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spring beauty, pink eae eine, trailing arbutus, bird-foot 
violet and jack-in-the-pulp 
“Clatisse Krasowitch—8B?. 
Our Native Wild Flowers 
“. . . Can we not follow the example of the Japanese and 
instill into the minds of our young children the love and care of 
flowers as they do into theirs? From his earliest years the 
Japanese child is taught to cherish flowers and even the poorest 
laborer has his own garden which he tends untiringly. If our 
children, and grown-ups as well, were taught to do the same, 
we should not need iron fences or policemen to guard our eed 
Dorothy E. Uset— 
Plant Protection 
“All plants have one great intention and that is to reproduce 
themselves. Why should the purpose of these children of nature 
e counteracted by some thoughtless people who break down the 
branches of trees and pick the fairest and most fragrant flowers. 
These individuals do not gain much satisfaction for by the time 
they return from the woods to their homes, the flowers often are 
faded, as the stems of the wild flowers are fragile. . . . The true 
reason for the unnecessary disappearance of our native flowers 
is due to the unwillingness of some people to partake in the great 
attempts made by the numerous societies formed for the pro- 
tection of our native wild flowers. Therefore when we walk 
through some beautiful wood in spring and behold some colony 
of delicately tinted flowers let us not yield to temptation by 
removing the flowers from their cherished haunts but gu them 
to grow and serve the purpose of their creation. . 
Ida Troub— 8Al 
GEORGE WASHINGTON VANDERBILT 
George Washington Vanderbilt, a member of the i ea 
of the New York Botanical Garden ied 
in Washington, D. C., on March 6, I914. 
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