Chloroformed Plants.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLVIII, Issue 7, 14 August 1912, Page 43

Chloroformed Plants.

Profc.-sor Johannsen, of Copenhagen, has been chloroforming plants, ami with marvellous results. He discovered that plants treated with anaerJ hctics were stimulated into extraordinary growth. His method is this: Lilies of the valle.v. azaleas, lilacs, and other dormant plants are placed in an air-tight box. to the lid of which is affixed a small vessel tilled

with chloroform. Tlim, living heavier 4han air, settles down and iningkm with the plants. At the end of forty-eight hours the Rpecimens are taken out and grown in the ordinary manner. Nothing in the way of forcing or (irtillcial heat •is requiml. Jahus bloom within twi* weeks of being chloroformed, and lilies of Hie valley are hardly so long in coming to maturity.