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420 NATURAL SCIENGE. JuNE, 1893. 
because he feels less than the baby who cries out at the top of his 
voice? It is a matter of common observation that plants show their 
likes and dislikes, suffer and languish when sick, brighten up and 
look robust in congenial positions, and have, to a certain extent, most 
of the faculties common to man and the lower animals. True, they 
cannot see nor hear, but their sense of feeling is very acute, and we 
may conclude that even taste is not wanting. 
James Ropway. 
