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particularly fond of tall larkspur, salvia, col- 

 umbine, bee-balm, gladiolus, and nasturtium. 

 Then we often make for them artificial flowers 

 of bright-colored cloth or paper, hiding in the 

 heart of each a tiny bottle filled with honey and 

 water or sugar and water. It is said that they 

 will take the sweet stuff just as quickly if the 

 bottle is not surrounded by a flower, but I am 

 inclined to think that in the first instance, at 

 least, the color and form of the flower will help 

 them to find the bottle. 



Where there is a possibility of attracting wild 

 ducks, the planting of wild rice, wild celery, 

 and pond weeds is recommended. For fuller 

 information concerning the respective values of 

 these foods, the best methods of planting them, 

 and so forth, the reader is referred to Circular 

 8 1, issued by the United States Department of 

 Agriculture and entitled, Three Important Wild 

 Duck Foods, by W. L. McAtee. Further advice 

 concerning the management of waterfowl and 

 game birds may be had by application to the 

 American Game Protective and Propagation 

 Association, Woolworth Building, New York. 



