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the genus Pholus, of which there are some nineteen or more spec- 

 ies with not a few varieties or subspecies, contains some beauti- 

 ful examples of the group as a whole, but not the most highly 

 colored ones. Indeed, in the case of Pholus satellitia — the 

 Satellite Hawkmoth or Sphinx — the colors of its body and wings 

 are not gorgeous although rich. Several years ago, I captured 

 a suberb specimen of this species, here shown in Figure 16, as 

 it was resting upon the side of a birch tree. The general fades 

 of the insect and its peculiar coloration harmonized with the 

 upcurled bits of bark to a fault, and a most interesting example 

 of protective mimicry was there to be seen. This shows very 

 well in the reproduction of my photograph; although, were the 

 latter colored, it would show up still more effectively- 



Educational Values of Children's Gardens* 



Alice J. Patterson. 



Those of us who have been in close touch with the Nature- 

 Study movement for the last ten or twelve years realize that 

 gardening has in many localities made a stronger appeal both 

 to school authorities and to the masses of the people than some 

 of the work along other lines. No doubt this is largely due to 

 its industrial and economic value. That children's gardens 

 have economic value can not be questioned. There is sufficient 

 data to show that here and there, all over this country and Can- 

 ada hundreds of children are not only receiving industrial train- 

 ing that, in many cases, may be of use in earning a livelihood later 

 in life, but that now they are engaged in a healthful, pleasureful 

 occupation in which they are independent producers, adding 

 something to the output of wealth in their home communities. 

 While we probably agree that the commercial value alone may 

 make the promotion of children's gardens worth while, never- 

 theless, we believe that the work has educational values that 

 are of no small importance. In this discussion I wish to give 

 the term educational its broadest interpretation, that is, to mean 

 the growth and development of children along all lines, physi- 

 cally, ethically, and socially, aesthetically, as well as intellectually. 



*Paper presented at the Annnal Meeting of the American Nature-Study 

 Society. 



