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THE GUIDE TO NATURE 



FIRST CLASS IN DOG PHOTOGRAPHY. 



on a box, high enough to keep them 

 from getting off, otherwise you will be- 

 come entirely discouraged. Dogs are 

 lots of fun to photograph if you really 

 like dogs, but not otherwise. 



Unusual forms of Hepatica. 



Manlius, New York. 

 To the Editor : 



I am enclosing photographs of un- 

 usual hepaticas which came to my no- 

 tice this spring. One having the large 

 whorl of sepals was found by my sis- 

 ter. The senals were purple brown at 

 first, but, upon exposure to sunlight 

 for a few hours, became a clear, deep 

 green. Both the sepals and petals were 

 doubled in number, and apparently but 

 one flower was produced this season. 



The one having two flowers on a 

 single stem was otherwise perfectly 



normal. 1 found it a mile from the 

 location of the other specimen. 



The possibility of such finds lends 

 interest to the commonest form of 

 plants, and to our every expedition 

 afield. 



H. E. Ransier. 



Would you have a panacea 

 For all life's woes and ills? 

 Go straight to Mother Nature, 

 'Tis better, far, than pills. 



I have learned more practical use 

 for my camera and lens, since the 

 short acquaintance with The Guide to 

 Nature and its editor's most able ad- 

 vice therein, than I ever did from a quite 

 sumptuous looking shelf of books I 

 have on that subject. — Leslie L. Long, 

 Llano, Texas . 



THE UNUSUAL FORMS OF HEPATICAS. 



