THE SCIENTIST. 
the answer to what you sought has rushed 
home to you, like a wave of Ught, and all is 
plain. 
Some one has termed ihis a rapid and in- 
voluntary process of the reasoning powers. 
It is more than this, it often decides upon 
the evidence of the senses and brings one to 
a CO 10 usion altog 'ther contrary to the de 
cision which would necessarily have been 
evolved from the direction which had here- 
tofore been taken by the reaso ling facukies. 
But you laid siege to the shri le of tiulh and 
she surrendered herself unto you. 
What writer has not been imp lied to 
write, yet known a perfect dearth of idea?, 
even the lack of a subject? Vet after re- 
peated trials and instances on self he has 
found suddenly rising within him thoughts 
he could hardly recognize as his own, and 
had them flow thus for hours. This has been 
termed mspiration. It is the voice of intui- 
tio I answering the demand of the intellect. 
Have you a knowledge of the person's 
character whom you meet? You should 
have this knowledge. It is inborn, cu'tivate 
it. But you say people do not act their real 
selves. No, but you should be able to see 
beyond any disguise to the nature of things. 
You have, if y>)U are not stupid, what you 
term "impre^sions." '1 hey are the revela- 
tions of intuition, that which is known to the 
devout mind as the voice of God, "the still 
small voice''. Obey its prompting guidance 
and be led aright. Yet how, with the at- 
tachment of truth, this well-spring of know- 
leJge within ourselevs we kneel, and beg, and 
conform adhere! Let us fearlessly listen to the 
opinions of other men, the revelation of past 
kaowledg , but what says our own spirit, 
our own inner light? What is truth for you, 
will be right for a 1 the world. 
"Let us be wise and not impede the sou), 
I.,et her work as she will. I^et us have one 
creative energy, one incessant revelation. 
Let it take what form it will and let us not 
bind it by the past, to man or woman. 
V\'ri:tcn for tlie Sc ientis* . 
{Special Uses of Leaves. 
By Jessie C. Drew. 
Natiii-e does iiothin*^ without a pur- 
pose, though indeed, it is sometimes h i r. I 
to discover it in her various pranks. Thf 
0(hl and curious shnped leaves that m «• 
find on many phmts hnve tlieir spec'.ii 
use. 'J'he pitcher shaped leaves of Hm 
Sarraeenias or pitcher plai?ts are used 
for the captiu-eand maceration of insect< 
The leaf consists of a hollow dorsal poi • 
tion, witli a win^^-like appenda^^e form 
in<^ the ventral border. S. piu-purea.t li 
onl3^ species nortli of Virginia lias open 
pitchers partiallj^ tilled with water and 
drowniuo' insects. In S. psittacina, tt.<' 
inflated hood excludes lain from Hi - 
pitchers. The water these contain is 
evidently a secretion. Insects are ]ur»-d 
into the pitchers by a sweet secretion 
around tlie orifice. The Darlington! i 
Oalifornica has beneath the inflated lio( d 
a two-forked appendage covered on lb r 
inner face with a sweet secretion, whic'.i 
allures insects to the orifice. In lie 
early season this secretion forms a trai. 
on the edge of tlie wing from near tli<' 
ground up to the orirtce of tlie pitcher. 
The Nepenthes, inhabiting tropical 
Asiatic and African islands are some 
what woody climbing plants. The ten- 
dril appears to be a prolongation of the 
midrib of the leaf, and on its apex a 
pitcher, with a hinged lid, is develo[)e(l. 
The aquatic sacs of the LTtricularia or 
Bladdcrwort are morphologicall}^ leav< s 
or parts of leaves. These sacs are alvvay- 
underwater and have a 'valve-like ii-l 
which prevents the escape of anythin,^- 
entrapped. The leaves of the Droser.i 
or Sunden are covered with bristly hairs 
each tipped with a gland containing 
drop of a glairy liquid which is tenac Oii^ 
enough to hold f ist a fly, or small insert 
lighting upon it. Adjacent bristles be.id 
forward and help to retain the insect and 
gradually the leaf closes and feeds iqio;: 
