Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 January 1906 — Tree Sleeps at Night. [ARTICLE]

Tree Sleeps at Night.

A curious member *of the vegetable kingdom has been discovered in the far East. It is a species of acacia Which grows to a height of about eight feet and when full grown closes its leaves together in curls each day at sunset and curls its twigs in the form of a pigtail. After the tree has settled itself in this way for a night’s sleep, like most sleepers, it objects to being disturbed. If touched it will flutter as if agitated and impatient at the interruption of its slumbers.