My first is almost a cropper;
My second is often a propper;
My whole was entirely a whopper.

[Solution]

59
A FLORAL CHARADE

My first by poet’s eye was seen
Sad watching at the gates of heaven.
My next in tints of tender green
By Dickens with quaint art was given.

[Solution]

60

My first is nothing but a name
My second is more small;
My whole is of such slender fame
It has no name at all.

[Solution]

61

When second is of whole a fourth,
And first a fifth of second,
Then first by second multiplied
To make my whole is reckoned.