The Doctor explained the meaning and significance of the thunderbolt
which has been adopted as the symbol of the institution. He explained
also the special uses to which the various parts of the buildings would
be put. The fact was brought out that the entire building and grounds
had been designed to suit the special needs of the Institute and care
had been taken to make it as far as possible self contained. An
interesting feature of the garden close to that portion which forms the
residence of Sir Jagadis was the open platform perched above two trees,
transplanted under anaesthetic conditions. A variety of apparatus is
displayed under these trees and the platform is intended for
observation or meditation or both. Dr. Bose here explained how trees
when transplanted frequently died under the shock of the operation just
as human being sometimes died, not from an operation but from the shock
caused thereby. Similarly he had discovered and proved that trees could,
like human beings, go through severe operations and survive the shock,
if placed under the influence of an anaesthetic.