The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-23

appetfte of bea1f8, blxae ano crSspQt things, is Gble to -taks cese e ieesn H H
 srcvins, both W.ys, ss . bey appesrs to his Shoe tops and his sleeves teftninate somewhere midway between nsa sx e.Do
 and wrfsts. The roots pusn ooS os.1S " ,Teases the channels of aosorption What they absorb most readily and nataTany depends upon the nature and normal ap- pefft9 of q plant. The step pusnss up
 ward. and ss t lensthens the sesu tIa shsrs. selves to the light and air. The seeo ieav are usually thick and puipy when they f,rst unfold, owing to the fact thai they contain the nourishment needeo 70 sustain the earliest growth of the raoie'e
 When: the Buds Appear. ~
 Hv the time this.-feed reserve ts ex. hausted the root has begun to az us
 work. and under the sttmuiatng lnnu ence of air and oxygen sne poruons 's u the plant above ground begin to taA
 their natural color and form .rtsrss m sns'n a bud appears between the two seed leaves st fine end of the stem. and under Iens sha rudimcnts of a new pair of Ieaves may be seen and a new joint or the ssrs <, forms, to support them .,nn ms ,tsem until the plant reaches its perfect deve.cpniehns esa hs a,,d psrhausts itself in whatever may oe the supreme function. or us ,.s s,,,,, :
 What | have described 1t mercy yp - cal. The variety of me.noos noes, n,ishes n if, ends Is as great as that in snecies v,
 vegetahie life. On this subject Professor Gray says: While the same ,kino ol plant always grows in sxss,iS s,aS., 'ns as mncn @ at the beginning as they do afterwaru; The great variety which we ooseIse amonf. the herbs and shrubs ana tIees around us--in foliage. fruit. mower an !. everythinsgves tS ve5e,aos Sa,,a a,on Sne tire oi !, plant or flowers made after exactly one nattern. however beautiful. We enJoy va This is the miracle of spring. The now | Ia perfectly intelligible. since nature nss. l CT does anything in ooedience n, '. ,, nar, of the infinite mystery. But the miracIs | does not end with the beginning or pan, ! Hfe The sun worshipper IS tne uu' u | Philosopher of natural religion. me crs \.
 ative agencies of plant life are touno 1T
 To speak more specifically. plants os l inc aid of the suns light and neat re | move certain Substances from wnat seen | and fixing them in other comnihduMonss M B 1 and fiixng them in other comoiantlcns | store them up in their own structures Il | builds up it's woody fibre from carnor extracted from the carbonfc acto oi en' 1 atr The sap enriched by the carpof | thus acquired, is curdled into cells ane | hardened into wood, and so perfect IS th, l economy of nature in the conservation ol | energy that when. as wood or. coal. th' l plant is resolved into its constituent eie | tnents in burning. 1t gives out energy eS Actly equivalent to that expended m pro | ducting the plant. The late canon hlnss ley, a poet of science, traces this storas' | and liberation of sum power in beau !! tiful passage suggested by the slowinf | eoais in the grate before him, which
 | have pleasure in quoting:
 l Gas and Sunbeams.
 "The coal on the fire. the table at whlci I write-what are they? Gas and sun | beams The life of the growing plan ! seized hold of the gases in the air and Il | the soil-of the carbonio acid, the atmos | phere. the water, Cfor fhat, too. is gasl 1t drank them in through It's rootlets. l l breathed them into sap and bud, ana iea and flower had also to, drink in tn | sunbeam that mysterious and comple'
 force which Is forever pouring from tn | sun and making itself powerfully palpabi to our senses as light and heat. So tn life of the plant seized upon the sun
 beams and absorbed them. buried then
 in itself, no longer as light and heat. bu
 as invisible chemical force, locking ul
 forever In its woody fibre. Lord Lyttol
 told us long ago, in beautiful song
 how the wind and the beam loved tn mans The wind and the beam love
 the rose so well that they made the rose
 or rather, the rose took the wind an
 the beam and built up, out of them, b
 her own inner life, her exquisite texture l hue and fraerance."