Man and Nature 



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gates," whether man or beast or flower, is given the best 

 opportunity for making the most of himself. When we think 

 of our immigrants solely in terms of petticoats and pan- 

 taloons we should not overlook the fact that many of them 

 are clad in furs or feathers or in the raiment of the lilies, 

 and among these immigrants we find not only the English 

 sparrow and the rat, the pugilists and sneak thieves of the 

 lower strata of animal society, but the ring-necked pheasant 



THE UDO 



Thrives in the eastern United States and California. The blanched 

 shoots make a very delicious salad vegetable. Introduced by the U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture from Japan, where it is a very popular 

 article of food. 



Courtesy of the U. S. Bureau of Plant Industry. 



and the reindeer, the aristocrats of the animal world; while 

 if Russia has contributed her thistles as well as her anar- 

 chists to our society, no less has she given us her alfalfa and 

 her fruits, as well as her musicians and her scholars. 



With the inrush of the eager throngs of Europe and of 

 Asia to our shores, with our rapidly growing population, and 

 occupation of our public domain; it behooves us to "take 

 thought for the morrow" in order that we may have the 

 wherewithal to feed and clothe and shelter our future hordes. 

 So Uncle Sam, ever mindful of the welfare of his children, 



