Phillips BURROUGHS NATURE CLUB L57 



the Plant. Fruit Guild in December . She had 



been studying Burroughs for r and a half. 



" Dear Friends: 



"I am overjoyed to find myself faee to face with you, whom 



I have a'r ished to meet in order I Thank you.' not 



been saying it. in a letter, but in word | ken from the 



the hearts of all P. S. — with much love and 



thanks and gratitude. 



"I think you would be delighted if you could really know how 

 much good you have done and how many little souls you hi 



ddened and uplifted by thoughtful kindness and beautiful 

 actions. Ever -nee I was a little girl, or to 1 nee 



I came to America, six years ago, I v a lark 



time I received some beautiful violets, dai r what- 



ever flower came to us in Mrs. Pitt w aider b 



"And when at 3 o'clock I was allowed to take : lets 



home, how my moth-->; u!d rejoice because she. too, loved 

 flowers. The one who liked them best, though, was father, f r 

 he had lived in the countryjin Austria, and. now, in America, he 

 s he sees nothing but bricks and pavements and machines. 

 He has often said: 'Das ist ein stucklen v< ttes Himmel,' 



which means that it is like a bit of God' when I've gone 



home with my violets. 



'And not only was I made happy, but thousands of other lit- 

 tle girls just like me. Of course, when I was younger I never had 

 much thought of any thanks or gratitude to the kind and loving 

 folk to whom I really owed the pleasure of seeing Nature 

 ten as I did: but now that I am a big girl, I can reason and think 

 more and I realize how hard it is for you people to pick th< 

 flowers and pack them so carefully. 



"As far as I remember, I myself have been only twice out in 

 the open country. The only other time that I have ever got a 

 glimpse of Nature was when one of my teachers. Miss Blank, 

 k me to Staten Island and to Central Park. The rest of Na- 

 ture that I have ever come in contact with came to me through 

 -.our efforts. And, indeed, the flowers and twigs did help me 

 a great deal especially in my Burroughs' work. I was helped 

 to understand better what Mr. Burroughs has written in his 

 Nature books, and I know I learned pansies and Jacks-in-the- 

 pulpit and lilacs from the you sent to our school. 



"Not only was I helped in the Burroughs work, but when I 

 read a poem about flowers, for instance 'The Daffodils, r The 

 Fringed Gentian,' I understand that poem better, and my im- 



i nation could stretch out farther because of all the wild fl 

 I had seen in school and which had come from you. 



- 1 I bring to you from my whole school heartiest thanks, and 

 I for one am delighted to have been able I u just 



