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ROYAL GARDENS, KEW. 
BULLETIN 
OF 
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION. 
No. mn JANUARY. (1800. 
CXXVIL—THE WEATHER PLAN 2 
Abrus precatorius, Linn. 
During she year ni ni notices appeared in London news- 
papers giving accounts from Vienna of a plant the movethenté of which 
predieted the changes pos vide : "The following, which is taken from 
the “ St. James's Gazette” for August 30th, will serve as an gier :— 
€ THE * WEATHER PLANT. 
«'Phe ‘weather plant’ a to excite considerable interest at 
« Vienna. Men of science, who its first discover y were unwilling 
“ to express an opinion on n its prognostieati ng virtues, now agree, ? ter 
* extensive experiments, that the shrub is in truth prophetié. Thirty- 
« two thousand trials made omi E last three years tend to prove its 
« infallibility. The plant itself is a legume, veinulely called the 
« € Paternoster-pea, but known in otii] as se Abrus peregrinus. Itis 
“ a native of Corsica and Tunis. Its leaf and twig strongly resemble 
« those of the acacia. The more delicate leaves of its upper branches 
« foretell the state of the weather forty-eight hours in advance, while 
“ its lower and hardier leaves indicate all atmospheric cape? three 
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