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THE GUIDE TO NATURE 
SHE LEADS IN BEAUTYAND INTEREST . 
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I HOMES TO NATURE'S REALMS. 
Pyl EDWARD F. BIGELOW, MANAGING EDITOR! 
Published monthly by The Agassiz Association, ArcAdiA: Sound Beach, Connecticut. 
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Entered as Second-Class Matter June 12, 1909, at Sound Beach Post Office, under Act of March 3, 1897. 
Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided for in Section 1103, Act of October 3, 1917, 
authorized on June ‘ 27 , 1918. 
Volume XIII. DECEMBER, 1920 Number 7 
Business Man’s Nature Resources in 
Garden and Yard. 
By Edward F. Bigelow, ArcAdiA: Sound Beach, Connecticut. 
“I do not need to go away on a vaca- 
tion because I find plenty to entertain 
me in my garden and yard,” remarked 
Mr. F. L. Lamson, Treasurer of the 
Norwalk Tire & Rubber Company, 
Norwalk, Connecticut. That remark 
at once interested me and classified 
Mr. Lamson with us of The Agassiz 
Association in finding really “foreign 
lands” right at home. His statement 
is in harmony with the slogan of the 
naturalist, “It is a wise naturalist that 
knows his own parish.” 
Year after year Mr. Lamson has been 
trying to get acquainted with nature 
as she manifests herself in his garden 
and yard, and he finds therein a never 
ending source of inspiration and enter- 
tainment. One thing leads to another 
because nature is always fleeting on- 
ward, beckoning to us to follow in her 
footsteps. We are interested in Mr. 
Lamson’s experiments not only because 
he has achieved some remarkable re- 
sults with potatoes and peaches but be- 
cause he finds joy therein. Aye, there 
is the point. The professional horti- 
culturist or agriculturist may well copy 
his example in efficiency of produc- 
tion, but even more may our natural- 
ists and outdoor lovers copy his ex- 
ample and find nature interests close 
to the heart of a city and amid the 
activities of a hustling, energetic, suc- 
cessful business. We are grateful to 
Mr. Lamson for pausing to write a 
letter not only giving our readers some- 
thing of the spirit of what he has done 
in garden and yard but making sug- 
gestions to inspire others not merely 
to do just the things he has done but 
to take up original research along 
parallel lines. Every man needs an 
avocation and we believe that Mr. Lam- 
son has taken an ideal kind, one that 
develops both mental and physical ac- 
tivities and keeps him immersed in the 
joy of living. That such is the situa- 
tion is readily recognizable, for he is 
mentally alert, physically strong and 
efficient and brimful of cordiality. It 
was a joy to meet him and be permitted 
to take the accompanying photographs. 
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South Norwalk, Conn. 
To the Editor : 
Complying with your request, I am 
setting forth below a brief account of 
Copyright 1920 by The Agassiz Association, ArcAdiA: Sound Beach, Conn. 
