Show snapdragon seed pods the antirrhinum or snapdragon la Is one of the old fashioned garden flowers known to every one although it Is a visitor from southern europe it has been liere here so BO long that it has be come naturalized whon when we say lions ons mouth frog frogs 5 M mouth auth calf a mouth iab babbits bits mouth ve mean snapdragon all chese names being suggested by its grotesque mask liko corolla but thele la Is something still more grotesque it if we will watt wait till the seed time and gather the dried brown skeleton of the seed pod look at them sideways under a bright lamplight if possible and you will find they have quite a resemblance em blance to ft a rhinoceros remove the calyx and the little horns on the nose and look at them from the front and they have hane a still more striking resemblance to human skulls and by turning them about you ou get all sorts of queer expressions on the grinning mouth st nicholas magazine |