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insects are called bj familiar names bj country children, than, is 

 the case here. In America we have thus far tended less toward 

 the popular study of scientific subjects and this is to be regret- 

 ted. We need all over the state a popular awakening to the 

 beauty, variety and importance of the forms of life around us. 

 We need students who shall know our animals and who can 

 instill an interest in them into the lay mind. We need other 

 students to do the same for our flora. Both furnish delightful 

 fields for recreation among persons who may be ordinarily en- 

 gaged in commercial pursuits. 



What has thus far been accomplished in making known our 

 plant and animal life has been done chiefly out of pure fondness 

 for the subject itself, the material and data being gathered quite 

 incidental to the performance of other duties. The accumula- 

 tion of the data which I have here attempted to summarize, has 

 been going on for many years. And if perchance it should 

 seem to anyone that it is extensive, we may humble ourselves 

 by remembering that what little is now known is but a meagre 

 suggestion of what yet remains to be learned. 

 Raleigh, N. C. 



