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webs, and creep away, expect continued 

 rain and showery weatiier. 



The Leech also possesses the pecu- 

 liar property of indicating approaching 

 changes of the weather in a most enii- 



depositing the rain arc opposite to the 

 sun, — thus in the morning the bow is in 

 tlie west, and in the evening it is in the 

 east; and, as the rains in this country 

 are usually brought by westerly winds. 



nent degree. In fair and frosty weather a bow in that quarter indicates that the 

 it remains motionless and rolled up in a rain is coming towards the spectator; 

 spiral form at the bottom of the vessel ; whereas a bow in the east indicates that 

 previously to rain or snow, it will creep rain is passing aw-ay.' " — Salmonia. 

 to the top, where, should the rain be i fVind. — Mr. Christensen says, that 

 heavy, or of long continuance, it will the wind changing to any point of the 

 remain for a considerable time; if tri- I compass between e.s.e. and n.n.w. 

 fling, it will descend. Should the rain causes the mercury to rise; and a 

 or snow be accompanied with wind, it change to any point between w. and s. 

 will dart about with great velocity, and ! causes it to be depressed, 

 seldom cease its evolutions until it i WEEDS should be warred upon un- 

 blows hard. If a storm of thunder or remittingly by the gardener, for not only 

 lightning be approaching, it will be ex- 1 does their presence detract from that 

 ceedingly agitated, and express its feel-! neatness which should be the all-per 



ings in violent convulsive starts at the 

 top of the glass. These animal move- 

 ments are all induced, probably, by 

 sensations in the animal occasioned by 

 changes in the atmospheric electricity. 



Rain may be Expected — When the 

 sounds of distant waterfalls, &c., are 

 distinctly heard — When the sun rises 

 pale and sparkling — When the sun rises 

 amidst ruddy clouds — When the sun 

 sets behind a dark cloud — When there 

 is no dew after heat in summer — When 

 there is much hoar frost in winter — 

 When mists rest on the mountain tops 

 — When snails and frogs beset your 

 evening walk — When gnats bite vigor- 

 ously — When animals are unusually 

 restless. 



Fair Weather may be Expected 



vading characteristic of the garden, but 

 every weed robs the soil of a portion of 

 the nutriment which should be devoted 

 to the crops. 



To destroy them, the hoes and weed- 

 irig irons should be unremittingly at 

 work. Neither should weeds be al- 

 lowed to remain where cut down, but 

 should be gathered together, and mixed 

 with saline matters, to convert them 

 into most valuable fertilizers. Never 

 burn them. No weed will endure being 

 continually cut down, and when cut 

 down, it should be carried to a common 

 heap, and a peck of common salt, and 

 a gallon of gas ammoniacal liquor, 

 mixed with every barrow load. The 

 whole speedily becomes a saponaceous 

 mass ; all seeds in it are destroyed ; and 

 it is rendered one of the best fertilizers 



-When none of the signs of rain just the gardener can command. 



given occur — When the sun sets red 

 and cloudless — When the moon's horns 

 are sharp — When the stars shine bright- 

 ly — When smoke rises easily — When 

 moths and beetles appear in numbers. 



Clouds. — " When it is evening, ye 

 say. It will be fair weather, for the sky 

 is 'red." {Matt. xvi. 2.) "And this 

 observation of nineteen centuries past 

 is explained by the optical fact, that dry 

 air refracts more of the red rays of light, 

 than when it is moist; and as dry air 

 is not perfectly transparent, those rays 

 are reflected in the horizon." — Dari/'s 

 Salmon in. 



Rainbow. — " When this is seen in the 

 morning, it betokens rain ; but if in the 

 evening, fair weather; and Sir H. Davy 

 thus explains this phenomenon : — ' The 

 bow can be seen only when the clouds 



WEEDING TOOLS. 

 Fig. 179. 



See Hoe. Be- 



