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for demonstration would be reduced to a minimum, thereby 
saving thousands of beautiful flowers which would have been 
used as spec 
The eee a additional appropriation for the use of botany 
classes in many cities would probably have a beneficial effect, 
and would allow the purchase of cultivated plants where now wild 
plants are gathered in order to accomplish the work laid out, 
because of the necessity of keeping within the appropriated sum. 
For example, the City of New York only allows the sum of thirty 
cents to be expended per pupil for the purchase of biological 
material for the entire year, and this amount must cover the 
expense of the zodlogical, physiological and botanical material 
purchased for his or her use during that year. This entirely 
inadequate amount is a factor contributing to the necessity of 
flower and plant gathering. It is time that a sentiment against 
the stinting of educational facilities should be aroused. New 
York is known far and wide as the city that lets out the education 
of its youth to the lowest bidder, and the meager allowance for 
material for biological study is in keeping with the reputation 
she has earne 
Botany ssild be taught probably with greater success, by 
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minor consideration, the omission of which would be of little 
detriment to the teaching of botany. 
On Arbor Day, the topic of preservation of our wild flowers 
should have equal consideration with the preservation of our 
forests. The two may well go together, for in many respects, 
later mentioned, the preserving of wild flowers is dependent upon 
forest protection. The influence of Arbor Day should be as far 
reaching as possible. The public schools should give it even a 
broader consideration, and essays should be frequently written, 
bringing forth many new ideas, which might prove of great help. 
Some plants have adapted themselves to live under certain 
conditions unfavorable for their elimination by gatherers. Some 
orchids have adapted themselves to swamps and inaccessible 
