8. THRICE BEHEADED
Untouched I tell of budding growth and life;
Beheaded I lead upward more or less;
Again—with varied fragrance I am rife;
Again—but little value I express.
No. XIV.—A NEST OF RECTANGLES
In this nest of 49 squares it is possible to count a great number of distinct and interlacing figures, whose opposite sides are equal, and whose angles are all right angles.
Can you decide exactly the number of these rectangles, and say how many of them are square?