It would be interesting to know just what is the educating effect upon that part of the city's youth which we may call the pavement population, of the sight of flowers the year through. During the winter months, though not always accessible, they are always visible, and during the summer months they fairly overflow the city - in the florists' windows, in great clusters on the street corners, and, best of all, in living profusion in the parks. It is not wholly a fancy, perhaps, that all this has more than a slightly refining influence upon these young souls, into whose lives comes so little that makes for the amenities of life. It is a good thing for a child to learn to love a flower. In learning that he has learned much more. His imagination has been drawn upon, his delicacy of sentiment has been quickened, and the tender feelings for one kind of natural beauty goes hand in hand with a feeling for other kinds. Because a boy loves a rose, the more likely he is to love a bird, and when he loves a bird he has begun the lesson of tender affection for all things great and small which helps in the making of every grace of character.

And so one should be glad of the roses on the street corners - glad both with the eye and the heart - and of the tulips in the parks in their season, and for the water lilies when they come, and for the glowing geraniums, and for every unkempt little fellow who stands gazing with intent eyes at their beauty. He is taking in lessons, perhaps, that neither teacher nor preacher could give him. - N. Y. Sun.

Fig. 5. Honest measure - 17 years.