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  tion 
  is 
  given 
  to 
  the 
  growth 
  of 
  the 
  plants, 
  it 
  

   will 
  be 
  seen 
  that 
  new 
  growth 
  is 
  starting 
  at 
  the 
  

   crown 
  of 
  the 
  plant 
  ; 
  when 
  this 
  appears 
  the 
  tops 
  

   of 
  the 
  plants 
  should 
  all 
  be 
  removed 
  down 
  to 
  

   this 
  new 
  growth, 
  which 
  will 
  rapidly 
  come 
  for- 
  

   ward 
  and 
  produce 
  flowers 
  in 
  abundance 
  al- 
  

   most, 
  if 
  not 
  quite, 
  equal 
  to 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  early 
  

   spring. 
  An 
  occasional 
  dose 
  of 
  liquid 
  manure 
  — 
  

   say 
  twice 
  a 
  week 
  — 
  will 
  greatly 
  benefit 
  these 
  

   fall 
  blossoms, 
  as 
  by 
  this 
  time 
  the 
  first 
  richness 
  

   of 
  the 
  bed 
  will 
  have 
  become 
  exhausted. 
  Pan- 
  

   sies 
  may 
  be 
  carried 
  over 
  to 
  the 
  second 
  year 
  

   and 
  will 
  give 
  very 
  satisfactory 
  results, 
  but 
  will 
  

   not 
  be 
  quite 
  as 
  fine 
  as 
  the 
  young 
  plants. 
  The 
  

   only 
  satisfactory 
  winter 
  protection 
  for 
  the 
  

   open 
  air 
  pansy 
  bed 
  is 
  found 
  in 
  a 
  covering 
  of 
  

   ever 
  green 
  boughs 
  or 
  a 
  blanket 
  of 
  snow 
  ; 
  leaves 
  

   settle 
  around 
  the 
  crown 
  of 
  the 
  plant, 
  freeze 
  

   and 
  cause 
  decay 
  ; 
  evergreen 
  boughs 
  when 
  used 
  

   should 
  be 
  arranged 
  to 
  rest 
  on 
  some 
  support 
  — 
  

   a 
  pole 
  lying 
  on 
  notched 
  sticks 
  lengthways 
  

   of 
  the 
  bed, 
  their 
  tops 
  down 
  so 
  that 
  they 
  may 
  

   shed 
  rain 
  and 
  bank 
  snow 
  ; 
  this 
  gives 
  the 
  ideal 
  

   protection 
  and 
  should 
  be 
  employed 
  whenever 
  

   available. 
  The 
  blanket 
  of 
  snow, 
  when 
  it 
  stays 
  

   on 
  all 
  winter, 
  leaves 
  nothing 
  to 
  be 
  desired. 
  

  

  PLANTS 
  THAT 
  TELL 
  THE 
  

   WEATHER 
  

  

  By 
  W. 
  G. 
  Fitz-Gerald 
  

  

  SOME 
  flowers 
  there 
  are 
  that 
  care 
  nothing 
  

   for 
  the 
  weather. 
  Wet 
  or 
  fine, 
  hail 
  or 
  

   snow, 
  they 
  make 
  a 
  brave 
  show. 
  Such 
  are 
  

   the 
  sweet-pea, 
  fuchsia, 
  heather, 
  hyacinth 
  and 
  

   others 
  of 
  the 
  "bell" 
  flowers. 
  But 
  even 
  a 
  

   casual 
  glance 
  at 
  our 
  fields 
  will 
  show 
  that 
  

   many 
  other 
  flowers 
  and 
  plants 
  are 
  by 
  no 
  

   means 
  so 
  indifferent. 
  Thus 
  a 
  meadow 
  that 
  

   will 
  be 
  radiant 
  with 
  flowers 
  on 
  a 
  sunny 
  day 
  

   is 
  utterly 
  transformed 
  when 
  the 
  clouds 
  are 
  

   lowering 
  and 
  torrents 
  of 
  rain 
  falling. 
  

