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•dollars of that two dollars a minute, 

 upon any really appreciative observer. 

 So I was delighted when the doctor 

 said, "We have plenty of time to see 

 whatever you wish to show us." They 

 arrived at a little after four o'clock and 

 they and I forgot time until we were 

 suddenly aroused by the sound of the 

 supper bell. They did not "know it all." 

 They came desiring to learn. They were 

 so loving of nature and so interested 

 in seeing things that they did not 

 throw away even a minute in useless 

 raving about their interests and their 

 delight. When they asked a question 

 it showed that they had seen to good 

 advantage. I feel sure that men of that 

 type will get much out of nature. They 

 recognize that actions speak louder 

 than words, and that nature is not to 

 be courted by enthusiastic praises but 

 by quiet, prolonged, patient study of 

 what she has to show. ArcAdiA is 

 here and so are the attendants, who are 

 ever ready to help those that want to 

 lcnow more of nature. Nature is edify- 

 ing and refreshing. Everywkere and 

 always she responds to the seeing eye 

 and to the appreciative heart and mind. 

 Our appreciative friends that come 

 here to enjoy nature and to take her 

 in a sane, sedate manner, need not 

 -feel regret at "taking your valuable 

 time." That is what life is for. It is 

 to introduce our friends to yours. Sup- 

 pose that you should bring your "best 

 girl" to some one not acquainted with 

 her, and that friend should begin to cry 

 aloud, "Isn't she wonderful! Isn't she 

 beautiful! How you must love her! 

 She is so beautiful. She resembles a 

 person that I saw in the West Indies." 

 Or again she says, "Yes, yes; I can see 

 that she is fascinating; you must 

 greatly enjoy her company, but I can- 

 not consent to take any more of your 

 time." 



Come to our little ArcAdiA or go to 

 the big ArcAdiA where so much of 

 nature is spread for you free of cost, 

 yet priceless; go as you would to win 

 a sympathetic friend ; be genuine, 

 frank, sincere, for a sympathetic friend 

 is worth a lifetime of devotion, and a 

 lifetime is not long enough to exhaust 

 her love, and should be too short to 

 exhaust yours. Let time speed on. 

 What is time when you stand face to 

 face with eternal realities of old Mother 

 Nature? 



Appreciates Miss McGlashan. 



Salt Lake City, Utah. 

 To the Editor : 



Could you tell me where a person 

 could learn more by a correspondence 

 course in butterfly farming than you 

 could from Miss Ximena McGlashan 

 of Truckee, California? I do not 

 think you can. 



I have been a subscriber of "The 

 Butterfly Farmer" she publishes since 

 last September. Its pages contain 

 more information for the beginner in 

 butterfly farming than you could glean 

 from other costly books. 



No wonder she has made a success 

 of it. With the help of her father, who 

 has spent the best part of his life in 

 the work, and the interest she takes in 

 it, she is bound to succeed. She has 

 always been willing to explain to me 

 by personal letter anything that is 

 not plain to me. I have corresponded 

 with her quite often. All her letters 

 have been to the point and nothing 

 else. If you do her a favor she is ready 

 to acknowledge it. She is different 

 from other school girls. She is ready 

 to help her parents out in return for 

 what they have done for her. I do 

 not write to her for curiosity. I have 

 always been interested in nature. You 

 can pick up most any entomological 

 journal or magazine and each contains 

 an article on Miss McGlashan's but- 

 terfly farm. I happened to pass 

 through Truckee on horseback awhile 

 back and I saw her chasing butterflies 

 so I thought I would write to her. 



I am sorry to hear that she is 

 losing out on offering "The Butterfly 

 Farmer" for $5.00. 



Yours truly, 



Oscar Hagen. 



That Hornets' Nest with Extension. 



Chipley, Florida. 

 To the Editor : 



Seeing the photograph and. discus- 

 sion of the hornets' nest in the July 

 number of The Guide to Nature, I 

 think I can throw some light on the 

 subject. 



While I cannot say that I saw the 

 hornets at work on these nests it is 

 my opinion that they are the common 

 black or bald faced hornet. I spent 

 ten years among the hills and wilds of 

 Arkansas once and these shaped nests 

 were common, and as the black hornet 

 was the only kind we ever saw nests 



