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British species, but all, I must confess, re- 

 sulted in failure. After this, the only course 

 open to me seemed to be to plant freely of 

 flowers most attractive to butterflies, and in 

 this way better results were obtained. Far 

 and away the most attractive plant to these 

 insects is Seduiii spcctabilc, which does not. 

 however, bloom ti.l the month of August. 

 At that time in bright weather the several 

 showy species of the genus .Itataitta may be 

 seen hovering over the large flattened heads 

 of pink flowers, and imbibing the nectar until 

 they became partially stupefied. This will 

 happen even if before the flowering of the 

 Seduin scarcely a butterfly of this section 

 is to be seen. A shrub nearly as attractive 

 to the same butterflies is Itca virginica, a 

 native of North America, which forms a 

 compact, freely branched bush, as a rule 

 from 3 to 5 feet in height. The flowers are 

 small, whitish, and disposed in dense spikes 

 a good deal in the way of sotrie of the 

 shrubby Veronicas. It needs a cool, moist 

 peaty soil. Other subjects that may be 

 mentioned as very attractive to the showier 

 butterflies are single Dahlias. Scabious, Sun- 

 flowers, Marigolds and the British Ragwort. 

 — The Garden. 



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EDUCATIONAL VALUE OF 

 SCHOOL GARDENS 



"It seems to me that the leading Amer- 

 ican school gardens have always been of 

 general educational value along Nature- 

 study lines," says Maurice A. Bigelow, 

 director of school of practical arts, 

 Teachers' College, New York. "They 

 have made the children interested in use- 

 ful plants ; they have led to aesthetic ap- 

 preciation of plants ; they have a glimpse 

 of the relation of plants to human life ; 

 they have given training in observing Na- 

 ture for the joy of learning fact. In 

 short, the typical American garden has 

 been a most successful Nature-study lab- 

 oratory. I believe that we have learned 

 from experience that the garden for 

 children is to be regarded primarily as 

 an educational apparatus, just as books 

 and maps and blackboards are materials 

 for use in instruction. As I look over the 

 educational good that has come irregular- 

 ly and uncertainly from the children's 

 garden of the past, I have vision of gar- 

 dens of the reconstructed or readjusted 

 future which will give constant and cer- 

 tain contributions to the making of good 

 citizens." — The Christian Science Monitor. 

 July 22, 1921. 



TREES AND SHRUBS WITH 

 BRIGHT-COLORED STEMS 



Although the numerous hardy trees 

 and shrubs lose a great deal of their 

 interest after the fall of their leaves there 

 are several which present the most pic- 

 turesque aspect when destitute of foliage, 

 for then the bright colored bark is disclosed. 



.Amongst large-growing trees many plea- 

 sant features may be recalled. The birches 

 are especially conspicuous, for not one can 

 have failed to note the silvery trunks of the 

 common birch, as seen everywhere through- 

 out the country, though he may have missed 

 the equallv silvery trunks of several Amer- 

 icans and Japanese kinds. .\s a contrast to 

 t)}W*liite-barked birches we have B. nigra. 

 tJljisecl birch of North .America, the reddish 

 l%rlv-j(>if this species being very noticeable. 

 Th9ugl-> less bright than the bark of the 

 bircli the hark of the beech also is con- 

 spicuous in Winter, for when clean it has a 

 grayish hue. 



It is, however, amongst shrubs that the 

 brightest color is noticed. The tntcllina 

 forms of Salix alba, for instance, are not- 



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