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THE GUIDE TO NATURE 



yet be found the man, who with scythe 

 and bush hook ruthlessly destroys 

 these wild roadside gardens. 



The farmer's greatest asset is the 

 city man and woman who are attracted 

 to the country, and who live either in 

 the country or else in an adjacent city 

 or village from which they may make 

 frequent trips along the rustic and pic- 

 turesque roads. If the farmer would 

 rise in the estimation of such people, or 

 would induce them to buy his farm at 

 a sum that might enable him to retire 

 and live in luxury, or if he would at- 

 tract them to the neighboring homes, 

 hotels and boarding houses where they 

 will use his products, then he will leave 

 untouched this his greatest and most 

 alluring asset. 



The nature lover has yet much to ac- 

 complish in this direction. It seems 

 strange that it should be necessary to 

 urge any one to protect, not to devas- 

 tate the beauties of the country. 

 Strange, isn't it, that the artist, and 

 the naturalist who always has an ar- 

 tist's eye, see here inspiring beauty, 

 and one of the richest assets of the 

 farmer or owner of the land, while the 

 farmer himself thinks it a liability that 

 will detract from the value, not only 

 the actual value but the market price 

 as estimated by the passer by? 



Leave the roadsides unmolested. 

 There is nothing better in cultivation 

 than the beauty of these natural wild 

 gardens. 



Will our members and readers please 

 report to The Agassiz Association the 

 name and address of any farmer who 

 is devastating his roadside and detract- 

 ing from the farm's real worth, so that 

 we may write him a letter of appeal 

 and urge him not to continue the per- 

 nicious practice? 



Contributions to New Arcadia. 



Previously acknowledged . . .$1,933.95 

 Miss H. H. Cook, Glen Olden, 



Pennsylvania 1.00 



Ferris Brothers, Sound Beach, 



Connecticut 2.00 



Unknown (Postmark — Long 



Island City) I. OO 



Mr. Benj. Harris, Stamford, 



Connecticut 1.00 



Mr. J. \V. Cromwell, Summit, 



New Jersey 1.00 



Mr. Gaylord C. Hall, New 



York City 1.00 



Mr. Howard H. Cleaves, New 



Brighton, New York .... 2.00 



Mr. Chas. E. Seitz, New York 



City 2.O0 



Mr. W. B. Cleveland, Burton, 



Ohio 5.00 



"Unknown" (Colorado) .... 2.00 



Mr. Samuel P. Avery, Hart- 4> 



ford, Connecticut 25.00 



Mr. Chauncy W. Chamberlain, 



Boston, Massachusetts . . 1.00 



Mr. Charles Willis Ward, 



Lovells, Michigan 10.00 



Mr. George Seth Guion, Na- 



poleonville, Louisiana... 2.00 



Mr. Harry G. Phister, Ver- 

 non, New York 2.00 



Mr. William Huffman, New 



York City 25.00 



Mr. B. W. King, New York 



City 10.00 



Miss Edna H. Danielson, 



Goodhue, Minnesota .... 1.00 



Mr. L. H. Jones, Ypsilanti, 



Michigan 3.00 



Mr. John J. Boyce, Berkeley, 



California 1.00 



Mr. Lovat Fraser, Westmore- 

 land Depot, New Hamp- 

 shire 3.00 



Miss H. E. Freeman, Boston, 



Massachusetts 1.00 



Mr. J. C. Brundage, Sound 



Beach, Connecticut 3.32 



Miss Emma L. Harkness, 



Norwich, New York .... 1.00 



Mr. J. H. Ferris, Stamford, 



Connecticut . 5.00 



A Friend, Sound Beach, Con- 

 necticut 10.00 



Mrs. James E. Martine, Plain- 

 field, New Jersey 1.00 



Judge N. C. Downs, Stam- 

 ford, Connecticut 1.00 



Total $2,057.27 



Please let us have your contribution 

 in the next list. 



