142 NATURE-STUDY REVIEW . [13:4— April, 1917 



and should be picked in moderation without disturbing the roots : 

 Arbutus, hepatica, Jack-in-the-pulpit, spring beauty, wild pink, wild 

 columbine, bird-foot violet, wild orchids, particularly the moccasin 

 flowers, pink and yellow, and fringed orchis; the laurel, dogwood, 

 rhododendron and magnolia; also the wild field and water-lilies, and 

 the American lotus, the cardinal flower and fringed gentian and holly 

 The ferns also should not be forgotten, maiden-hair, climbing, and 

 Hart' s-tongue ferns, etc. All these need protection, and the owners 

 of places where they grow should try to save them ! Many wild 

 flowers can be grown and improve under cultivation, if proper soil 

 and shade are given them and they are mulched with leaves. 



Many associations are endeavoring to protect them and litera- 

 ture and information may be had from the following: 



Wild Flower Preservation Society — New York Botanical 

 Garden. 



Chicago Chapter — Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois. 



Pennsylvania State Chapter — State College, Pennsylvania. 



Philadelphia Chapter — University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. 



Society for the Protection of Native Plants — Horticultural 

 Society, Boston. 



Federation of Women's Clubs — Local State Chairmen. 



Garden Club of America — Miss Marble, Bedford, Westchester 

 County, New York. 



To Louis Agassiz Fuertes 



William P. Alexander 

 Written on a fly leaf of "Birds oj New York" 



A master mind, an all-observing eye, 



Combined to make his art most consummate ; 



With pigments blending tints of earth and sky- 

 In pictured forms, that life doth simulate 



In full perfection ; he an art doth ply- 

 That Nature's self can straight impersonate: — 



His feathered folk might from the canvas fly 

 Instinct with song and wholly animate. 



The sylvan idyl of melodious May 



Is caught; and here the fierce, grim tragedies 



Enacted oft amid the woodland trees 



Is seen — the pinioned hunter and his prey. 



Hail to the craft and skill that can ensnare 



Our birds, yet leave them free in wood and air! 



