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PUBLISHERS NOTICES 



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The Guide to Nature. 



EDUCATION AND RECREATION 



AN ILLUSTRATED MONTHLY MAGAZINE FOR ADULTS. DEVOTED TO COMMON- 

 PLACE NATURE WITH UNCOMMON INTEREST. 



PUBLISHED BY THE AGASSIZ ASSOCIATION. OFFICE: 113 GROVE ST., STAMFORD. CONNECTICUT 



Subscription, $1.50 Per Year. Single Copy, 15 Cents. 

 Entered as second-class matter, April 6, 1908, at the Post Office at Stamford, Conn., under the act of March 3, 1879 



Vol. I 



FEBRUARY, 1909 



No. 11 



SILKWORM DEVELOPMENT. 



To nature study workers wishing 

 to obtain silkworm specimens or an 

 exhibit illustrative of the silkworm of 

 commerce in its different stages of 

 development from the egg to the moth, 

 including products and food plant, in- 

 formation on the subject may be had 

 by communicating with T. A. Keleher, 

 P. O. Box No. 82, Washington, D. C. 

 J have before me one of Mr. Keleher's 

 silkworm exhibits and can say it is 

 ideally arranged and a very useful ob- 

 ject lesson for the use of teachers. 



blanket and basket industries and will, 

 I trust, prove of benefit to me in my 

 studies. The Board seeks to better the 

 condition of Indians and to advance 

 their prosperity. 



Warren K. Moorehead, 



Andover, Mass. 



JUST THE THING TO SAVE THE PLANTS. 



Any one desiring to procure an excel- 

 lent hand plant sprayer to spray the 

 leaves upon indoor plants, to keep the 

 insects off and otherwise keep them 



AS AN INDIAN COMMISSIONER. 



I take pleasure in informing friends 

 that on the 10th of December President 

 Roosevelt appointed me a member of 

 the United States Board of Indian 

 Commissioners. This does not inter- 

 fere with my duties at Andover Acad- 

 emy, as I shall work among Indians 

 during vacations — chiefly in the sum- 

 mer. 



The Hoard passes upon affairs of 

 the United States Indian Department 

 and has general control over the sup- 

 plies issued Indians, their education, 

 discusses question's of land ownership 

 and other matters of consequence. 



The position enables me to accom- 

 plish much towards exl ending the 



healthful, should send $1.00 to The G. N. 

 Lenox Sprayer Company, 165 West 

 Twenty-third Street, Xew York City, 

 and receive one by return mail. This 



