The snow comes down from the sky in flakes,
The rain comes down in drops,
The sunshine comes in beams, and makes
The earth yield bountiful crops.
A DAINTY SPRING FLOWER.
"The flowers that bloom in the spring," or any other season, for that matter, we find, by an English magazine, are not all suitable for boutonnières. The following is a description of the Rafflesia arnoldi, named by the discoverer, Dr. Arnold, found on the island of Sumatra, in 1818. The circumference, we are told, of the full expanded flower is nine feet, its nectarium calculated to hold nine pints; the pistils are as large as a cow's horns, and the entire weight of the flower is computed to be over fifteen pounds.
REASSURING.
"Oh, don't go so far out, boys; I'm afraid the ice is not strong enough to hold us!"
"Well, the water is not deep, Nell. This is just about where Carrie fell through last winter, and she only went in up to her chin,—and you are half a foot taller than she!"