A Tree That Gets Mad

A gentleman of tilia place has a Inv wliich is a species of acacia. It wasgrown f rom a seed brouglit from Australia. Tlie tree is now i sapllng sonje elght feet Ín helght, and it Isin fnll foliare and rmwiiifí rapidlv. It is lejruminous, and veiy di-tinctly shows the charurierintics of the mimosa, orsensitive plant. Regularly eyery evenlng, aboul the time the "chiokens go foW togetksr, uní the -nds oí' the tender twi.u-.mil tlieni.si-lve.sup like the tail of a ull conditioneel plg, Afler one of the tWlgs has been stroked or handled, the lesvefi more Unefcslty aml ártlri a sort of ni ild roiiiuiotion lora minute or more. All this was knowii about tlio tree, hut it was only ycsti-rday that it was digcovered tb:it the tree bud in it ímich more of life and tclinr tlmn it had ever l)efore been credited willi. The tree being in quite a sniall pot, one wliieb t was fort OUÍgTOWinfr, it was tbonglit best to gtve it oïe of nmcli langer sizè. i-sterday altornoon tbc tree was iransfi-rred to its" new cuaitci-H. It resented the oeratioii of its renoval to tbc best of its abilily. A rrivlng at his residence about the time the tree had been transplanted, the petitienianlound ilic house in a grand commotion. On askiiijr wliat wil up, 'he was told that they liad Iransplantcd the tree lurordin" to orders, and the operation luid "tnáde it verv mad." Ilardly liad it been j.laceil in its new nuariers bèfore the leaves began to stand up in all directions, like the hair on the tail of ín angrycat, and soon the whole plant was in a quiver. This cOtíld have been endunil, bul at the same time it irav,dut an odor niost pungeut and sickeuiiig- just such a smell as is given off by rattlesiiaki'sand many other kinds of snakes in sunimer wlicn teased. 'I'his odor so rilled tbc house and was so sickeiiinr that it wa fbund nccssaiy to open the doors and Windows. It was fullv anhour before tinplant calined down and foldcd its U-aves in pi'Mcc. ltwonld probably not have glven lip Ofhl cTeti then had it not heeii tb.it its time tbr golng to roost had arrived. Jt is probably needless to add that the whole lionsehold stand in not a little awe of tlic plant as beiiiL a tMng inore animal (or iiptile) tlian vegetable.