Boy Scouts and Conservation. 
To obtain a merit badge for Botany, a Boy Scout must: 
1. Produce specimens of fifty species of flowering plants without the 
roots (and in addition, where possible, 5 ferns) collected and named 
by himself. 
2. Be able to identify ten plants by their seeds. Produce specimens of 
the seeds. 
3. Give a list of at least five plants that are usually found growing 
together in woodlands; or five near water; and five found in open 
fields, or five along roadsides. Produce specimens! 
4. Tell the parts .of a complete flower. Submit drawings. 
5. Tell in a general way how plants manufacture their food. 
6. Explain how ferns live upon flowering plants; and tell how they are 
reproduced. 
7. Submit specimens collected by himself (with names if known) of five 
Fungi, five Algae or five Lichens; five Mosses, or five Liverworts; 
or if specializing in any one of the above classes, submit ten differ- 
ent species of that class. 
8. Name five kinds of edible wild fruits; five plants used medicinally and 
tell what used for; three wild plants that can be cooked as "green," 
and two edible "roots." 
9. Submit an essay of at least two hundred words on the "Conservation 
of Wild Flowers, ' ' naming at least four in danger of extinction. 
Nature Study Exhibit in the Juvenile Department of 
Marshall Field and Company, Chicago. 
This novel exhibition occurred in March and those taking 
part were the Chicago Chapter of the Wild Flower Preservation 
Society, Boy and Girl Sconts, Chicago school children and 
several out-door clubs. At the entrance to the exhibit was a 
log cabin, contributed by the County Forest Preserve, and 
inside the one room was a fine collection of Boy Scout crafts- 
manship, including a simple herbarium of the common leaves and 
flowers, and collections of butterflies. The school children offered 
a fine selection of bird houses of every shape, size and color, 
and besides this they competed for a poster to be used in the 
preserves of the countj^. The prize for this competition was 
offered by the Chicago Chapter of the Wild Flower Preservation. 
Some of them were colored drawings, others were pictures cut 
from colored paper, which form of art the school children excel 
in. One of the posters represented a cardinal bird on a stone 
wall, a bunch of flowering shrubs on the right, with a child's 
face peering over the wall. Below were the words: "Make 
Friends With Them." Another one had a spray of Apple 
blossoms on a black ground, with a blue-bird on a spray, with 
the words: "We give you happiness, what do you give?" 
An automatic stereopticon showed Wild Flowers, and especial- 
ly those needing protection. Interspersed with the slides were 
appeals for their preservation. Every afternoon in an improvised 
hall, there were illustrated lectures on nature topics and each 
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