WHY LEAVES CHANGE COLOR.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 422, 19 May 1904, Page 8

WHY LEAVES CHANGE COLOR.

r*W*" *■» T»— ywtufi ami, the 9taifc oi Jkelc rro<t Xs» thm ■gu «* Pilsn-pi Agcssaa, Z leal 1* composed of a great number of cells, the walls of which are brown. In the spring and summer these cells are all filled with fluid, colored with minute grains of red, yellow and other pigments, which, mixed together, appear green. In the autumn, through the cold, oxidation and other - Changes take place in the leaf-cells,' destroying more or lees rapidly certain ! «rf Vae color element*, says the Worn- ! IW* * i jim Companion. As toon as on* ' <e elements is gone the leaf no -ppears normal green, but asthe shade of the remainder of } >k>r element* mixed together. * ftfcen only the red element is left the leaf is red; when the yellow alone restates, the leaf is yellow, and when all ifce coloring matter is gone the leaf is brown.

Frost U not the, sole eatue of the f&anges of color, but it is an important •ause. The more gradual the changes •I temperature from mmnier heat to Winter cold, the greater willl be the variety and brilliancy in the coloring ■f the autumn leave*.

*tnrm Hy Dog." —»• JCn amusing story comes from Parte tf the devices adopted by a prominent sdubman of wealth and position to form the acquaintance of a lady well known for her beauty in social and theatrical circles, says the London Globe. The lady was lunching in a fashionable restaurant In the Bois de Boulogne, accompanied by her equally well known poodle. The dog was running about from table to table, picking up pieces and collecting morsels from other diners, and presently trfaen it returned to its mistress she »aa astonished to see written on its Jiek in red chalk: "Tell your mistress ■Hat she is simply adorable, and I tore her exceedingly." The gentleman signed h(g name. After this a formal introduction was no longer SBceasary.

sfl!J tannU I b€M ' f !S that mOM **<>*■ tnlefly on the north side of trees Writ*, the Sioux City Journal: The nol lion is- not established by science, and mn examination of many trees has •hown Prof. Henry Kraemer, a Phila, dslpfcia botanist, that ten per cent, had •he moss on the west side, ten per C*nt on the northwest side, ten per cant, on the north side, 20 per cent on tie northeaat side, 35 per eent. on the jut ride, and u ft can*, ca thaion.*.