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HARTLAND NATURE CLUB 
collected by them that might otherwise be lost.” And I might 
add that such an organization stands for the development of an 
idealism whose value cannot be formulated. 
This Club has always been simply conducted. Anyone inter¬ 
ested in nature can join by paying 50 cents a year. When 
special needs have arisen, money has been given or subscribed to 
meet extra expenses. 
What the policy of the future shall be must be determined 
with each passing year. There is no doubt that its collected 
material offers an interesting field of usefulness, and the best 
that it has accomplished is to have awakened the spirit of 
inquiry along the lines of natural history to such an extent that 
never a month passes that some interesting query, specimen or 
contribution is not sent to the Club for its answer, identification 
or acceptance. During its fifteen years of existence, it has had 
in all a membership of 117, numbering today 40 active members. 
It records with gratitude the generous help of friends, scientific 
workers and interested townspeople—it looks FORWARD. 
PROGRAMS OF MEETINGS, 1907-08 
December, 1907 The Winter Birds—Mrs. Gates 
January, 1908 The Visible Constellations—Miss Sturtevant 
February Windsor County Game—John P. Webster 
Collective paper: Hunting Tales—Mrs. Ward 
March Preliminary Studies of Mosses—Miss Darling 
Collective paper: Reviews of Scientific Books—Miss Smith 
April Nature in Spring, Spring Birds—Miss Dunsmore 
Spring Flowers—Miss Helen Sturtevant 
Butterflies—Mr. Underwood 
Discussion 
May Rare Local Birds—Mrs. Underwood 
Collective paper: Bird Biographies—Mrs. Spaulding 
June Orchid Acquaintances—Mrs. Lucia H. Webster 
Collective paper: Plant Studies—Miss Penniman 
July A Few Insect Enemies—Mr. Underwood 
Collective paper: Personal Reminiscences on Insects—Miss 
Nelson 
