ISO STUDYING NATURE. 



under a weight, then fastened into a blank book 

 with strips of gummed paper, with the English 

 and Latin names to each, and a note of the age of 

 the seedling, will form a pleasant memento of our 

 forest rambles, and probably may lead on to 

 further study of the same kind. 



Lemon and orange pips will grow readily in 

 damp moss under a glass, and can be transplanted 

 into pots of earth, so that seedling plants are 

 attainable even by those who live in towns. I was 

 much surprised to find that tamarind seeds taken 

 out of the jam would grow very quickly in cocoa- 

 nut fibre if kept moist and placed near a hall 

 stove. The secret appears to be that although the 

 tamarinds are packed in barrels, and hot sugar 

 is poured over them, yet owing to the thickness of 

 the seed-coat the life principle is not destroyed. 



To make our collection complete there should 

 be seedlings of the other great division of plants, 

 namely, those with only one seed-leaf, such as 

 palms, cannas, bulbs, grasses, &c. A few date- 

 stones kept in moist earth, and placed where they 

 will have a slight degree of regular heat, will 

 supply one of these specimens, and Carma seed, 



