Next number the letters of the sentence consecutively 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0, and then work out a sum in addition with these numbers substituted for the letters with which they correspond.

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No. XXXIV.—A BUNCH OF FLOWERS

Find within these borders twelve specimens of flowers and foliage:—

1L2L3B4H5P6E7F
8L9Y10E11L12O13R14N
15I16V17B18R19I20V21K
22A23L24E25T26O27N28I
29C30N31A32S33U34L35P

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Move in any direction one square at a time, and so spell out their names, using the same square only once in each case.

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19. A CHARADE

My first except when it is old
Is never seen or heard;
When it is heard the sound is tolled
Out of a Jewish beard.
My next was in Imperial Rome,
It was her power and might;
Then you had but to write you wish,
And straightway ’twas in sight.