PERSONALITY OF PLANTS 
ghost stories, but occasionally one hears of 
some mysterious night adventure of which some 
plant is the central figure. 
The Reverend S. H. Wainright of Japan 
tells a somewhat amusing tale of a ghost scare 
he and his family had while living at Tsukiji, 
Tokio. One evening, while sitting around the 
fire, they were considerably disturbed by a 
weird and recurring sound which seemed to 
come from the front yard. At first they took it 
for the creaking of a bamboo gate, then for 
boys throwing pebbles, but neither of these 
explanations seemed adequate. Finally, con- 
tinual repetitions led to a search which located 
the noises in a Wistaria arbour near the front 
fence. On near approach, the loud taps sounded 
so much like stones striking the leaves, that it 
was decided to take no further notice of the 
matter. However, the problem weighed on Mr. 
Wainright’s mind, and he and his son at length 
sallied forth a third time, determined with 
Aristotle that the main thing was to know the 
causes. 
‘We entered the side yard through the bam- 
boo gate and approached the Wistaria. Under- 
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