Soporific

The sound of falling rain today. It is said of WC Fields that as he lay in bed dying, his longtime and final love, Carlotta Monti, went outside and turned the hose onto the roof, so as to allow Fields to hear for one last time his favorite sound-the sound of falling rain.

Sophora davidii a deciduous shrub from SW China, named for Jean Pierre Armand David, famous French 19th century plant collector. A Vincentian priest, he is often referred to as Pere David. An all-round naturalist probably best known for discovering Pere David Deer, many plants carry the epithet davidii in his memory.