PLANTS THAT PREDICT THE WEATHER*, COMPASS 

 PLANTS ; DAME NATURE'S ALMANAC 



"Weak with a nice sense, the chaste Mimosa stands, 

 From each rude touch -withdraws her timid hands; 

 Oft as light clouds o'erpass the summer glade, 

 Alarmed she trembles at the moving shade, 

 And feels alive through all her tender form 

 The whispered murmurs of the gathering storm; 

 Shuts her sweet eyelids to the approaching night, 

 And hails with freshened charms the rising light." 



THE Weather Bureau Service saves annually 

 at least fifty million dollars by its forecasts 

 and predictions. Day and night danger signals and 

 warnings are sent out from the central office of this 

 bureau to the utmost bounds of the land. In a very 

 brief period warnings of the approach of a cyclone, 

 a tornado, or a blizzard, may be wired to shipmas- 

 ters of all parts that will be affected. Every form 

 of warning that may save life and property is given 

 against all weather dangers, from snowstorms to 

 floods. In fruit-growing countries especially does 

 the need of prophecy of sudden cold exist. 

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