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spend much time out of doors without having a desire to become 

 better acquainted with the birds, trees, and undergrowth. Unfor- 

 tunately, wild forest life is so scarce in most thickly settled regions, 

 that few boys and girls have the opportunity to make a study 

 of it. 



Guidance for the study of outdoor life cannot be given except 

 in books devoted wholly to that purpose. As a general guide for 

 beginners in the study of the out-of-doors, probably no book excels 

 the "Official Handbook of the Boy Scouts of America " (200 Fifth 

 Avenue, New York). "The Book of Woodcraft," by Ernest 

 Thompson Seton (Doubleday, Page & Co.) is another book in 

 which boys and girls devoted to outdoor life can find a mine of 

 interesting and valuable information. 



Among the best guides to the study of trees and wild flowers are 

 the following books : 



"Field Book of American Trees and Shrubs," F. Schuyler 

 Mathews. G. P. Putnam's Sons. No other one book is as satis- 

 factory as this for the identification of trees and shrubs. 



"Studies of Trees," J. J. Levison. John Wiley and Sons. 

 This is probably the most satisfactory all-around book for be- 

 ginners on the identification of common trees, choice of shade trees, 

 care of trees, and elementary forestry. 



"The Tree Guide," Julia Ellen Rogers. Doubleday, Page & Co. 

 A convenient pocket-size guide that enables the forest rambler 

 to identify trees by their foliage. 



" The Forester's Manual," Ernest Thompson Seton. Double- 

 day, Page & Co. A guide to the trees of Eastern North America, 

 with maps showing the distribution of each tree described. 



."The Trees of California," Willis Linn Jepson. Cunningham, 

 Curtiss and Welch, San Francisco. 



"Field Book of American Wild Flowers," F. Schuyler Mathews. 

 G. P. Putnam's Sons. This is the most satisfactory handbook for 

 the identification of wild flowers. Its abundance of illustrations 

 makes it particularly useful to the beginner or amateur. 



"Wild Flowers Every Child Should Know," Frederic William 

 Stack. Doubleday, Page & Co. A valuable feature of this book 



