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THE GUIDE TO NATURE 



to flourish about as well as others in 

 the same woods. They grow near the 

 north corner of Schuylkill County, 

 Pennsylvania. 



It is unfortunate to be blind for lack 

 of eyes, and unfortunate also to be 

 "blind" with good eyes. 



A Heterogeneous Potato. 



Stamford, Connecticut. 

 To the Editor : 



Under separate cover I send you 

 two negatives of the potato about 

 which I told you yesterday. I hope 

 the curious formation will be of some 

 interest to you and that you will add 

 it to your collection of novelties. 

 Yours very truly, 



Sylvanus M. Archer. 



This is indeed the strangest col- 

 lection of conglomerate, heterogene- 

 ous potato that I have ever seen. It 

 seems from experiments that I have 

 made with potatoes that these are not 

 growths from an original stem. The 

 smaller potatoes I infer are growths 

 from the larger one. As has been 

 demonstrated in the laboratory at 

 ArcAdiA many potatoes may grow 

 from one potato without reducing the 

 bulk of the original and, in appearance, 

 not lessening at least its crispness and 

 its good quality. 



Let Us See the Beauty and Interest. 



How few people there are who use 

 their eyes as they might, and how 

 blind are many of us to the beauties 

 with which we are constantly sur- 

 rounded, which we do not see and can- 

 in >t appreciate because our eyes are not 

 educated to see and our minds have 

 not been cultivated to appreciate these 

 things. 



The constant association with na- 

 ture leads to a more natural life and 

 a better appreciation of the beauties 

 and wonders of nature itself, and con- 

 sequently must of necessity elevate 

 and raise the man. The continued 

 contemplation of works which are in 

 themselves perfect, leads to the culti- 

 vation of a higher tone of mental and 

 moral development and the desire to 

 reach to the same perfection which 

 characterizes all the works of the 

 Creator. They necessarily raise the 

 individual above what is petty and 

 low to longings for higher aims in life. 

 The contemplation of what is always 

 beautiful leads to a higher aspiration 

 for what is in itself beautiful. All that 

 one finds in nature is beautiful and 

 true and well adapted for the purposes 

 for which it is designed. — Professor 

 Thomas Eggleston. 



ONE POTATO THAT SEEMS TO BE "A WHOLE FAMILY. 



