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It is sometimes a surprise that Botany is not more studied, not 

 only because of its intimate relation to Horticulture, but also for 

 the pleasure it affords. No other science can be so easily studied, 

 and none with more pleasing results. It is interesting in all sea- 

 sons — from early spring, when in our first walks we find the tiny 

 ferns unrolling and tender leaves just breaking through the sod ; 

 through the summer, with its wealth of bright blossoms ; to the 

 autumn, when there is much to learn of fruit and seeds. Even in 

 the snow-bound days of winter we may study the arrangement of 

 branches on different shrubs and trees. Then more than ever each 

 tree seems to have an individual character, as we see it outlined 

 against the sky, stripped of its summer foliage. 



Leave dry text-books and go out and see ^''Hoiv Plants Behave.'"' 

 Almost unconsciously too, we find ourselves studying Entomology 

 and wondering why particular species are always visited by certain 

 insects. By careful watching we may learn their secrets. 



It is a restful, helpful study, making every-day life brighter. 

 One need never be lonely out among the flowers where the bright- 

 winged insects come and go, where on all sides — 



" Whether we look or whether we listen, 

 We hear life murmur or see it glisten. " 



