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Established 1S75 



lncorporatP<l, Massachusetts, ISK. 



Incorporated, Connecticut, 1910 



What The Agassiz Association Offers. 



IX GENERAL. 



From the Charter of Incorporation : 



"The purposes for which said corpora- 

 tion is formed are the following, to wit : 

 the promotion of scientific education ; the 

 advancement of science ; the collection in 

 museums of natural and scientific speci- 

 mens ; the employment of observers and 

 teachers in the different departments of 

 science, and the general dift'usion of 

 knowledge." 



The Agassiz Association is a Clearing 

 House for information on any phase of 

 nature or of natural science. It places at 

 your convenience the total of all human 

 knowledge pertaining to the natural 

 world. This it is able to do by having a 

 Council of experts in every department 

 of natural science. If anybody knows it, 

 }'ou may know it by merely inquiring. 



The AA publishes observations, an- 

 swers questions, identifies specimens and 

 creates and increases a knowledge and 

 love of nature. This work is not limited 

 to its Chapters and Members. The 

 Guide to Nature, the official organ of 

 the Association, is devoted to common- 

 place nature with uncommon interest. 



LOCALEY. 



ArcAdiA offers to Stamford, Sound 

 Beach and Greenwich, and to visiting 

 parties from other places, the facilities 

 of a general natural history Institution : 



The beautiful Agassiz Grove. 



A well-equipped Reception Room. 



Nymphalia. This is a nature study 

 park, so named because it is the home of 

 Nymphs of nature study : Love, Study, 

 Interest, Enthusiasm, Beauty. Begin 

 with Love and through the series we find 

 Beauty. "We love things not because 

 they are beautiful, but they are beautiful 

 because we love them." 



The Forest of Arden — more than one 

 hundred acres of unexcelled picturesque 

 wild forest and thickets, explained and 

 explored under personal guidance. 



Demonstrations in an up-to-date api- 

 ary. 



Instructions in a biological laboratory. 



Exhibitions with compound and pro- 

 jection microscope not equalled any- 

 where else in the United States. 



Soon to be in readiness, it is hoped, 

 an astronomical observatory with a six- 

 inch telescope. This telescope will prob- 

 ably be the only one dedicated wholly to 

 the free use of the public for the study 

 of the heavens. 



What Our Expenses Have Been. 



In the year ending March 31, 191 5, 

 our expenditures were a total of 

 $6,046.97. Deducting Sundays and holi- 

 days this is an average of $19.95 P^'' ^^7- 



The President of The Agassiz Asso- 

 ciation receives no salary for work as 

 President nor as editor of The Guide to 

 Nature. For some of the mechanical 

 and business work on the magazine he 

 has received this past year $708.44 or 

 $13.62 per week. For the previous seven 

 years he received not a cent of pay even 

 for this kind of work. Three members 

 of the family who assist (some giving 

 their entire time) have received no sal- 

 ary. The Bigelow family does not re- 

 ceive even free house rent. Birchen 

 Bower and its part of ArcAdiA freely 

 used by the public is not the property of 

 The Agassiz Association. The family 

 pays the AA a rental for personal use 

 of the garden and the pet house. It will 

 be seen that so far as the Bigelows are 

 concerned, they give their time to the 

 Cause to which the public is giving fi- 

 nancial support. 



These services have been unpaid be- 

 cause there has not been sufificient in- 

 come with which to pay for them. Ad- 

 ditional workers will be secured when 

 the income is sufificient. The equipment 

 could use to advantage many times the 

 present number of workers. There is no 

 limit to the general work ; the local work 

 too, is pressing for an increased number 

 of assistants. 



