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THE GUIDE TO NATURE 



A New and Wonderfully Beautiful 

 Rose. 



The Greenwich Nurseries, Dehn & 

 Bertolf, Proprietors, are placing in the 

 market a climbing American Beauty 

 Rose. It is the American Beauty in 

 all its glory and fragrance but hardy 

 as an oak, a prolific bloomer and a 

 strong grower, thriving and blooming 

 in almost any situation. They also 

 have a Yellow Baby Rambler that was 

 produced by Peter Lambert, the fam- 

 ous German rose grower, the origina- 

 tor of the Fran Karl Druschki and 

 other well-known varieties. Lovers 

 of roses should send to Dehn & Bertolf 

 Greenwich, Connecticut, for circulars 

 and particulars of these new and de 

 lightful things. 



Frequent Touch with Photographers. 

 Rather than issue an elaborate bar- 

 gain list once a year, Mr. Charles G. 

 Willoughby has decided to issue such 

 a list at frequent intervals. These will 

 be important to our photographers. A 

 recent issue entitled, "Latest from the 

 Front," will interest every one who 

 desires to know what effect the war is 

 having upon photographic material. 

 Mr. Willoughby is not making war on 

 photographic materials, but he is con- 

 stantly warring on high prices of an- 

 astigmats. He offers lenses that have 

 been used but are really as good as 

 new, at surprisingly low prices. Send 

 for his circular and mention The 

 Guide to Nature. 



Bright 



Three B Boys. 



Busy 



Studious Industrious 



Brave 



Courageous 



Encouraging Boys to "Make Their 



Mark." 

 Rev. C. Harley Smith, New London, 

 Conn., has for some time used a Three 

 B Boys' plan so satisfactorily with ten- 

 to-fourteen-year-old lads that many 

 other workers with boys are adopting 

 it. A card which is given to each boy 

 for signing and preserving contains 

 manly maxims under the three divi- 

 sions — Studious, Courageous, Industri- 

 ous. The Courageous maxims, each 

 of which may be used as a topic for a 

 talk, are : 



I will take good care of my body 



I will be truthful and honest 



I will be kind to animals 



I will be an observer of nature 



1 will be fair with boys 



I will show fidelity to girls 



I will keep the Sabbath 



I will not use bad words 



I will not drink liquor 



I will not use tobacco. 



The fourth "I will" in this group 

 was inserted at the suggestion of The 

 Agassiz Association, and Mr. Smith 

 seeks to interest all Three B Boys in 

 reading and circulating The Guide to 

 Nature. 



As many Three B Boys's cards as 

 will be actually used are free to 

 teachers or other workers with boys, 

 or one card will be sent to any indi- 

 vidual boy. This is not another or- 

 ganization, just a method to fit any or- 

 ganization or instructive for any indi- 

 vidual. Reply postage is welcomed. 

 Or if any boy or Leader will send two 

 two-cent stamps, several cards will be 

 mailed with one rubber-capped lead 

 pencil imprinted with four lines stand- 

 ing at the head of this paragraph. The 

 use of Three B Boys' pencils by adults 

 stimulates interest in "horrid" boys 

 out of whom honorable men are to be 

 developed ; and when used by boys are 

 educative, for, as Furbush teaches, 

 "Character is caught, not taught." 

 Several thousand of these pencils are 

 now in use though the idea is only 

 three or four months old. 



We certainly admire the tone of 

 The Guide to Nature and wonder 

 where you find enough people with 

 such high sentiments, to make the ven- 

 ture pay. We dare say that the divi- 

 dends would not be satisfactory to 

 John D. You probably belong to that 

 rare sort who, like Agassiz, "have no 

 time to make money.'' — From a recent 

 letter. 



It is well known that as a rule in- 

 ventors are a sadly disappointed class; 

 and when we consider the great waste 

 of effort and resources entailed by 

 patent litigation, it appears plain that 

 the aggregate of rewards arising from 

 the egoism of the inventor is much less 

 than the aggregate of rewards arising 

 from the altruism of the investigator. 

 — Dr. R. S. Woodward. 



