36 



THE (HIDE TO NATURE. 



^ The La Rue Holmes Nature Lovers League i 



£< 



A 



By George Klingle, Summit, New Jersey 



"lin (.1 ii in Nature" i> the official organ of the LaRui Holmes Nature League. It is im- 

 portant, for the general League interest, that the magazine be liberably supported, through the active 



cooperation oi I eague membei I ECingle. 



L. 11. Nature I eagui Motto: "Self-sacrifice; heroism for another." 



Lectures Before Chapters for February. 

 Mine by Mr. Win. Rogers Lord of 

 Mass., and three by Mr. Edward Axis 

 of Conn. Subject; ornithology; bird- 

 music. 



New League Chapters. 



League chapters recently organized. 



The Morristown School Chapter. 

 Morristown, New Terse)-. 



The Morristown Academy Chapter. 

 Morristown. New Jersey. 



The Kind Deeds Chapter. Vine- 

 land, New Jersey. Miss B. C. Flow- 

 ers, president; Miss M. Kelley, vice- 

 president ; Miss L. Burke, secretary. 



The Blue Flower Meetings. 



This is the season of the L. 



H., 



Nature League Blue Flower Meetings. 

 These meetings are intended to accen- 

 tuate the League Motto; to put in the 

 hand of every young member, one or 

 more packages of vegetable or flower 

 seeds, that we may miss no hand own 

 ing nothing, which might like to own 

 a vegetable or a flower. Further ; to 

 inspire toward the culture of fair 

 growths on ground barren and down- 

 trodden — corners, uncared for and un- 

 kept ; to direct thought toward the mar- 

 velous in these atoms containing life, 

 which overcome obstacles on every 

 side, to fulfill their God-given mission, 

 to impress upon every mind, among 

 us, the thought that our way through 

 life is like a pathway through a garden ; 

 every day we sow thought-seeds 

 worthless or of use ; if we sow seeds 

 of kindness, gentleness, beautiful 

 thought, they will spring up in other 

 lives to make the world joyous. 



Eight thousand, eight hundred pack- 

 ages of seeds are ready for distribution 

 this month. G. K. 



A Bit of Observation by a League 

 Member. 

 On Monday 1 tramped over the 

 mountain, through unbroken snow- 

 drifts ; but 1 was well repaid. I found 

 six of the winter birds in the trees, and 

 also a number of Bluebirds. It was 

 indeed interesting to note how they 

 were crowded in a crotch of a tree, for 

 warmth ; one with head north, next 

 with head south, next north and so on. 

 The alternating reds of their throats, 

 and blues of their tails presented a 

 A pretty and attractive appearance. 



Dear Secretary — We were very for- 

 tunate in having Mr. J. Boniface to 

 speak at our January meeting. He 

 gave an interesting talk on quartz and 

 showed many specimens. He has a fine 

 collection of minerals. 



1 have started a little museum for the 

 children of the Chapter. A friend has 

 given us a number of curios, and I 

 have man}- myself. Mr. Bates is aid- 

 ing us by making a cabinet for us. It 

 will benefit and please the children. 

 Sincerely yours, 



Marie A. Pierson. 

 Hillside Chapter, Morristown, New 



Jersey. 



Daffodil and Crocus Fires. 

 By Clinton Scollard, Clinton, N. Y. 



Daffodil and crocus fires, 



How they take the heart! 

 And the flame upon the briers, 

 And the lyric bluebird choirs 

 That uplift their fond desires 

 With unconscious art! 



Daffodil and crocus fires, 



They will fail with spring, 

 And the lyric bluebird choirs, 

 But a something that suspires 

 From them — dreams of dear desires 



To the heart will cling! 



