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not to destroy whole beds of anemones and hepaticas to make the 

 bunches that ought never to be sold to the motorists. There is so 

 much to tell, and so much to learn about conditions in every 

 locality. 



Teachers can get general information by writing to the above 

 address. 



How Children Can Help the Wild-flowers 



Children all love the wild-flowers; but they do not usually 

 realize how much some kinds of flowers need their care. Chil- 

 dren go on picnics and see what large bunches of the prettiest 

 flowers they can pick which are wilted and thrown away long 

 before they reach home. Some kinds of flowers are dying out in 

 certain places just because they are picked in this way, so that 

 none can go to seed. All children should know the trailing 

 arbutus, and the fringed gentian, and the scarlet cardinal flower; 

 but they should know that these flowers are particularly deli- 

 cate and not to be picked, no matter how pretty they look and 

 how much the children want to make big bunches for their parents 

 ■or teachers. Many other flowers grow much more freely and can 

 be picked. Children should ask their teachers to tell them about 

 the different needs of the different kinds of flowers, and if the 

 teachers have not studied about the subject they can get a great 

 deal of information by writing to the Society. 



How Motorists Can Help the Wild-flowers 



The ultimate fate of the varieties of wild-flowers which are 

 threatened with extermination lies with the motorists. Other 

 causes combine to hasten this process near the centers of popula- 

 tion, including the picking by school children and holiday makers; 

 but the motorist alone goes far afield to the natural reservoirs 

 where enough seeds might still be grown and disseminated to 

 counteract the diminution of the supply near the cities. In 

 the remoter country districts the flowers are in small danger of 

 being intensively picked by the rural population. There are 

 enough and to spare. But the motors bring countless pickers, 

 of every grade of science, eager to seize every rarity they see. 

 The complete disappearance of conspicuous varieties from the 

 more traveled highways is proof sufficient of the crying need of a 

 better understanding of conditions by the motorists. There 



