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AGASSIZ ASSOCIATION 
Established 1875 Incorporated. Massachusetts. 1892 Incorporated. Connecticut, 1910 
Louis Agassiz’s Grandson at ArcAdiA. 
Mr. R. L. Agassiz of Boston, Massa- 
chusetts, grandson of Louis Agassiz, 
from whom The Agassiz Association 
of Sound Beach takes its name, recently 
visited ArcAdiA and thoroughly in- 
vestigated everything. Mr. Agassiz has 
for many years been an occasional con- 
tributor to the work and soon after his 
return home wrote the following letter 
accompanied by a check for one hun- 
dred dollars : 
“I meant to write you before to tell 
you how much I enjoyed my trip tc 
ArcAdiA, and to congratulate you on 
the work you are doing and the com- 
pleteness of your equipment. 
“I think the Association is very for- 
tunate in having the Bigelow family to 
take care of its interest. You all do an 
immense amount of work, for no finan- 
cial consideration, and I enclose a small 
check which I hope will be of some use 
to you.” 
Contributions to Little Japan. 
Mr. Arthur L. De Groff, New- 
ark, N. J $26.25 
Brunswick School, Greenwich 25.00 
A Friend, Riverside 1.00 
Mr. Frank C. Dowd, Madison, 
Conn. 50 
Dr. J. E. Serre, Sound Beach__ 5.00 
Mr. Louis Cortambert. Glen 
Ridge, N. J 5.00 
Mr. R. L. Agassiz, Boston, 
Mass. 100.00 
Miss Mary E. Ritch, Stamford- 5.00 
A Corresponding Member, 
Texas 5.00 
Mr. Arthur A. Carey, Waltham, 
Mass. 3.00 
Mr. Frederic Ewing, Greenwich 5.00 
A Friend in Maryland 5.00 
Mr. George Roome Smith, 
Brooklyn, N. Y 1.50 
Mrs. Annie L. Mortimer, New 
Haven, Conn. 5.00 
Mr. J. Edgar Willing, Sound 
Beach 1.00 
Mr. Francis Keally, New York 
City 1. 00 
$194.25 
Previously acknowledged $2, 125.05 
Total $2,319.30 
Omitted from publication in June 
number of The Guide to Na- 
ture by typographical error: 
The Rogers School Association, 
Stamford $15.00 
An Old Home. 
BY ELIZABETH THOMSON ORDWAY. 
Contributed by Adelaide Pierce Carvahlo 
Hartford, Connecticut. 
Dooryard full of daisies. 
Trees knee-deep in grass, 
Bowing, bending, swaying 
As the breezes pass 
Straggling tiger lilies 
Near the old rail fence, 
Redolent with meaning 
Of the years gone hence. 
Close beside the door rock 
Bush of lilac stands, 
Taoping at the window 
With its purple wands. 
Robin on the well sweep 
Sings the sweet old song ; 
Whip-poor-wills at even 
Voice their sense of wrong. 
Empty barn and woodshed 
Seen through open door 
’Mind one of the plenty 
Ever there of yore. 
Over all a woodbine 
Clambers with wild grace, 
Giving a new beauty 
To the dear old place. 
Old Home full of memories 
Fragrant as the rose, 
Growing ever sweeter 
To life’s very close. 
