RANA GERUMP SAYS 



XI 



I was about to hop onward, the child 

 continued to whimper, and I heard the 

 woman say, "If you don't stop that cry- 

 ing - , I will knock you down." 



Poor little thing" I am sorry for you. 

 In my intention I press your hand. In 

 reality my hand is cold and moist ; you 

 would not like it to touch yours, but I 

 am sorry for you. 



Are all human mothers like these 

 two? If they are, I prefer the frogs' 

 methods. 



I abandonee! my errand, and returned 

 to the pond. I will fare me forth no 

 more this day 



Nature Study in the Sound Beach 



Kindergarten. 



Through the skill and enthusiasm of 

 Miss Julia Louise Jacobs, the kinder- 

 garten teacher at Sound Beach, the 

 young people have been doing really 

 practical work in nature study in a 

 school garden, as shown in the accom- 

 panying illustration. A variety of 

 plants have been cared for. 



It is not school-books we want, it is 

 students. The book of Nature is al- 

 ways open, and all that I can do or 

 say shall be to lead young people to 

 study that book, and not to pin their 

 faith to any other. — Louis Agassis. 



Don't Scrape the Trees. 



We are informed on excellent author- 

 ity that it is a mistake to scrape the 

 trunks of trees to free them from any 

 insect pest. Scraping the trunk does 

 not lessen the number of hiding places 

 in the bark, nor prevent the insects from 

 climbing higher ; in addition to this, it 

 disfigures the tree and may seriously 

 injure it. The better way is to kill the 

 pests. 



Useless in Results and Hideous in 

 Appearance 



Amherst, Mass. 

 To the Editor: 



I have noticed several times in my 

 visits through towns of Connecticut 

 that they arc making a practice of 

 scraping the bark from their elm trees. 

 I suppose this was done to prevent the 

 elm leaf beetle and other insects from 

 finding shelter under the outer bark, 

 but I would not tolerate it for a minute. 

 I have been tree warden here for twelve 

 or fifteen years and always try to keep 

 the trees as natural in appearance as 

 possible. To scrape a tree gives it a con- 

 ventional appearance and does it no 

 good; moreover I always leave that 

 little fine feathery growth on the trunks 

 of elms as it is a protection and gives 

 the tree a more or less natural appear- 



THE SOUND BEACH KINDERGARTEN IN THE GARDEN. 



