Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 115, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 May 1919 — Sympathy In Plants. [ARTICLE]

Sympathy In Plants.

Plants possess feelings and emotion similar to human creatures, and it may be found some day they possess powers of reasoning. Plants which have been occupying a large sunny window become attached to each other, and it very frequently happens that when separated they become sick and finally die. A begonia becomes very much attached to a fuchsia, and if the fuchsia is removed the begonia will be apt to show in its appearance that something is serf ously wrong. Plants seem to be aware of each other’s presence, even in the garden. It is difficult to say how far such things really go in plant life, and It is a study we should all take more Interest in as we observe the curious things in nature.