8o THE GLORY OF THE GARDEN 



" The grass that grows in Janiveer 

 Grows no more all the year." 



There is a " weather lore " rhyme about the 

 gardener's pert friend, the robin, which runs thus: 



" If the robin sings in the bush, 

 Then the weather will be coarse; 

 But if the robin sings in the barn, 

 Then the weather will be warm." 



Of the pigeon, with his sentimental voice, another 

 rhyme says: 



" If the pigeons go a-benting, 



Then the farmers lie lamenting." 



There are some very homely weather signs known 

 to all children which often come very true, as for 

 instance: 



" When it rains before seven, 

 It will be fine before eleven." 



" Between twelve and two 



You'll see what the day will do." 



" If the ash is out before the oak 

 We shall surely get a soak, 

 But if the oak before the ash 

 We shall but get a splash." 



And how eagerly children go about the country- 

 side searching for the " oak before the ash," and 

 also how those two trees seem to know what is 

 expected of them, and to prophesy accordingly 

 as they have been ordered by Dame Nature ! 



But it is really to the wind that the gardener 

 looks most, and if he is so fortunate as to have a 

 weathercock in his garden he will note each turn 

 of the wind. If he has no weathercock then he 



