ROSE IN PROCESS OF MAKING.
ROSE COMPLETED.
On the same principle a marigold may be cut out of a round of carrot with a little button of beet-root for the centre; a daisy can be made from a round of parsnip with a small button of carrot for the centre; a dahlia from a beet; and several other flowers from pumpkins. It will be easily seen that a beautiful bouquet can be compiled of these flowers with the addition of a few sprigs of evergreen. Indeed, great taste and ingenuity may be displayed in managing these simple materials. When the process had been explained to us, as above described, we expressed our delight, at the same time saying carelessly that there were doubtless millions of ladies in the country who would find pleasure in learning so graceful an accomplishment. The gentleman with the gold spectacles was down upon us in a moment.
"Did we know what a million meant?"
To which we promptly replied that a million meant ten hundred thousand.
"Did we know what a billion meant?"
A billion, according to Webster, was a million million.
A light twinkled out of the gold spectacles, and a glow suffused the expansive forehead, as, with a certain playful severity, he propounded the following:
"How long would it take you to count a million million, supposing you counted at the rate of two hundred per minute for twenty-four hours per day?"