duckweed is an excellent barometer. When the flower expands fully we are not to expect rain for several hours; should it continue in that state, no rain will disturb the summer's day. When it half conceals its miniature flower, the day is generally showery; but if it entirely shuts up, or veils the flower with its green mantle, let the traveller put on his great-coat. The different species of trefoil always contract their leaves at the approach of a storm ; so certainly does this take place that the plants have acquired the name of the " husbandman's barometer,"
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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 17, Issue 962, 10 March 1871, Page 2
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