The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-06-11 00:00:00

PLANTS AND THE ELECTRIC LIGHT.

Some disagreeable and unexpected results have
followed the electric lighting of the Winter Palace
at St. Petersburg, the intense brilliancy of the light
having been found to cause dire destruction among
the ornamental plants used for the decoration of the
banqueting balls. It appears, says the Electrician,
that the complete illumination of the rooms for a single
night is enough to cause the leaves to turn yellow and
dry up, and ultimately to fall off. The damage to
the celebrated collection of palms at the Palace is
especially serious. It is supposed that the injury is
principally due to the sudden change from the sun-
less days of the northern winter, and from the
Fubdued light of the plant houses to the blinding
light of the banqueting halls. It has been shown
beyond a doubt that the rapidity 0 the injurious
action, and its amount, are directly proportional to
the intensity of the illumination, and plants standing
in niches or other places partially shielded from the
light are found to remain uninjured. There is no
doubt that tile injurious effects of the light are
greatly intensified by the dry, - artificially heated
atmosphere of the rooms, and that they would be
minimised, if not entirely obviated, if the plant,: could
be surrounded by a steamy atmosphere, such as that
in which they are grown.
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