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Another Way of Mounting Insects 



Albert E. Skirling 

 Kansas City, Mo. 



"Nature-Study without illustrative material is a waste of time." 

 Illustrative material in nature-study may include, and should 

 include, a great assortment of subjects and a number of devices for 

 illustrating each of these subjects. 



It is well agreed that living specimens best serve the purpose of 

 all animate nature-study. It is also well agreed that nature is 

 best studied in its natural environment, hence outdoor work, field 

 trips and the school garden are the more idealistic bases for illus- 

 trative nature lessons. It is also very evident to those who are 

 really at work in the school room with classes of thirty-five or forty- 

 five children, or even with adults, that many, many difficulties may 

 prevent these more idealistic plans from being followed at all times, 

 therefore the desirability of more or less artificially prepared 

 material in the way of mounted specimens, cages, pictures and 

 other indoor additions to illustrate the lesson. 



Of these many indoor schemes, I wish to discuss an original plan 

 of mounting small insects in an attractive, durable manner. Fig. i 



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