\ Devoted Primarily to all Scientific Studies of N iture 



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Vol. 9 No. 6 

 Whole No. 75 



OFFICIAL 0I5GAN OF THE: 



/AM ERICA K 

 CflATUUESTODY 



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SEPllMBER, 



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CONTENTS 



A Lesson on Squirrels-Chipmunks 147 



Anna B, Comstock. 

 Children's Interests in Nature 



Materials. Gilbert H. Trafton. 150 



A Wild Flower Garden . 160 



Norma E. Nelson. 



Ichabod, Fotindling. 168 



S-. Louise Patteson. 

 A Course i^ the Natural History 



of the Farm. J. G. Needham . . 170 

 Simple Experiments in Animal 

 Behavior. W. C. Allee ...... 175 



Criticism of School Garden 



Methods. Vernon- Lantes 186 



The Spring of 1913 191 



, . Mary F. Barrett -i 



Editorial . 191 



Book Reviews 193 



T- ; •• : ■•<] Monthly except Juiic, jitiy and 

 August at Ithaca, N. Y. 



* 1.00 UM Effiot R. Downing, Editor 



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