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mittee will arrange at least one excursion to some point of interest, 

 more if time will permit. 



The present officers are as follows: President, Mrs. Anna B. 

 Comstock, New York; Vice-Presidents, M. A. Bigelow, New 

 York; Otis W. Caldwell, Illinois; B. M. Davis, Ohio; B. M. 

 McCready, Ontario. Directors, *E. E. Balcomb, North Caro- 

 lina; L. H. Bailey, New York; *Ora M. Carrel, Michigan; 

 *Anna Clark, New York; *John A. Deamess, Ontario; J. A. 

 Drushel, Missouri; C. F. Hodge, Oregon; *AHce J. Patter- 

 son, Illinois; Susan B. Sipe, District of Columbia; Grant Smith, 

 Illinois; H. C. Drayer, Missouri; G. Straubenmueller, New 

 York; Gilbert H. Trafton, Minnesota; ElHot R. Downing, Sec- 

 retary-Editor. 



The president, five vice-presidents, five directors (in place of 

 those whose names are starred) and the secretary-editor are to be 

 elected. Nominations are made by the Council and these will be 

 published in the next issue together with a blank ballot. All sub- 

 scribers to The Review are entitled to vote. The vote may be 

 mailed to the Secretary, if you are not planning to be present at the 

 meeting in Philadelphia. 



Seed Collections 



Anna Botsford Comstock. 



There is at present, sweeping over the schools of the land, espec- 

 ially the rural schools, a wave of seed collecting. The seed are 

 gathered by the pupils, each kind placed by itself in a vial and 

 properly labeled with the name of the plant which produced it. 

 These vials are neatly arranged upon cardboard and are sent to 

 county fairs as a part of the school exhibit. 



Seed collecting is like the collecting of coins or beads or pebbles. 

 The simple making of the collection appeals to the child. The care 

 in collecting seeds which is necessary in order to properly label 

 them, is the only real educational factor in this Nature-study 

 exercise. To be sure it is of value for it increases the child's intelli- 

 gence in several directions ; it teaches him the names of plants and 

 also the appearance of seeds. But to make the collecting of seeds 

 of very much value to the child, a more extended study of plants is 

 necessary. There should be attached to each card of seed collec- 



