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Show FLOWEflB THAT TELL TIME. Punctual to the Mlnoti In Closing Their Petals. There are (lowers that act timekeepers time-keepers for tttmw who hate by obeer-ration obeer-ration l tidied ihelr ways and hablta, and so pimrtnal are Ihey that laboring labor-ing men In eome eountrlea tell from them when the hour for dinner and leaving work has mine, while In enr tain district ihe school ihlldren are said lo lie iiismli-M d when the goal a beam (knva whlrh It does punctually at the mum. i one etcry day The gardener to a millionaire baa provided a Aorlork in ihe hape of a clr culer Bower bid, lth twelve divl alooa Kuh of the dlvlahwia, frmnone to twelve, uinialna flowers which open or cloe at tbe corresponding hour. Thin the I wo apace la occupied by a II, made of hnwkeeed, which ttoaea at 2 i. hi , precisely, and o on lie had no illftlriiliy In finding Howors lu suit th aoveral koura, nnd In some rneen Ihe figure has been marie of more than one flower Amongst tho flower used are Ihe snow thletle. blue chliury, pimpernel, marigold, Hlar of llelhlehem, and evening Primrose. Prim-rose. The Yellow alone wrk contains the moet nnlque greenhuuao for flower flow-er cultivation In the world, the heat Ixlng obtained from one of the natural natu-ral hot springs or geysern, Ihe water of which Imucs from Ihe earth at H temperature near boiling point The ahortoat lived flowers aro tbe dew How or s cat Ihe Death Valley lu California. Cali-fornia. Heavy dews ate wafted by tho wlnda from Ihe mountains over the parched plain, and an hour or two before sunrise the moist sand, with lis under current of warmth, given life to Ihe dew flower When the light begins be-gins In glow In tbe east, myriads n( tiny pink flowers burst Into bloom, hugging the ssnd for the few minute they nre destined In live The aun'e rays come slanting across the fur-fare, fur-fare, and. as thought a touch of flru had passed over tbnm. the dew flowers flow-ers wither and disappear. Montreal Herald |
