THE GROWING INTEREST IN NATURE STUDY. 1 95 



The Wisconsin Natural History Society, located at 

 Milwaukee, has provided a large number of free popular 

 lectures during the fall and winter, and the museum of 

 the societj' has been rapidly enlarged. 



The Floral Association at Richmond, Indiana, held a 

 flower show about the middle of January, which was a 

 grand success, and the next step will be exhibitions of 

 wild flowers in the spring and summer months. 



Battle Creek, Michigan, has an active and prosperous 

 organization known as the Nature Club, devoted to the 

 study of natural histor}^ in all its branches during the 

 winter, and to outings and field work in the summer. 

 The Detroit Free Press informs us that the club "meets 

 everj^ Thursday night and has fifty members, a number of 

 professional and business men belonging. The members 

 are desirous that nature lovers in other parts of the State 

 organize similar clubs and correspond with the President 

 of Battle Creek Club, Charles E. Barnes." 



The following news item from the Milwaukee Evening 

 Wisconsin is suggestive of great possibilities : "Seventy- 

 two tulips, given by one of the city florists, furnished 

 material for an interesting lesson in nature stud)' at the 

 meeting conducted by Miss M. L,. Russell, assistant exten- 

 sion secretary of the Y. W. C. A., at Patton's factory 

 Wednesday noon in the large lunch room used by the 

 employes. Seventy young women learned the names of 

 the flower parts and were so interested in the work that it 

 will be continued. Seeds will be planted in boxes and the 

 growth studied." 



While these are but a few cases selected from many, 

 they serve to indicate a marked tendency of the time — a 

 growing interest in the objects of nature around us, in the 

 v^ast sea of life of which we ourselves are a part. 



