IRambies witb nature Students 



sensitive plant, when before our eyes the leaf rapidly 

 descends and the leaflets fold together. 



Where this plant cannot be observed, the same 

 effect can be noted by examining a clover plant in the 

 morning, when all its leaves will be erect ; and visiting 

 the same plant in the evening, each leaflet will be found 

 hanging down and folded together in its nightly sleep. 



The illustration shows the effect of drought upon 



RHODODENDRON. 



rhododendron leaves. This pendent foliage has a 

 strangely depressing effect upon the 

 spirits ; it is as though all nature 

 was sorrowing, and trying to express 

 her mournful condition. 



As far back as the time of the 

 Egyptian dynasties, the upward 

 tending line was always chosen as 

 the expression of joy and gladness, 

 typified by a man with uplifted 

 hands, that being the hieroglyph to 



express rejoicing. The upward curves of a smiling 



EGYPTIAN 



HIEROGLYPH FOR 



REJOICING. 



