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THE GUIDE TO NATURE 



fine business to put this color into 

 cheap glass dishes, or still better into 

 cut glass, but I do not believe that the 

 cut glass will take the color from ex- 

 posure. Some of these specimens are 

 nearly equivalent to a gem, so rich and 

 deep is the tint. Some that I have had 

 or seen would make cut glass dishes 

 almost priceless. Ten cent dishes thus 

 tinted would advance to cut gla c s 

 prices. T want to make some experi- 

 ments along these lines which may re- 

 sult in the solution of this problem. 



Japanese Hehp Our Little Japan. 



Great pleasure and encouragement 

 have come to ArcAdiA by the volun- 

 tary contributions of several promi- 

 nent Japanese gentlemen that were 

 transmitted to us through the 

 "Nippon-Jin Sha," New York City. 

 These were a complete and delightful 

 surprise. The Japanese friends who 

 have thus not only aided us financially 

 but have given us practical approval 

 and encouragement are as follows: 



Mr. T. Kozai, New York City $2.00 



Mr. K. Obata. New York City .... 1.00 

 M> S. Kawashima. Brooklyn, New 



York 1. 00 



Mr. S Yoshida, New York City. . 1.00 

 Mr- M. Oyama, New York City • • 1.00 

 Mr. T Y. Okamiya, Brooklyn, New 



Yo^k 1. 00 



Mr Tamizo Watanabe, New York 



Citv 2.00 



Work has been suspended on Eittle 

 Tap^n because it has become necessary 

 to shingle ihe roofs of the office and 

 laboratory. The work is now in pro- 

 gress Work has also been discontin- 

 ued for financial reasons. We have 

 been obliged to draw from the general 

 fund to pay for what has already been 

 done. We hnve received $838 and have 

 paid out $1,064-12. 



Do Your "Two Bits." 



The^e are strenuous times in which 

 every loval American is expected to do 

 a bit in behalf of his country. 



But in behalf of sustaining the na- 

 ture cause in which we are working we 

 ask you to do vour "two bits" as they 

 sav in California, meaning twenty-five 

 cents. Tt would be a lonq- and some- 

 what pitiful story if we should tell of 

 the intense struggle that we have been 



ricking for more than a year to keep 

 the price of this magazine at one dol- 

 lar for a year's subscription. Only be- 

 cause of their time given without charge 

 by several workers here at ArcAdiA, 

 and the gift of free time from several 

 friends, associations, etc., it has been 

 possible to avoid an increase in the rate 

 of subscription. Every one knows that 

 the cost of publication is vastly increas- 

 ed. Paper and cuts are at a price here- 

 tofore undreamed of. We have not in- 

 creased the price because it is our sin- 

 cere desire to accomplish the purpose 

 of The Agassiz Association, which is 

 to aid in the general diffusion of know- 

 ledge. By keeping the price of sub- 

 scription at one dollar, we reach many 

 readers that could not possibly, espec- 

 ially in these times, afford to pay more. 

 Even with the free time at this office 

 and elsewhere, a dollar a year does 

 not meet expenses. The deficit is made 

 up by membership fees and contribu- 

 tions. In fact it is one of the primary 

 ideas of this Association that its work- 

 shall be carried on by its Members and 

 that one form of this work shall be this 



magazine. 



But there is another way in which 

 friends could aid us, not only in the 

 financial part of our work, but in our 

 labor of diffusing knowledge. That is 

 by helping us to interest more people. 

 To do that, send us "two bits" or 

 twenty-five cents and we will make a 

 Christmas present of a four months' 

 subscription to any person whose ad- 

 dress may be sent with the "two bits." 

 Naturally it will be seen that these "twr 

 bits" will not cover expenses, but they 

 will take us into new fields, help to 

 secure new Members and largely in- 

 crease our circulation, and thereby help 

 our advertisers. The "quarter" is not 

 much to you but you will be giving 

 more than a "quarter" in value to a 

 friend. But if each of the several 

 thousand people that we reach every 

 month would send twenty-five cents 

 the aggregate would be many times 

 "two bits." 



The Pepper Tree of California. 



Gracefully bending and telling its beads, 



The Pepper is everywhere; 

 In exquisite beauty a thing apart, 



And bowed like a nun in prayer. 



— Emma Peirce. 



