THE GLOXINIA. 



[IIS Ijeautif'ul Howev is a. \'ev>' re- 

 markable exemjiliticution of cnie (if 

 the great aims of modern science, 

 which is the annihilation of Time. 

 \ ou have heard of, and j)OSRibly 

 you may have seen, the Indian 

 juggler who so\\'s a seed in a pot 

 of earth, and in the course of a 

 few minutes presents to your 

 admiration the plant tlie seed 

 produces — not in a nascent state, 

 as we see a pea or bean emerge 

 from the earth, but complete, 

 with stout stem, many leaves, 

 perfect flowers, and fruit. How 

 is it done ? We decline to tell, 

 because we do not know. This, 

 however, we all know, that the 

 essence, the very life, and, indeed, the intention of all 

 conjuring is deception. Now the subject Ijefore us does 

 not bring into the field this element of deception, but it 

 does in the most striking manner illustrate the capabilities 

 of si'ience in the annihilation or the reduction of Time. 



For many years past the florists, like the cattle- 



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