Notes and theories: welcome to the rubber dome.

The first spring was here and Arthur, an elderly family rubber plant, died quietly in the house, the result of an uptight house-guest's bad 'vibes' from prolonged and bitter telephone hassles.

Meares, E N.

"Napoleon Who...?" 

Mushroom, 

no. 11 (1978): 12-14.

This story has a happy ending. Placed in a geodesic dome by his spiritually-aware owners, Arthur returned from the land of the dead.