ced, and it was noticed
that the cheering, which was vociferous had its own effect. It had taken
him a long time, he said, to produce and perfect the complete apparatus
to determine the latent mimosa and by the aid of that apparatus, he was
able to record the movement of the plant to one thousandth of a second.

He next went on to say that all plants were endowed like ourselves, but
at first the news was received with great scepticism. He did not
despair, however, of success and was continuously engaged in
discovering, in collecting fresh evidence. Thanks to the action of the
Government of India in sending him on a world tour, he got at last the
opportunity to prove before the scientific societies of the world, the
truth of his discoveries. An illustration of the Mimosa which has
accompanied him in his world tour was screened.

The next illustration was to show how long plants took to feel shock and
what time they took to recover. Like the great human system plants were
subject to periodic conscianimal [_sic._, consciousness?] had their
periods of sleep and awakening. The extra water pressure produced during
sunset had nothing to do with true sleep. Plants, too, were subject to
exaltation and depression and at certain hours of the day they were
fully conscious and active while at other hours they were dormant and
lazy. He showed by means of a chart that they were fast asleep between 6
and 9 in the morning and his humorous remark that in that respect they
had taken a leaf from our modern society ladies provoked a great deal of
laughter. A series of records were then shown to illustrate the various
degrees of plant consciousness, which were deeply appreciated by the
audience.

Proceeding Dr. Bose said that plants were far more conscious of nature
than human beings and described his experience how plants were sensitive
even to passing clouds, which produced on them a depressing effect. He
spoke of the difference between thin and wiry grown plants and those
that were stout and robust. In that respect they resembled again human
beings and thin and wiry grown plants were far more susceptible of
excitement than the others. They, too, needed rest and without it, they
were flabby and depressed. A cartoon from the London "Punch" entitled "A
successful Trial" was screened to the merriment of the audience, in
which the Professor was humorously depicted by that journal, after his
exposition before the Royal Institute in London. He