CORRESPONDENCE AND INFORMATION 



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((3RRESP0NDENCE 



AND 



iNfORMAnON^ 



Regarding Double Apple Blossoms. 



Franklin, Pennsylvania. 

 To the Editor : 



The explanation suggested to ac- 

 count for the unusual apple blossom 

 described and pictured in the October 

 number of The Guide to Nature, that 

 it might have resulted from hybridiza- 

 tion of the apple and a rose, is not cor- 

 rect ; as the only way in which any re- 

 sult can be produced by hybridizing, is 

 through the production of seed by the 

 pistilate parent, and the origination of 

 a new plant from the seed. 



There are persons who seem to think 

 that the color of the flowers on such 

 plants as geraniums, for instance, may 

 be changed by simply growing near 

 plants having flowers of different 

 colors, without any seed production ; 

 which is absolutely impossible. 



W. T. Bell. - 



Mr. Barnes was a well-known stu- 

 dent and lover of nature. From the 

 first number he took an active inter- 

 est in The Guide to Nature. Person- 

 ally, and in behalf of the AA, sympathy 

 is extended to the bereaved members 

 of the family. — Edivard F. Bigelow. 



Death of Charles E. Barnes. 



Battle Creek, Michigan. 

 To the Editor: 



I think you had some correspon- 

 dence with my husband, so I am send- 

 ing you a marked copy of a paper 

 containing the notice of his departure 

 from this life. 



It will always remind us of him when 

 the mail brings your delightful mag- 

 azine, for he loved it dearly. 



I am glad that you published my 

 tree article while he was living, for 

 he eagerly looked for it every month, 

 and since his death I have found that 

 copy carefully marked on the cover 

 and put away in his desk for safe keep- 

 ing. 



The latest copy of The Guide to 

 Nature was the last magazine that he 

 perused before his death. 



Very respectfully, 



Ellen Barnes. 



Will Cheer in Good Efforts. 



I am an invalid trying to use the 

 balance of the life that now is. I am 

 over busy for my strength and it is very 

 hard for me to write. I will come and 

 see you and will try to help you. There 

 are a few things on my mind and heart 

 to do first. In the pleasant weather 

 which we will have in November I will 

 come down and you or some of your 

 family can show me Arcadia and tell 

 me of your work on hand. 



It may be that I can help cheer you 

 in your good efforts. There is a great 

 need of work along your lines and sure- 

 ly the means will be provided for it. 

 Take courage, trust in God and stick 

 to it. 



Your very interesting magazine 

 should bring you other good helpful 

 visitors to push on the work. — Rev- 

 erend John Dooly, Great Barrington, 

 Massachusetts. 



"Therefore am I still 

 A lover of the meadows and the woods 

 And mountains, and of all the mighty 



world. 

 Of eye and ear, both what they half create 

 And what perceive; well pleased to recog- 

 nize 

 In nature and the language of the sense, 

 The anchor of my purest thoughts, the nurse, 

 The guide, the guardian of my soul — 



The proof of a thing's being right 

 is that it has power over the heart ; 

 that it excites us, wins us or helps us. 

 — Ruskin. 



