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THE GUIDE TO NATURE 



Louis Agassiz's Monument in Mt. L. Agassiz ; that of the monument by 

 Auburn. Mr. James C. Scorger, Superintendent 



Those who study nature from a of the Mount Auburn Cemetery. The 

 reverent standpoint and in all sincer- Superintendent writes as follows : 

 ity can find no greater inspiration than "The monument is a boulder from a 



Louis Agassiz's enthusiasm. He has glacier of the Aar, which was sent here 



by earlier associates of Louis Agassiz. 

 The inscription was written by Mr. 

 Alexander Agassiz, and is as follows : 

 On the front, 



[EAN LOUIS RODOLPHE 



AGASSIZ. 



( )n the base ,at the rear, 



Born at MOTIER, SWITZERLAND 



May 28, 1807 



died at 



CAMBRIDGE, MASS. 



DECEMBER 14, 1878. 



And on the right-hand side of the 



monument, 



Boulder from the Aar glacier." 



A Double Radish. 



To the Editor : 



I send you the photograph of a pe- 

 culiar radish grown by Mr. Silas Wal- 

 ters, North Manchester, Indiana. 



J. L. Blickfnstaff. 



This remarkable growth is the first 

 of the kind that has come to our desk. 

 It seems strange that the radish could 

 develop another and larger form, con- 

 siderablv below the surface . 



FROM NATURE FOR A TEACHER OF NATURE. 



been called "the past master of en- 

 thusiasm." In his earlier years he 

 studied nature in spite of poverty, un- 

 favorable conditions and, at times, dis- 

 couraging surroundings. His monu- 

 ment in Mount Auburn Cemetery, 

 Cambridge, Massachusetts, typifies his 

 simplicity and his strength ; it is a 

 plain boulder, and its lettering is sim- 

 ple. 



Elizabeth Cary Agassiz, whose name 

 is likewise on the monument, edited 

 "His Life and Correspondence," and 

 for the stone she wrote these words: 



"The boulder that makes his monu- 

 ment came from the glacier of the Aar, 

 not far from the spot where his hut 

 once stood ; and the pine-trees which 

 are fast growing up to shelter it were 

 sent by loving hands from his old 

 home in Switzerland. The land of his 

 birth and the land of his adoption are 

 united in his grave." 



The photograph on page 134, of 

 Louis Agassiz was sent to The Agassiz 

 Association by his grandson, Mr. R. 



THE DOUBLE RADISH. 



