LUMINOUS PLANTS

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume XIX, Issue 6279, 25 July 1921, Page 2

LUMINOUS PLANTS

GIVE OUT FLASHES OK LIGHT

KLLtTRK AL JN URIOIN, Knd'-r i oi lain condition-qnii,. a uu.e----i her in [daill.--, doninion in garden- will I png. out lit lie tiaslte> (i| light, Olle oi | the lirst na Lnraii-t - lo notice, this was the great, Linmien-., lb; and hi- danphler were walking in their Sm’ei.ltdi par ; ■ pu one hot J n Ilf evening, when llie.v j nptiwd that the lluwer- l>l the ua-tnr i tium were giving out a. seirics of YUle i sparks. Since that tim'o many other I p hints have been observed to be hunin- | ous on occasion, and it is thought that | the- light may be elect riea.l in origin. A I I j iiiiiy rate, ii. is worth while in the sum.! ■ mer trying to i a tell i-mne ( ,f i be.se plants ' their displays of liphl. j | 11 is only ,I ni dip iirl ain type- -a ■ wea I Ini that plant- b.dniir Inimnons.j Ihi leinperal nie must he hipli. and the j l at n o-phei'e wry dry. There -houldinot, ! ha i o lie n any ra in |■ ■ i .mile hours, aml Uie display I- always he-l when lllej dewlall Is comparatively lipht. Ad] ,iJ i-1 |\l i- a'ljir I ha| I lic.-e ! 11 11 it noil - i 1 tain- are to be sen, ;i |. | ]|<-i r Pea a j bII 1 1 while be) oI e Ibe • ton iUp o| a I laai.< I< ■|- slonn. Alter a spell of ma.-T j mg wi a 11 1 • • I - . wbeii toward, evening Ibcj Ij * 1111 1 1 ■ i elmids 1 a *gi nlo palher. lb--;,' c ; a wry g. lid <' i; 111 <• i. ol -en|ii._, -.m 1111 1 '.a , Uie plant- inmiiiifemiis. I B. ilb l li,- ii nn moil ain 'i Al l 'ea n .nan- ; paid (( idiemlnla and Ta;• i■!«■•,) are a.K.g worth watching. The niarfapon 1 1 1 v had' lieen ohservp] (o give out litte lla-h'g ' of fill, and the same may he -aid of I cii.y kind.- of Milnfltiwer. Luminosity 1 has al-e lieen noticed in ihe - ■ai lel *

-(1:111:11111 mill ill some kimJli (j| (■'. i■ 11 i■ I;: primrose (( 'outlk‘l’;i), poppy mid verI;‘ 1111 . Ivven some roses Imve been seen l:i spnrb :U times more commonly Ibe ii.■ liewered sorts tlien the -dopi d \;;rilit 1 .. —Kverydiiy ,svii u, e,