While Professor Tyndall is watching infusions of hay and turnips for some signs of life, the Chinese could give him a plant which undoubtedly evolves into a living creature. They have a plant called ginseng, and this, after growing for three centuries, is inspired through the starlight by the spirit of the hills and rivers ; then to burst into the shape and form of a man. In course of time the new creature
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 5188, 7 November 1877, Page 3
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73Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 5188, 7 November 1877, Page 3
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