Personality of plants

PERSONALITY OF PLANTS
ghost stories, but occasionally one hears of
some mysterious night adventure of which some
plant is the central figure.
The Reverend S. H. Wainright of Japan
tells a somewhat amusing tale of a ghost scare
he and his family had while living at Tsukiji,
Tokio. One evening, while sitting around the
fire, they were considerably disturbed by a
weird and recurring sound which seemed to
come from the front yard. At first they took it
for the creaking of a bamboo gate, then for
boys throwing pebbles, but neither of these
explanations seemed adequate. Finally, con-
tinual repetitions led to a search which located
the noises in a Wistaria arbour near the front
fence. On near approach, the loud taps sounded
so much like stones striking the leaves, that it
was decided to take no further notice of the
matter. However, the problem weighed on Mr.
Wainright's mind, and he and his son at length
sallied forth a third time, determined with
Aristotle that the main thing was to know the
causes.
"We entered the side yard through the bamboo
gate and approached the Wistaria. Under-
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