  

  Nor 
  is 
  this 
  change 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  prevailing 
  

   grayness 
  of 
  the 
  day. 
  For 
  if 
  you 
  examine 
  the 
  

   meadow 
  at 
  close 
  quarters 
  you 
  will 
  see 
  that 
  it 
  

   is 
  mainly 
  the 
  flowers 
  themselves 
  that 
  have 
  

   wrought 
  the 
  change. 
  Many 
  plants 
  have 
  

   closed 
  up 
  their 
  blooms 
  and 
  entirely 
  hidden 
  all 
  

   the 
  gay 
  petals. 
  Others, 
  again, 
  have 
  merely 
  

   drooped 
  earthward, 
  presenting 
  only 
  somber 
  

   colored 
  backs 
  to 
  the 
  falling 
  rain. 
  Much 
  the 
  

   same 
  thing 
  happens 
  on 
  banks 
  where 
  in 
  early 
  

   summer 
  the 
  little 
  Stellaria 
  shines 
  forth 
  like 
  so 
  

   many 
  stars 
  from 
  a 
  brilliant 
  green 
  background. 
  

  

  The 
  moment 
  bad 
  weather 
  comes 
  these 
  stars 
  

   disappear, 
  and 
  the 
  bank 
  they 
  adorned 
  becomes 
  

   dull 
  and 
  uninteresting. 
  The 
  pretty 
  star 
  of 
  

   Bethlehem 
  is 
  equally 
  sensitive 
  and 
  shows 
  or 
  

   hides 
  her 
  sweet 
  face 
  just 
  as 
  the 
  weather 
  alter- 
  

   nates 
  from 
  bad 
  to 
  good, 
  and 
  vice 
  versa. 
  On 
  

   a 
  fine 
  day 
  our 
  garden 
  borders 
  may 
  be 
  brilliant 
  

   with 
  white 
  stars, 
  but 
  the 
  moment 
  clouds 
  ap- 
  

   pear 
  and 
  the 
  rain 
  descends 
  they 
  withdraw 
  

   themselves 
  and 
  fold 
  up 
  their 
  little 
  petals 
  with 
  

   anxious 
  care. 
  The 
  green 
  sepals 
  now 
  close 
  over 
  

   and 
  form 
  an 
  impenetrable 
  rain 
  coat, 
  showing 
  

   only 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  ragged-looking 
  plants, 
  from 
  

   whose 
  pointed 
  leaves 
  and 
  striped 
  tapering 
  buds 
  

   the 
  water 
  trickles 
  harmlessly. 
  

  

  The 
  Eschscholtzias, 
  too, 
  are 
  "fair 
  weather" 
  

   flowers, 
  flaunting 
  gorgeously 
  in 
  the 
  sunshine, 
  

   but 
  shrinking 
  from 
  bad 
  weather. 
  Let 
  the 
  day 
  

   be 
  merely 
  dull 
  and 
  they 
  will 
  not 
  even 
  awake 
  

   from 
  the 
  night's 
  sleep, 
  but 
  remain 
  tightly- 
  

   closed. 
  True, 
  if 
  morning 
  opens 
  with 
  promise 
  

   they 
  are 
  lured 
  to 
  unfold 
  their 
  orange 
  petals, 
  

   and 
  bask 
  a 
  little 
  at 
  breakfast 
  time; 
  but 
  should 
  

   the 
  day 
  refuse 
  to 
  fulfil 
  its 
  promise, 
  the 
  Esch- 
  

   scholtzias 
  calmly 
  wrap 
  up 
  their 
  flowers 
  with 
  

   as 
  much 
  care 
  as 
  a 
  little 
  girl 
  does 
  her 
  dainty 
  

   muslin 
  frock, 
  fearing 
  the 
  slightest 
  wetting 
  or 
  

   the 
  menace 
  of 
  lowering 
  clouds. 
  

  

  These 
  folding 
  processes 
  are 
  sometimes 
  sim- 
  

   ple 
  enough, 
  but 
  when 
  a 
  long 
  spell 
  of 
  wet 
  

  

  