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club of 125 members, including children from all 

 forms down to the transition. It is divided into 

 sections occupied with — 



1. Collections of wild flowers. 



2. Observations on animal life. 



3. Collections of sea-side objects. 



4. Drawings, models, paintings, and photographs 



from nature of natural-history subjects. 



5. Cultivation of plants for flower-show. 



6. School gardens. 



Each member may form part of two only of these 

 sections, and must keep a Nature-diary, and a rough 

 note-book for use on expeditions. Two expeditions 

 are made each term to the country or to museums, 

 and one social meeting is held for discussion and 

 comparison of results. 



Field - clubs are started in other schools. One 

 head -mistress has written to me, that though the 

 field-club has been started but a short time the 

 keenest interest has been felt, and more enthusiasm 

 has been shown in connection with it than with any- 

 thing else. 



NATURE-STUDY (PLANT-LIFE) IN TECH- 

 NICAL SCHOOLS 



By Mr. G. F. SCOTT ELLIOT, M.A., B.Sc, F.L.S., F.R.G.S., 

 F.R.H.S., &c., West of Scotland Technical College, 

 Glasgow. 



The Nature-study classes in the Glasgow Technical 

 College have now been carried on for three years, and 



