Show DANDELION AS A BAROMETER Absolutely Reliable When One Can Read Its SignsAlso Is Weather L Prophet The dandelion Is a dandy barometer ono of tho commonest and most reliable reli-able It Is when the blooms have seeded and are In the fluffy feathery condition that the weather prophet fa cllltlcs come to the fore In fine weather the ball expands to tho full but when rain approaches it shuts like an umbrella If the weather Is Inclined I In-clined to be showery It keeps shut all the time onjy opening when the danger dan-ger from the wet Is past The ordinary clover and all Its varieties vari-eties including tho trefoil and the shamrock are also barometers When rain is coming the leaves shut together togeth-er like the shells of an oyster and do not open again until fine weather is assured For a day or two before rain comes their stems swell to an appreciable appre-ciable extent and stiffen so that the leaves are borno more upright than usual This stem swelling when rain Is expected Is a feature of many flowering flow-ering grasses The fingers of which tho leaves of the horse chestnut aro made up keep flat and fanllko so long as flume weather Is likely to continue With the coming of rain however they droop as If to offer less resistance to the weather The scarlet pimpernel Is nicknamed the poor mans weatherglass weather-glass or wind cope and opens Its flowers only In line weather As soon as rain Is in tho air It shuts up nnd remains closed until tho shower or storm Is overTime over-Time common garden convolvulus crumples up Its delicate blossoms within the space of half an hour If rain drops arc on the way and It keeps them thus until tho bad woath or has passed |