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THE GUIDE TO NATURE 



Trying to Leaven the Whole Lump. 



I think it is Dr. Charles C. Abbott 

 of Trenton, New Jersey, who states 

 that there is one naturalist to every 

 ten thousand people, and who believes 

 that they are scattered over the country 

 so as to keep nature's interests alive. 

 Nowadays the proportion of naturalists 



among people who are non-naturalists 

 is much larger. In every community 

 many persons are to be found who are 

 interested in some phase of nature. 

 Probablv in Stamford and vicinity, we 

 have many hundreds actively working 

 to promote an interest in plants, trees, 

 birds and various other forms of out- 



L. C. ROOT AND JOHN C. UHRLAUB WITH A PROSPEROUS COLONY OF BEES. 



