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THE GUIDE TO NATURE 



plishments of mankind, and to survey 

 our present position from the almost 

 dazzling heights of attainment. Then 

 the problem arises, how shall we pro- 

 gress still further. Jt is carefully to 

 go back over the course and ascertain 

 how we reached the present high van- 

 tage ground — in other words, to go 

 back so that we may go forward more 

 effectively. 



A Noble Sacrifice. 



BY KIMI-'.R TROTZIG HOWARD, SOUTH 



DAKOTA. 



The illustration shows an ordinary 

 potato of last year's growth, and ar- 



that, with the aid of the monthly ar- 

 ticle on the constellations, "my eyes 

 have been peering as never before into 

 the depths of the heavens." She has 

 learned a large number of constella- 

 tions of which she gives a list. In ad- 

 dition to all this, she is making some 

 careful studies of the milky way, with 

 observations of Saturn. Our member 

 says she joined the AA not because of 

 an}- special scientific knowledge, but 

 because she had a general love for all 

 nature. That is the right attitude. A 

 real love of nature will produce the 

 knowledge. We are pleased with the 

 spirit of this report. The AA has evi- 



THE NEW POTATO GROWING DIRECTLY FROM THE OLD. 



tached to it by a short sprout, another 

 new potato. The old potato is utterly 

 devoid of any other larger sprouts with 

 leaves or roots than those shown in the 

 photograph. This specimen was found 

 in the first part of June on a cement 

 floor, in a cellar where it is dark and 

 dry; yet the generous "Murohy" sacri- 

 ficed a large part of its bulk to repro- 

 duce a notato like itself, but much finer 

 in cpiality. The large potato is four 

 inches long; the little one is one and 

 one-quarter inches long and three 

 inches in circumference. 



dently been helpful in stimulating and 

 producing it. 



Learning Wild Flowers and Constel- 

 lations. 



Mrs. E. F. Jenner of Farmington, 

 Connecticut, a new member, sends us 

 an interesting list of thirty wild flowers 

 that she has learned, and also states 



Danger from Rats. 



Miss Harriet E. Wilson, Storms 

 town Pennsylvania a member of The 

 Agassi/. Association reports that she- 

 was twice seriously bitten by an in- 

 furiated rat and that it is astonishing 

 what sharp teeth a rat has. She very 

 naturally adds that under the circum- 

 stances she would like to know what 

 rats are good for. 



Perhans, like some other evils in this 

 world, they are intended to test our 

 ingenuity, or our ability in overcoming 

 obstacles. One who has tried to raise 

 little chickens, will agree that there 

 is nothing that more severely tests 

 one's ingenuity than to protect them 

 from rats. 



