLOWERS TO GROW ether given to plants plant quickens quicken their growth as proved by experiment in copenhagen An aesthetics used upon bulbs and plants while dormant and awat awaiting ting the touch of spring ihring Is one ot of the newest experiments reported from roin Co penha gen dr johanssen of the capital has hag shown that numbers of flow ahng plants anaesthetized with chloroform or with ether while in tho the dormant state awake to a remarkable activity ot of growth and to dupere ce I 1 lence in flowering after they have lin beer been removed to growing conditi conditions ons VC out of doors or under glass as the case may be in the matter 0 of the easter illy for or xa aple the bulbs are Inca encased incased in an airtight air tight receptacle while hanging banging from the inner side elde of the closed lid the chloroform or the tha other ether la Is suspended tho the temperature should be kept as aa near as possible to 62 degrees fahrenheit and the dormant plant life left to the an aesthetic for 48 hours they are planted under a subdued light for a few days after which they appear lutei lly to spring from the cr c rth into abnormally vigorous vig erous rapid growth lilacs azaleas anil and lilies of 0 the valley valler seem especially especial ir benefited ly by the treatment azaleas potted on february 25 were in lull full bloom on 1611 karen arcil 8 while untreated ra in adjoining beds did not mature their blossoms until two weeks later the eap exp nw e of the treatment Is almost nothing and with further experimentation it is that a distinctly Y may be evol evolved |
