lee NA TURE-STUD Y RE VIEW [17:4— April, 1921 



When the villagers turned their trade from whaling in the deep 

 sea to quahauging down the bay the houses were gradually moved 

 from the ocean side of the Cape to the harbor shore. The pretty 

 posies if the old fashion gardens were abandoned to fate and now 

 come camp girls scouting for the choicest bloomers to ornament 

 their boat plots. Tansy, iris, spurge, house leeks, yuccas, and 

 dusty miller were delegated to their proper places alongside the 

 Hudsonias and stonecrops from the wilds. The opposing teams 

 looked on with admiration as finishing touches were placed here 

 and there before the arrival of the judges. 



And then came the judges with their notebooks — the art coun- 

 cilor, the nature councilor, and a senior camper. The gardens 

 were viewed most critically — with a fine tooth rake as it were. 

 First the judges took notes as to color, then as to choice and variety 

 of m.aterial, the arrangement and symmetry of form, how the 

 material was planted, and then the originality. Oiie crew had 

 made a sundial while the other had purchased a sailor windmill 

 and this was against them as they had spent money rather than 

 ingenuity. And the idea of permanency, — one garden showed a 

 tendency to run to plants that were in blossom for the time being. 

 Even the trimness of the ground around the boats did not escape 

 their scrutiny. Solomon's garden in all its glory could not have 

 been surveyed as were both of these. 

 A Final Word as to Notebooks. 



We have been dilating about the opportunities and some of the 

 uses of note books at Camp Chequesset. If you are to use a 

 similar scheme you must get on deck and look at the beauties of 

 your own harbor. There are no more beautiful skies, no more 

 sweeter song birds, no greater history, no stauncher patriotism 

 in any harbor than at Wellfleet and these things are not better in 

 Wellfleet than in your town. Some day we hope to come over the 

 mountain and hear about the notebook on your side. 



Due to large amount of material for this number, we had to omit a recom- 

 mended list of books for camps. This information will be mailed upon 

 request. 



