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Home Nature-Study Course. 



from the leaves. In all plants, even the hardiest shrubs or the tallest trees, the 

 " crude sap " gathered by the roots from the soil must journey upward to the 

 leaves and in those green laboratories be combined with other elements taken from 

 the atmosphere and so transformed into available plant food before it is returned 

 for storage in the roots. 



But to succeed with the cutting method almost daily attention is needed. For 

 the small garden or lawn hand hoeing or pulling is a more effective remedy. But 

 the meadow or pasture badly infested with " rib-grass " should have a rotation 

 of crops that require thorough cultivation and when reseeded with grass great 

 care should be taken to secure pure seed. There are in all. states stringent laws 

 against the sale of impure seeds, but good laws are of little value if those who 

 are made to suffer by their violation do not see to it that such law-breakers are 

 properly punished. 



THE STUDY OF BIRDS' NESTS IN WINTER. 



Nest and eggs of wood pewee. 



There are very good reasons for not studying birds' nests in summer 

 since too much familiarity on the part of eager children is something 

 the birds do not understand and they are likely to abandon the nest for 

 this reason. But after the birds have gone to sunnier climes and the 

 empty nests are the only mementoes we have of them, then may we study 

 these habitations carefully and learn how properly to appreciate the little 



