Personality of plants

MYSTICISM IN THE PLANT WORLD
neath the Trellis arbour there were dark shadows
and outlines were indistinct. A Palmyra
Palm was growing in the corner of the fence
under the arbour, and the fingers of one of the
leaves pointing downward seemed to be the
hand of a man. When expectation is running
high, a fingered palm leaf may easily become
the hand of a human being or of a shadowy
ghost. We had the electric burners brought to
the windows upstairs and the light thrown
toward the arbour, and the shadows cast by the
electric rays rendered the situation all the more
mysterious.
» "Ihe noises were plainly among the Wistaria
vines. But, strange to say, the stones which
seemed to be striking the vines came from no
particular direction. They seemed to burst like
shells the minute they struck and the pieces
were heard to fall or strike in different directions.
By this time the thought of ghosts had
not only occurred to us but was gaining force
in our minds. Indeed, a first-rate romance was
developing — subjectively, I should no doubt
ado."
Again the party abandoned the quest, re-
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