. The human side of plants. MARIGOLD. Tagetes erecta. At night this plant illuminates its blossoms by emitting waves of light that play over the petals like mimic PLANTS THAT PRODUCE LIGHTS 129 —which lay eggs in the spore-bearing tissues ofthese plants. Thus the plant lights up its housefor its guests, just as men light their houses atnight. The light produced by fungi is due to phosphor-escence. It is commonly found in old wells, caves,and especially in mines. Here it produces a mostweird effect on the observer. The light is steady,and constant, never flashy, or glimmering, and i
. The human side of plants. MARIGOLD. Tagetes erecta. At night this plant illuminates its blossoms by emitting waves of light that play over the petals like mimic PLANTS THAT PRODUCE LIGHTS 129 —which lay eggs in the spore-bearing tissues ofthese plants. Thus the plant lights up its housefor its guests, just as men light their houses atnight. The light produced by fungi is due to phosphor-escence. It is commonly found in old wells, caves,and especially in mines. Here it produces a mostweird effect on the observer. The light is steady,and constant, never flashy, or glimmering, and isusually of a white, green, or blue character. Theeffect produced is not unlike that of moonshinelighting up a fairy castle! And so bright is thislight that one may easily distinguish objects nearat hand. Numbers of the larger flowers, like the sunflower,nasturtiimi, marigold, and tiger lily, emanate aphosphorescent glow. The lights given forth bythese plants are more varied in colour than thosein the deep caves and mines: some are violet, othersgreen, and still others orange or red. Many interesting superstitions have arisen re-garding the double marigold, whose de
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