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nature of the Leaflet did not determine definitely the nature of 

 the questions asked. 



Eighty-six per cent of the questions asked, dealt primarily 

 with biology. Four and one-fifth percent dealt with practical 

 agriculture; five and one-fifth percent with inorganic nature; 

 three and two-fifths with pedagogy, and one and one-fifth were of 

 such a miscellaneous nature that they could not be readily classi- 

 fied. 



The questions of a biological nature were classified according to 

 the branches recognized. Sixty-two and four-fifths per cent of the 

 total number of questions asked, dealt with zoology. Twenty-one 

 and four-fifths of the total dealt with botany, and one and two- 

 fifths were of a strict ecological nature. Many of the questions 

 classified under zoology and botany might however, with 

 equal justice be considered under ecology. 



The questions in zoology fell easily under the headings of 

 invertebrates, birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibia and fish. The 

 percent of the whole for each of these groups was as follows: 

 invertebrates 25%, birds 15%, mammals 12}%, reptiles 5f%, 

 amphibia 4-jl%, fish 1%. This is interesting because it shows 

 how little the material recently published in the Leaflet influenced 

 these questions. No number of the Leaflet has as yet been 

 prepared dealing exclusively with invertebrates except for one 

 number on aquatics. In spite of this, 25% of. the total number 

 of questions asked dealt with this group. This must be an 

 interest to children, therefore worthy of recognition. (It might 

 be mentioned here that a number of the Leaflet designed to 

 appeal to that interest is in course of preparation, and as mentioned 

 in the September 1921 Review, this will be Volume 16, No. 7.) 



The questions in botany totalled 21|% of the grand total. 

 6% of these questions dealt with herbs, 14% with woody plants, 

 and 1}% with fungi. Apparently the children in the schools 

 frcm which these questions came are less interested in botany 

 than in zoology. The total number of questions asked in botany 

 for example did not equal the total asked concerning insects, and 

 was only about one-third of the number asked in all branches of 

 zoology. Trees seemed to be more interesting than herbs, though 

 the fact that these questions were returned in the fall when the 

 leaves were dropping from the trees may have been an influence 



