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STARRY HEAVENS 



149 



Moonglade. 



BY CHARLES NEVERS HOLMES, NEWTON", MASS. 



How restful just at eventide, 

 When afterglow is wholly o'er, 

 To stand alone bv ocean's side 

 And hear its surf upon the shore, 

 To breathe its breath and feel its might, 

 To see the shroud which o'er it lies. 

 The shapeless ships, the harbor's light, 

 And sparkling stars amid the skies. 



When from her darkling rouch the moon 

 Serenely rises full and white. 

 And with increasing glory soon 

 Transforms the shodaws of the night: 

 On restless waves like silver shines 

 Her splendor — O transcendent sight! — 

 In surging, scintillating lines 

 Across the waters of the bight. 



Had I been free to spend my life as 

 I chose the study of living nature 

 would assuredlv have been my choice 

 It is with fear for the future that I see 

 .the majority of young- Americans 

 growing up without an interest in the 

 outdoors. Such density cannot be 

 overcome by the most elaborate indoor 

 training. I am immensely interested 

 in The Agassiz Association, if only 

 for its name, which has always been 

 musical to me. — Ella Frances Lynch 

 Founder The National League of 

 Teacher-Mothers, Bryn Mawr, Penn- 

 sylvania. 



All across the woodland, under lowering 

 skies, 

 The glowing tints of Autumn had been 

 sleeping: 

 There came a shaft of sunlight from out 

 the West, and lo! 

 The miracle was out they had been keep- 

 ing. 



— Emma Peirce. 



Pitcher-leafed Ash. 



Princeton, New Jersey. 

 To the Editor: 



I note with pleasure that you have 



called the attention of the readers of 



The Guide to Nature to my desire for 



information regarding the occurrence 



of pitcher-leafed ash. I enclose here- 



NOTE THE "PITCHER" SHAPE. 



with a photograph of leaves taken from 

 one of the pedigreed trees which I 

 have grown. Although this is not a 

 very satisfactory photograph it will 

 give you an idea of the peculiar feature 

 of these trees. 



Sincerely yours, 



George H. Shull. 



Civilization is surely advancing, al- 

 though its progress may sometimes seem 

 slow. African traders, who used to sup- 

 ply Uganda with rum, calico, brass wire 

 and beads, are now doing a roaring trade 

 in wrist watches. — The Youth's Compan- 

 ion. 



Your magazine is a treasure. — Wil- 

 liam W. Dean, Stamford, Connecticut. 



