PERSONALITY OF PLANTS 
supposed to possess the power of discovering 
the location of lost or hidden riches and con- 
ducting a human searcher to them. The Ger- 
mans named the Primose Schlisselblume, or 
key-flower, in the belief that, if held in the hand, 
it would unlock to its possessor the location of 
buried treasure by some movement or other 
manifestation. To this day, many country 
people in Europe and America have implicit 
faith in the ability of the divining rod to seek 
out underground water. ‘There are many en- 
lightened folk who claim that reported successes 
of this method of picking well-sites are mere 
coincidences, but in view of the wide-spread 
reliance on this theory which is constantly meet- 
ing the most practical tests, would it not be 
open-minded to suggest that possibly the 
branches of the rod do make some slight move- 
ment toward the hidden water with which they 
have a natural affinity? 
As mentioned in a previous chapter, young 
people through all ages have gone to flowers for 
counsel when in love. The most frequent mas- 
culine question has been “Does she love mer” 
The flowers have given the answer in a variety 
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