A curiosity among timepieces is a clock of flowers. It is well
known that every blossom has its precise hour for opening its
petals and for closing them. Some open at sunrise and close at
sunset; but as a matter of fact, there is not an hour of the day
nor of the night even but some flower begins or ends its period.
In Pliny’s time forty-six such flowers were known. The number
since then has very largely increased. From these a floral
timepiece has been made.
Man’s life and deeds, like these flowers, ought to keep God’s time.
(3241)
=Time, Killing=--See IDLENESS.