| Show DANDELION AS A BAROMETER 11 j absolutely Abiol when whon one can read its lt stene signe also la is wather Wt hr prophet r the dandelion Is 13 a dandy barometer ong one of tho the commonest and moet most roll rell able it la in when the blooms have seeded and are in the fluffy feathery condition that the weather prophet a cili ties codes corde to the fore foro in fine weather the ball expands to the full but when rain app approach ea it abuts shuts like an umbrella if the weather ta Is inclined to be showery it keeps abut all the time oaly only opening when the dan ger from the wet ie is pant past the ordinary clover and all its varieties including the trefoil and the shamrock are also barometers when jain Is coming the leaves abut toletha er like tho the shells of an oyster and do not open again until fine weather Is assured for a day or two before rain cornea comes their stems swell to an appreciable extent and alfken so that tho the leaves are borne mare upright than usual this aborn swelling ew elling when rain Is expected Is a 1 of many flow cring ering grasses 1 the fingers of which the leaves of the horse chestnut are made up keep flat and fanlike so long aa as fine weather la 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 man mans a weather glass or wind cope and opens if its bowers flowers only in fine weather As eoon soon as rain ie Is in the air it shuts up ul and remains closed until the shower or storm Is I 1 over tle common garden convolvulus crumples up its delicate a blo soma within the space a of halt half a an our it rain drops are on th the way and d it keeps them thus un until fit the abd bad weal h er has passed I 1 |
