183 
and if we have secured the schools we have saved the fast disap- 
pearing wild flow 
In short, we must ee the public the havoc they do when 
they iawenes Aately pick all the beautiful wild flowers they 
find. must instill new hope into those who have lost all 
hope of saving the flowers. We must imbue the public with 
a judicious sense of foresight; to let the very rare wild flowers 
flourish and set seed in peace; to discreetly pick only a few of 
the moderately rare ones; and of the abundant, prolific ones 
to pick all they may desire. We should not desire to prohibit 
the public from picking all wild flowers; but we can and must 
stop that indiscriminate, wasteful, picking which has so de- 
cimated the numbers of our most beautiful plants 
Though some think that forbidding this picking for business 
purposes would be sufficient to effect our purpose, we cannot 
decide whether or not, until it has been tried. And until it has 
been tried we can set on foot the educational movement. It 
can do no harm, and it can do immense good. Let everybody, 
therefore, work for the preservation of not only the fast dis- 
appearing wild flowers, but also of everything else in nature. 
It isa debt we owe to our more ignorant brothers and sisters. 
Let everybody imbue his friends with the spirit of preservation, 
and let his friends do the same to their friends, and in this way 
let the good work continue till ignorance is no more and, when 
asked, 
oO 
“Hast thou named all the birds without a gun? 
Loved the wood-rose and left it on its stalk?” 
all will be able to answer ‘‘YEs.”’ 
Morris A. RAINES. 
Morris HicH ScHoor 
New York City. 
NOTES, NEWS AND COMMENT. 
t the summer meeting of the Vermont Botanical Club held 
at Woodstock, Vermont, July 4, 5, and 6, Dr. N. L. Britton 
delivered a public lecture in the Woodstock Opera House on the 
evening of July 5, illustrated by colored lantern-slides of wild 
flowers from the Van Brunt Collection of the Garden. The 
