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A popular form of record, when not over-done, is the indi- 

 vidual "nature note-book", in which observations of interest are 

 recorded systematically, though not necessarily daily. I have 

 obtained more satisfactory results through this means than by any 

 other appeal to those who having eyes, yet do not see. In spring 

 and fall, when the panorama of the seasons is rapidly shifting 

 weekly summaries may be made from these nature-notes, char- 

 acterizing each week of the month by features which will prove 

 fairly typical or constant in successive years. The form which 

 I have commonly used in directing such seasonal studies is as 

 follows : 



NATURE CALENDAR 



Kept by _ 



Weekly Summaries for Month of 191 



First Week 



Weather 



Trees and Shrubs 



Leafing — 



Flowering — 



Dispersing seed — 



Coloring — 



Shedding leaves — 



Bare — 

 Flowers 



In bud — 



In early bloom — 



In prime — 



In late bloom — 



Gone by — 



Dispersing seed — 

 Birds 



Arriving — 



Building — 



With young — 



Leaving — 

 Farm Activities 

 Garden Activities 



