AGITATION. 
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AFTER-THOUGHT. 
MICHAELMAS DAISY. 
This plant begins to put forth its flowers 
when others are becoming rare. Its hardy 
nature renders it suitable to any soil or situ¬ 
ation ; and its beautiful flowers enliven our 
gardens as the floral season closes. It seems 
to be the after-thought of Flora, who smiles 
on our parterres as she leaves them. 
AGITATION. 
SHAKING SAINTFOIN, OR MOVING PLANT. 
Linnieus observes that this is a wonderful 
plant on account of its voluntary motion, 
which is not caused by any touch, irritation, 
or movement in the air, as in the sensitive 
plant, &c. No sooner have the plants, raised 
from seed, acquired their ternate leaves, than 
they begin to be in motion this way and that. 
This movement never ceases during the whole 
period of their vegetation, nor are they ob¬ 
servant of any direction, order, or time. One 
leaf will frequently revolve, while another on 
the same petiole is still; and sometimes a 
few leaflets only will be seen in motion, then 
