100 TOICE OF FLOWERS. 



A Sage-plant, who had cast off his blossoms, 

 and gone to seed, heard her flippancy of speech 

 and reproved her. He said, &quot; knowlege is 

 good ; it teaches men how to be useful to each 

 other, and keeps women from too much gad 

 ding abroad. 



&quot; By knowledge, my own salubrious proper 

 ties have been discovered, so that I am not 

 cut down like a common weed. Right 

 knowledge teaches both men and flowers not 

 to be slanderous, for it gives them higher and 

 better subjects of thought.&quot; 



So the Dandelion was silent before the Sage 

 and ceased to laugh at those who were wiser 

 than herself. For she had already perceived 

 that they had some kind of secret happiness, 

 and took comfort when other flowers were out 

 of spirits, on stormy days, and when no butter 

 flies visited them. 



