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which would otherwise be thrown away such as the dead 
stems of endogens, fir-cones, bulbs, and discarded 
specimens from the museums, were available for the use of 
the Board. 
In these circumstances I desire to bring the fore¬ 
going facts before you in the hope that you would be good 
enough to assist the Board in a scheme which shows every 
sign oi becoming a great success, bringing as it does the 
children into direct contact with nature instead of with 
drawings and other representations from nature. 
In the event of the Board being so fortunate as to 
secure your co-operation in the scheme, it is suggested 
that we should be allowed to place a box or boxes in Kew 
Gardens into which all such specimens, &c., as might be 
available for the use of schools could be placed, the box 
or boxes being periodically cleared by our representative 
It should be dded that the Board's gardener and his 
assistant staff, who are also servants of H.M.Office of 
1 u orks, have their head-quarters at the Store-yard, Hyde 
Park. 
I am, etc., 
^aJL<OCaN , V ' r 
(Signed) Rraham Wallas. 
Chairman of the Schgol^^yg.gem.ent 
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