Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 June 1902 — Leaves Asleep. [ARTICLE]

Leaves Asleep.

Mary Dennis says: <r Leaves never tell their dreams, but that they do go to sleep is an open secret. Look at a compound leaf asleep. The little leaflets which were in motion all day have drooped and sunk to rest. If certain plants like the oxalis, clover or pea be subjected to darkness during the daytime they may be caught napping.” 80 She Could Grow Big. May is a little girl of three. She was vaccinated, and, telling about it, she said, “The doctor dipped a little stick in water and tictled my knee.” When asked what it was done for, she drew herself up and said gravely: “So I tan drow bid. Peoples don’t drow bid ’les they’s tictled.” The Cornflower. The cornflower is known to Americans as the bachelor’s button. In Germany it is called the “kaiser blume,” decause of the'story told of Queen Luise and her son, the late Emperor William, who loved it because it was her favorite flower.