Philemon and his wife, though old, found their love, ever increasing for each other, and one day, when two of the Olympian Gods visited the earth their extraordinary affection, and the purity of their love, so struck the minds of the gods, that the two mortals were transported to the Olympian Gardens, and finally, as a reward for their example of supreme earthly love, they were changed, when locked in each other's arms, into two everlasting trees with branches intertwining.
—Moving Picture World synopsis