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students, in the neighborhood of each city, town 

 or college? If the Government purchases and 

 preserves the birthplace of a great man, the 

 field of a celebrated battle, why not a strip of 

 mother earth, rich with indigenous vegetation? 



A , little nai ture-park, hedged in from the 

 thoughtless marauder but open to the student 

 and lover of nature — can any acquisition be 

 worth more to a natural history club or scien- 

 tific association? 



Ladies' clubs might well consider this in 

 connection with their interest in ornithology. 

 In a nature-park the birds flourish undisturbed ; 

 left to the precarious shelter of cultivated 

 ground, only the tamer species are likely to 

 remain. — Plant World, May, 1900. 



HELIANTHUS KELLBRMANII. 



When Au^st beaihs with sultry rays 



Along luxuriant country ways, 



When verdure droops and brooks are dry, 



Rejoicing in the summer sky, 



The Helianthus opes her gold, ■ 



Her gorgeous beauties all unfold, 



And to her lord, the blazing sun, 



She lifts her bright eyes, one by one. 



On Darby's plains and to the west 

 The prairie decks her bounteous breast 

 With many a flower of varied hue; 

 And here our SuUivant and Lesquereux, 



