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which Cortez reviewed his shattered army. The children of 
California boast of the giant redwoods, still the largest of all 
trees in spite of rival claims; while those of Washington and Ore- 
gon know red firs and other trees almost as large. The boy of 
the southern United States delights in the magnificent oak, 
chestnut, and pine forests, and in the beauty and perfume of 
the southern magnolia; while the boy of the North glories in 
“the murmuring pines and the hemlocks”’ and the valuable for- 
ests of maple, beech, and birch. 
Children are exceedingly active both in body and brain. It is 
difficult to injure them physically or mentally if the conditions 
are favorable for their activity. Natural history studies are 
peculiarly adapted to the development of both the mind and body 
of the child. A great deal more might be taught them than is 
now generally attempted, which would advance them mentally 
and improve them morally, especially in so far as their life-long 
happiness is concerned. 
The interests of the man and woman are largely predetermined 
by the interests of the boy and girl. It often happens that with- 
out making an effort to increase one’s knowledge by special 
study, this knowledge accumulates on account of having been 
favorably impressed with a subject at an early age. Public men 
often act upon public questions on the basis of information and 
training gained in childhood. No one yet knows how deeply 
the character and actions of men are influenced by impressions 
received when very young. 
Both with children and adults, there are always things to do 
and things not to do.—In the matter of shade-trees, parks, state 
forests, national forests, there are things to do and things not 
to do. If an early start were made with the child to instil the 
idea of conservation, or non-destruction, and to inculcate the 
royal palms; while in Mexico, girls and women loiter and wash 
their clothes beneath the willows that fringe the streams or 
gather wild fruits and flowers under oaks and Montezuma pines. 
Every child in Mexico City knows the grove of giant cypress 
trees adjoining Chapultepec and ‘La Noche Triste” tree, under 
