Therefore, I preach the things that we ourselves did not make; for we 

 are all idolaters, — the things of our hands we worship. I preach the near- 

 at-hand, however plain and ordinary, — the sky in rain and sun; the bird 

 on its nest and the nest on its hough; the rough bark of trees; the frost on 

 bare, thin twigs; the mouse skittering to its burrow; the insect seeking its 

 crevice; the smell of the ground; the sweet wind; the leaf that clings to its 

 twig or that falls when its work is done. Wisdom flows from these as it 

 can never flow from libraries and laboratories. " There be four things," 

 say the Proverbs, " which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding 

 wise: 



" The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the 

 summer; 



" The conies are but a feeble folk, yet they make tJteir houses in the rocks; 



" The locusts have no king, yet they go forth all of them by bands; 



" The spider taketh Jtold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces." 



— L. H. Bailey in " The Outlook to Nature" 



The Editor wishes to acknowledge the very efficient help of Miss 

 Ada Georgia in the preparation of the leaflets of the past year. 



The photographs in this number of pigweed, burdock, mullein, sorrel, 

 dock, mallow and hawkweed are by Verne Morton, the drawing of 

 prickets bv Miss Ida Baker. 



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