fly throughout the year. Common bird-flowers are the cardinal- 

 rtower, the trumpet honeysuckle and the painted cup. Bird-flowers 

 are usually scarlet or crimson. 



Flowers cease to be merely bright bits of color in the landscape 

 when we know their life histories, their rivalries, and — yes, their 

 comedies. The study of a plant is only begun when we have learned 

 its name. Seek to know the purpose of its form, structure, and 

 why it blooms at a certain time. The marvelous adaptations of 

 flowers occasionally surpass the bounds of the wildest imagination. 

 The opening and fading of the flower, the movements of its organs 

 and the behavior of the insect guests, which may range from 1 to 

 30(1, afford an endless field for observation. 



"Think of all these treasures, 

 Matchless works and pleasures. 

 Everyone a marvel, more than thought can say." 



We want every scientist, naturalist, nature lover, student and 

 teacher in Maine, young and old, to become a member of our Knox 

 Academy family and to make free use of the Journal in recording 

 their observations, their "finds," telling about their trips to the 

 woods, fields, lakes and seaside. Tell the rest of us something of 

 the habits, songs or actions of the birds, mammals, insects, flowers, 

 etc., seen on these trips. Work out the life history of some insect — 

 there are thousands of insects whose life histories are unknown, or 

 only partly known — note the kinds of insects visiting the different 

 kinds of flowers. There is much still to be learned of the habits of 

 birds and animals (all kinds of animals, from the amoeba to man). 

 Send in photographs. We shall award prizes to young nature 

 students making the best ones. 



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