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Rature Studp Course. 
Six Lectures, with practical work for the students, were given 
by Miss Clothilde von Wyss, Jecturer at the London Day Training 
College. 
Fs Fees for the course, to members 3s. 6d.; to non-members 5s- 
Admission to a single Lecture Is. 
THE BIOLOGY OF AUTUMN, 
Lecture I.—Thursday, November 3rd, 1904. 
Nature myths. Life cycles. General signs of Autumn. Gossa- 
mer threads. Autumn: aperiod of preparation for Winter. 
Practical Work.—Examination and Saibie study of 
(a) Spiders and spider webs. 
(6) Coloured autumn leaves and scars on bare twigs. 
Lecture I1.—Thursday, November roth. 
Autumn, the season of fruiting. The perishable and the persistent 
parts of flowers. Contributions of other parts of the plant 
to the formation of the fruit: (@) nourishment supplied, 
(b) protection afforded. 
Practical work.—Examination and detailed study of different 
kinds of fruits, leading to a simple classification of the same. 
‘Lecture III.—Thursday, November 17th. 
Autumn, the season of great mortality among animals and plants. 
What becomes of the dead and fallen. Work of earth- 
worms, moulds and bacteria. Leaf-moulds, skeleton 
leaves. 
Practical worvk.—Examination and detailed study of earthworms 
and toad-stools. 
Lecture IV.—Thursday, November 24th. 
Scattering of fruits and seeds and their adaptations for flight. 
Comparing and contrasting the dispersal of fruits ape 
seeds with the migration of animals. 
Practical work.—Examination and detailed study of different 
kinds of fruits and seeds, showing special adaptations for 
dispersal. 
Lecture V.—Thursday, December Ist. 
How plants provide for the future. Laying up stores. Special 
ways of providing for the winter in the case of 
Practical work.—Examination and detailed study of (a) Potato 
tubers, (6) Bulbs. (c) Seeds. (d) Buds of water-plants. 
Lecture VI,—Thursday, December 8th. 
The going into winter quarters of both animals and plants. 
Lying low for a season. Effect of hardships on animals 
and plants. Degeneration and evolution. 
Practical work.—Examination and detailed study of (a) Mistletoe. 
(6) Roman snails and other snails, 
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