How does the sluggard’s garden grow?
When ..... are high results are low.
His borders ..... and bindweed spoil,
No careful culture ..... the soil;
But weeds that ..... are all alive
Where ..... pink or rose should thrive.
The missing words are spelt with the same letters.
No. LXXVII.—AN EASY MATCH PUZZLE
This is a simple arrangement of eight matches, by which two squares and four similar triangles are formed.
60. WHAT AM I?
Correctly drawn results I yield.
Varied, but welcome everywhere;
But met with in the open field
I’m banned if frequent, blest if rare.
To this peculiar difference the clue
Is called with much significance the cue.