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Progress of Science

Two Germans say they have discovered a
method of "[?]" plants grow. In the
apparatus the growing plant is connected
with a disc, having in its center an indicator
which moves visibly and regularly, and
this, on a scale 50 times magnified, denotes
the progress in growth. Both disc and indicator
are metal, and when brought in contact
with an electric hammer, the electric
current being interrupted at each of the divided
interstices of the disc, the growth of
the plant is as perceptible to the ear as to
the eye.

"The flame of fire in the bush."

Ex. III, 2 – 3 – 4; Deut. XXXIII, 16: Celsius argues
that it ws Rubus vulgaris, i.e., R. fruticosus,
the bramble of black-berry bush; it
is identified by Speugel as the Hebrew
Sēneh, terming it the Rubus sanctus.
Others seem to think it was sort of a
thorn bush, but fail to identify it.

— Vide Smith's Bible [Dic.?] for further inf.

The below recently taken from a Chicago
paper: "A remarkable plant is now at "Kew
Gardens," London. The plant has just been
brought from the Arabian Desert, and numberous
scientists declare it to be identical
with the "burning bush" which Moses saw
burst into flame at his approach and blaze for
some time without being consumed. The plant at
Kew, which grows to the height of 5 or 6 feet,
possesses the remarkable property of exhaling
an inflammable gas from its flowers, which, on
being approached by a light, takes fire and burns
brightly for a few moments. The plant in the
meanwhile remaining uninjured, – owing to its [?]."

"In the hot desert of Arabia, where the plant naturally
grows more vigorously than at Kew, a larger
quantity of this gas is exhaled and it is probable that the
fierce rays of the sun [so?] frequently cause to take
fire. It cannot be said that the discovery of this
plant and its strange characteristics add greatly