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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.” 
HE 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. Ina 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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