produced to struggle on to flowering maturity. All of these deterrents 

 are normal: when the human element of destructiveness is added, the 

 end is in sight. 



Cultivated plants have the advantage of protection, care, and as- 

 sistance. They are gathered more sanely, and no such destructive 

 manner of picking would be tolerated by the enthusiasts who pluck 

 up wholly immature plants in the field. As stated, the sesthetic duty 

 of wild flowers is to attract in the fields: there they should be en- 

 joyed and allowed to remain for the enjoyment of others. . . . 



If the children be trained in this department of nature study, let it 

 be done in the fields. Instead of one trip of destruction, let many be 

 made to study the flowers, their environment and purposes; and at 

 appropriate times to gather and distribute seeds to assist in the con- 

 servation of the plants in their unmatchable beauty as intended by 

 nature. 



[Reprinted from the Sierra Club Bulletin of January, 1912, by permission of 

 the author.] 



For more leaflets apply to Miss M. E. CARTER, 



BOSTON SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY, Boston. 



