The classic lines may possibly have been the germ of the flippant modern riddle, “Why is it no offence to conspire in the evening?”

[Solution]

A BIT OF BOTANY

40.

Inscribe an m above a line
And write an e below,
This woodland flower is hung so fine
It bends when zephyrs flow.

[Solution]

A PIED PROVERB

41. The following letters, if they are properly rearranged, will fall into the words which form a popular proverb:—

A A E E G G H I L L M N N N O O O O R R S S S S T T

Can you place them in position?