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THE GUIDE TO NATURE. 



it from the beginning and to the end. 

 Let us not limit attention to seeds, 

 bloom or fruiting, but take into con- 

 sideration the full life histories. I 

 thoroughly agree with Professor L. H. 

 Bailey in his statement : 



"I dislike to hear people say that 

 they love flowers. They should love 

 plants ; then they have a deeper hold. 

 Intellectual interest should go deeper 

 than shape or color." 



Nowadays we hear much of For- 

 estry and the doctrine of tree Con- 

 servation. 



down ; but when he says, "I played 

 under that tree when a child ; it has 

 seen generations of this family come 

 and go," there is not the slightest dan- 

 ger of the removal of the tree, though 

 it even be an inconvenience and shades 

 the ground where crops should grow. 

 So I firmly believe that neither the 

 boast of the naturalist, "I've learned 

 the names of so many trees this year," 

 nor the forester's alarm of "lumber 

 famine" are sufficient to ensure the 

 safety of our forest. After all love is 

 the mightiest power in this world, and 



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A WALK TO THE NURSERY OF INFANT TREES AND SHRUBS. 



The cry, conservation, is good ; but 

 consecration would be better. If you 

 argue dollars and cents for the pub- 

 He in saving the forest because to des- 

 troy it is detrimental to future public 

 interests, you are putting into the hands 

 of the owner the sharpest axe for him 

 to wield — individual dollars and cents 

 for the present. 



When a farmer looks upon a tree in 

 a field and balances in his mind the 

 worth of that tree for cow shade and 

 its value for lumber, he may cut it 



love is the outcome of knowledge and 

 intimate acquaintance. The way to 

 have that intimate, extended acquaint- 

 ance is to grow trees or to see them 

 grown. The place where trees are 

 grown is a tree nurserv. 



So, to my mind, the greatest factor 

 in the future knowledge and preserva- 

 tion of trees is a nursery. 



I have not had the acquaintance of 

 any other tree and shrub nursery, so 

 attractive and so well equipped, so in- 

 spiring, as that of The Elm City Nurs- 



