﻿September, 
  1907 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
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  XIX 
  

  

  STRICTLY 
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  I 
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  ern 
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  I 
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  cash 
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  I 
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  ship 
  

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  weather 
  is 
  threatened 
  each 
  petal 
  folds 
  into 
  a 
  

   little 
  twist 
  by 
  itself, 
  so 
  that 
  four 
  small 
  spiral 
  

   pyramids 
  stand 
  up 
  on 
  each 
  flower 
  stalk, 
  to 
  face 
  

   the 
  downpour 
  in 
  perfect 
  assurance. 
  

  

  Even 
  the 
  familiar 
  daisy 
  is 
  a 
  well 
  known 
  

   "barometer-plant." 
  Does 
  not 
  its 
  yellow 
  eye 
  

   open 
  out 
  to 
  sunny 
  days 
  and 
  close 
  to 
  duller 
  

   ones? 
  And 
  its 
  big 
  coarse 
  brother, 
  the 
  dande- 
  

   lion, 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  just 
  as 
  sensitive. 
  In 
  the 
  case 
  

   of 
  the 
  daisy, 
  however, 
  each 
  head 
  is 
  made 
  up 
  of 
  

   many 
  flowers, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  the 
  petal 
  rays 
  of 
  the 
  

   strap-like 
  florets 
  that 
  wrap 
  over 
  and 
  protect 
  

   the 
  inner 
  tubular 
  stationary 
  ones. 
  

  

  As 
  to 
  the 
  dwarf 
  or 
  carline 
  thistle, 
  so 
  no- 
  

   torious 
  are 
  its 
  faculties 
  for 
  indicating 
  the 
  

   weather 
  that 
  its 
  dry 
  flower 
  heads 
  are 
  actually 
  

   used 
  in 
  certain 
  rural 
  districts 
  as 
  weather 
  

   gauges. 
  When 
  the 
  sky 
  is 
  cloudless 
  and 
  the 
  air 
  

   dry 
  and 
  clear, 
  the 
  flower-heads 
  open 
  out 
  bold- 
  

   ly, 
  with 
  the 
  dry 
  scaly 
  leaves 
  surrounding 
  the 
  

   inner 
  flowers 
  radiating 
  all 
  round 
  with 
  perfect 
  

   confidence. 
  But 
  let 
  the 
  air 
  grow 
  humid, 
  in- 
  

   dicating 
  that 
  rain 
  is 
  not 
  far 
  off, 
  and 
  the 
  radi- 
  

   ating 
  ring 
  rises 
  to 
  close 
  domelike 
  in 
  protec- 
  

   tion 
  over 
  the 
  flower's 
  heart. 
  I 
  have 
  often 
  

   watched 
  the 
  water 
  running 
  off 
  this 
  "dome," 
  

   just 
  as 
  quickly 
  as 
  it 
  does 
  off 
  any 
  sloping 
  roof 
  

   built 
  with 
  human 
  hands. 
  

  

  In 
  England 
  the 
  well-known 
  little 
  scarlet 
  

   pimpernel 
  is 
  called 
  the 
  "poor 
  man's 
  weather 
  

   glass," 
  so 
  quickly 
  do 
  its 
  little 
  blossoms 
  follow 
  

   changes 
  in 
  the 
  weather 
  by 
  opening 
  and 
  clos- 
  

   ing. 
  The 
  pimpernel 
  is 
  quite 
  wonderfully 
  re- 
  

   liable 
  as 
  a 
  weather 
  prophet 
  — 
  far 
  more 
  so 
  than 
  

   many 
  an 
  expensive 
  barometer 
  hanging 
  in 
  a 
  

   rich 
  man's 
  house. 
  

  

  This 
  flower 
  finds 
  a 
  living 
  on 
  the 
  dryest 
  and 
  

   poorest 
  waysides, 
  and 
  is 
  perhaps 
  the 
  best 
  

   known 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  barometer 
  plants. 
  Such 
  com- 
  

   posite 
  flowers 
  as 
  the 
  chicory, 
  nipple-wort 
  and 
  

   marigold 
  are 
  also 
  sensitive 
  in 
  the 
  matter 
  of 
  

   weather, 
  as 
  also 
  are 
  such 
  bell 
  flowers 
  as 
  the 
  

   clustered 
  and 
  nettle-leaved 
  campanulas. 
  

  

  Opuntias, 
  flaxes, 
  white 
  magnolias, 
  crocuses 
  

   and 
  stately 
  water 
  lilies 
  are 
  all 
  infallible 
  indi- 
  

   cations 
  of 
  weather 
  to 
  come. 
  I 
  am 
  often 
  asked 
  

   what 
  actuates 
  plants 
  and 
  flowers 
  in 
  this 
  way. 
  

   The 
  fact 
  is, 
  their 
  object 
  is 
  to 
  safeguard 
  their 
  

   greatest 
  treasure. 
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  in 
  the 
  flower's 
  heart 
  

   are 
  placed 
  the 
  tiny 
  seeds 
  in 
  a 
  case, 
  and 
  round 
  

   them 
  the 
  equally 
  valuable 
  stamens 
  earning 
  the 
  

   precious 
  pollen-dust 
  fully 
  exposed 
  to 
  the 
  air. 
  

  

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  if 
  cuplike 
  flowers 
  such 
  as 
  the 
  

   Eschscholtzias 
  remained 
  open 
  in 
  wet 
  weather, 
  

   a 
  miniature 
  rain 
  pool 
  would 
  form 
  and 
  fill 
  each 
  

   blossom 
  to 
  the 
  brim 
  from 
  one 
  end 
  of 
  its 
  life 
  to 
  

   the 
  other, 
  washing 
  away 
  and 
  spoiling 
  the 
  sod- 
  

   den 
  pollen 
  dust. 
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  insect 
  would 
  care 
  

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  the 
  pool 
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  search 
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  messengers 
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  earn- 
  

   out 
  the 
  marvelous 
  acts 
  of 
  fertilization 
  from 
  

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  flower 
  to 
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