86 The Nature-Study Exhibition 



this contribution. Miss Weston Smith, a student in the 

 same school, was the other exhibitor, and had collected 

 together a series of garden plants and their ancestors, which 

 served as an excellent object-lesson as regards the influence 

 of man upon the rest of nature, and more particularly with 

 respect to plants under domestication. 



The last -mentioned exhibit and the produce sent by a 

 number of the exhibitors in the various groups already 

 noted were collected together in a special marquee. The 

 results obtained by the Invicta Board School for Infants at 

 Blackheath, which were exhibited here, showed how much 

 can be done under urban conditions. 



A supplementary exhibit which created considerable in- 

 terest consisted of live bees and a bee tent sent by the 

 Kent and Surrey Bee-keepers' Association, in connection 

 with which demonstrations were given in the Gardens 

 during several afternoons. Observational hives were also 

 shown as part of the exhibits in several groups. 



Trade In addition to the exhibits in the various 



Exhibits. groups already enumerated, there was a large 

 Trade Section, which was very interesting, as 

 in it a number of publishers and natural - history dealers 

 exhibited. The Committee are under a great obligation to 

 the well-known firms which so readily responded to the 

 invitation, seeing that they provided a most extensive dis- 

 play, which greatly added to the practical value of the 

 Exhibition. 



There were on view books dealing with natural history, 

 object-lessons in elementary science, and Nature - study, 

 which were shown by British, American, and Continental 

 publishers alike. Among the other exhibits were materials 

 for modelling, preserved zoological specimens, and botanical 

 material, fresh, dried in natural form and colour, and in 

 alcohol. To single out individual exhibitors for special 



