IT is some time now since Sir Jagadis Chandra
Bose began to startle the scientific world with the results of his investigations into the sensitiveness and excitability of plants. Now it is generally known that plants can feel, and if you stick a needle into a cabbage it reacts in much the same way as an animal organism would. This is the fascinating subject of Professor Patten's talk tonight, and as he is not only Professor of Anatomy at Sheffield University and a recognized authority on biology, but a broadcaster of experience and of proved popularity, it will lose none of its fascination in his talk.