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club of 125 members, including children from all 

 forms down to the transition. It is divided into 

 sections occupied with 



1. Collections of wild flowers. 



2. Observations on animal life. 



3. Collections of sea-side objects. 



4. Drawings, models, paintings, and photographs 



from nature of natural-history subjects. 



5. Cultivation of plants for flower-show. 



6. School gardens. 



Each member may form part of two only of these 

 sections, and must keep a Nature-diary, and a rough 

 note-book for use on expeditions. Two expeditions 

 are made each term to the country or to museums, 

 and one social meeting is held for discussion and 

 comparison of results. 



Field - clubs are started in other schools. One 

 head -mistress has written to me, that though the 

 field-club has been started but a short time the 

 keenest interest has been felt, and more enthusiasm 

 has been shown in connection with it than with any- 

 thing else. 



NATURE-STUDY (PLANT-LIFE) IN TECH- 

 NICAL SCHOOLS 



BY MR. G. F. SCOTT ELLIOT, M.A., B.Sc., F.L.S., F.R.G.S., 

 F.R.H.S., &c., WEST OF SCOTLAND TECHNICAL COLLEGE, 

 GLASGOW. 



The Nature-study classes in the Glasgow Technical 

 College have now been carried on for three years, and 



