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trailing arbutus, another rare flower, brings joy to the hearts of 
many when they find it on the snow-covered ground. There 
are other flowers too, which open early, just after the last sign 
of winter. The interest in spring flowers does not require to be 
instilled in the hearts of the real nature-lover. It comes with 
the spring itself. Those to whom this mostly applies are the 
children. If the children love the flowers so much, why not have 
them consider them as living things? 
Why cannot the fifteen thousand boys and girls in the various 
schools of our different boroughs become interested in the general 
movement for the protection of our native plants? This vast 
army of workers could be secured with the aid of a few really 
interested persons. Series of lectures should be delivered to these 
children, especially because there are among them some amateur 
botanists who hunt after rare specimens and press them, often 
to be later discarded. Appeals should be made for their aid in 
this work. Societies should be formed among them, and the 
many who cause destruction of large numbers for specimen pur- 
poses, would probably abstain from it. These societies in the 
nature-study classes should be governed by local societies, who 
should have jurisdiction over the vicinity. The local societies 
should be directed by persons especially fitted for this kind of 
work. The plants needing protection in the immediate vicinity 
should be noted and protected. 
The local societies are needed because the national nature 
societies can only study the general situation on a wide scope, 
while the local societies or branches can take care of the imme- 
diate needs of their own localities. As the Society for the Pre- 
vention of Tuberculosis has made a grand campaign in the home, 
school and elsewhere, and has in connection with its excellent 
work published considerable literature, so there is great need for 
the distribution of educational literature, especially to the classes 
of nature-study in the public schools, in order to arouse them to 
the importance of the necessity for the preservation of our wild 
flowers. 
Charts and descriptive pictures should be liberally supplied 
to the nature-study classes, so that the destruction of material 
