CORRESPONDENCE AND INFORMATION. 



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"Go to the ant, thou sluggard, consider, 

 etc—." 



I am an artist by taste, training, and 

 profession; therefore nothing' pleases me 

 more than to take my pencils, paint, 

 brushes, sketch book, pastel board, etc., 

 and spend a day in the woods. 1 am 

 now painting a very large picture {^A 

 feet x 6 feet) of the exquisite Yucca 

 Gloriosa, with Opuntia ficus Indica clus- 

 tered at the base, all with scenic back- 

 ground ; how it thrills my soul as the 

 great spikes of blooms with their hun- 

 dreds of beautiful bell-shaped flowers 

 develop. 



Flowers are my constant companions, 

 the lapel of my coat never being without 

 some form of decoration. 



To those who already love nature, 1 

 need only to say to you that I hope you 

 will, through The Guide to Nature, 

 give us the value of the answers to tne 

 many questions asked Mother Nature. 



To those w r ho have not vet learned 

 the secret of true happiness, the joy of 

 coming into the closest relationship with 

 the Maker and Preserver of all things : 

 begin now to study the little things in 

 your own door yard, going from the 

 known to the nearest related unknown, 

 for indeed each new truth brings one 

 nearer to God. 



Geo. W. Carver, 

 Director Agricultural Instruction and 

 Experiment Station, Tuskegee Nor- 

 mal and Industrial Institute. 



