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Show Plants Thrive 1,000 Feet Underground In Experiments Made in South Wales near them. The rays, apparently, have the same effect as sunshine, and gardens under the direct glow of the lamps are blooming, while others, out of the lamps' range, are a mass of withered leaves. It seems as though we may, one day, be able to pick select blooms on a winter's day, thanks to the use of the right kind of electric lamp. Strange discoveries 1,000 feet below be-low the surface of the earth have recently proved that plants can flourish without the aid of sunlight A few months ago a South Wales colliery was wired for electric light, and globes of a' sunlight type were fitted Within a few weeks, patches of green plant life began to appear, and have since developed to strong growths. . Viscount Weymouth, an enthusiastic enthusi-astic explorer of the Cheddar caves, recently wired some of the caverns for floodlights, to show off the gleaming metals in the rocks. After I few months small plants were found to be thriving in the lamp rays, and they have now developed into patches several feet wide When London buildings were floodlit flood-lit for the coronation, it was found that small plants were beginning to grow in wall crevices "ear each light These Plants were not of the type found in London parks, but wi come from the country, and even tZ the tropics, the minute Jeds being carried on currents of "r But as soon as the lights were removed the plants withered and d 'The blue mercury lamps which are now used in many London sub-u sub-u bs have also bought new life to trees, shrubs and plants that are |