The Archive · 1923

A Challenge to the Sun

EFFECT OF ARTIFICIAL LIGHT ON -FLOWERS

Columbia"University, and. the New York, Nov. 9.

Westinghouse Electric Conipany -announced through the Associated Press yesterday that they had completed experiments which demonstrated that with artificial light they can put flowers and vegetables to sleep and awaken them at will, releasing them from the dominance of the sun. The success of these experiments, it was said, means that hereafter there need be no flower famines on national holidays, or a dearth of hothouse vegetables because of continuous sunless days.—Reuter.

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