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Indian corn, and other plants of the kind, grown 

 in the same way, will supply other examples. 



Whatever branch of nature-study we select, or 

 whatever collections we may decide to make, the 

 invariable result is that our interest in that special 

 thing becomes immensely deepened ; we begin 

 to notice points that never struck us before, our 

 power of observing becomes quickened, we really 

 begin to think we must have been almost blind 

 hitherto not to have been aware of the new and 

 curious things we are daily finding out, we learn 

 that the natural world around us is a storehouse 

 ready to yield endless treasure to those who are 

 willing to seek it, and thus I have often noticed 

 that when once young people can be induced to 

 begin a collection of some sort it is the first step 

 to their becoming true nature-students. 



Mothers often long for some simple occupation 

 for the little busy fingers, that get into mis- 

 chief if unemployed, and what can be more inno- 

 cent than collecting and pressing wild flowers 

 and leaves, and, when dried, arranging them in a 

 book, so that mother can write the name to 

 each specimen and talk about them, telling the 



