Size of Flowers. — A horticulturist of the suburbs of Versailles, in studying the physiology of the vegetable kingdom, conceived the idea that the smallness of certain plants —the violets, for example —was owing to an atmospheric pressure (i.e. gravity) that is far too great for their delicate organs.
Having fixed this idea in his mind, the florist conceived the idea of putting his theory into practice.
Providing himself with a small balloon, he rendered it sufficiently tight to prevent the escape of any gas, he launched it into the air, and attached to it a silken cord twelve hundred metres long. Instead of a car, the balloon sustained a flower-pot of Parma violets. (1200 meters is about 3900 feet high or the altitude of Lubbock & El Paso Texas, Kandahlar Afghanistan, the country of Andorra & Tehran Iran)
This experiment has been going on about two months with the most wonderful results, in the shape of violets large as Bengal roses. It is expected that the above experiment may be turned to some account.
March 15, 1855
Having fixed this idea in his mind, the florist conceived the idea of putting his theory into practice.
Providing himself with a small balloon, he rendered it sufficiently tight to prevent the escape of any gas, he launched it into the air, and attached to it a silken cord twelve hundred metres long. Instead of a car, the balloon sustained a flower-pot of Parma violets. (1200 meters is about 3900 feet high or the altitude of Lubbock & El Paso Texas, Kandahlar Afghanistan, the country of Andorra & Tehran Iran)
This experiment has been going on about two months with the most wonderful results, in the shape of violets large as Bengal roses. It is expected that the above experiment may be turned to some account.
March 15, 1855
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