Show HY L RICHMOND lUCUMO XU 14 T I 1 tile 1 1 present r besent a age V of the world 1 0 1 i much attention is lie be p ing given to the growth and t 0 of plants to tn noxious noxious s hotter known a at weeds as well ns as those cultivated for their use and beauty there are re thousands of dollars expended etil year i for or ork lork and knowledge 11 in the economic economic pirt part of the vegetable ablo v world orld and there ire to be found in all tire the various departments I 1 of botanical work it is the hie intention of the writer to spend a short tinie time with the readers of TIIE in the work of outdoor out door botany arid and I 1 trust that there may be a i poh i ability fur for sonic one to have more love arid and admiration for nature C these articles on oil outdoor out olit door botany may inay have three classes of readers two classes cl aises of arill and who are out from the teach ill gnp influence inal odthe of alie home sud and doubtless s there is greater responsibility lity attached to teaching V than to any ally other vocation whether it bo be in ill tile home or in the bahoo 1 room the alie responsibility is alike great inthe if the children childr enof of today to day arato arc to lie be the young men and women of to morroa and the youn nien and noman of today to day lie aiu to fill responsible r positions in life tomorrow to morrow they must just be trained in the lines of work vork that will make thern strong mentally and physically experience 1 lias has taught 0 that environments viron ments rients of a youth are arc everything thirl to him hill 0 tf if the child could lie taught to love nature to love tho the rocks the birds the flowers ll while he is still very young how much better it would be for or him in later life not simply to look at them in admiration but jut study them to know the w ghys whys y 8 and aid 1 wherefores 11 es but you say lie is too young to understand lie ile will ivill understand more than you as teacher will think of tellina telli alp him to be sure ile he will not understand as older pupils would but your answers answer 8 to his questions will not soon be forgotten n gotten questions often come from the young pupil that puzzle older ones to answer dont tell them nonsense the sincerity of the question is determined by bv the attention they give to what i js i tolia lt them tile ghosts gli Ib goblins fairies witches and many other trashy things that fill the ilic chi childs it 8 mind is enough clou 0 h to make a sane san e jiin in it n crazy C raz Y if you would have good noble earnest ca arid and true thinkers dont don t tell te it the boys and girls such trash enough is gathered from outside influence without teaching such worthlessness give them th the 0 truth explain to them as much as possible the little story and history that is thrown about each cacci of natures natures nai ures objects young pupils derive much pleasure from gathering flowers anil especially the ripened fruit af ter the newer flower lias has and gone A ramble in the meadow along 0 some borne small stream atil will give infinite pleasure and all will be amply repaid the pebbles the animal life of the stream the butterflies a and 11 d other insects of the meadow tile birds and a thousand other th ti lings ills L each eacle of which lias has a lesson there need never be a IL lack of material the fruits from the cellar afford numberless lessons ail and the interest taken in ill the sections odthe of the apples seeds seed pulp and rind will be wonderful perhaps your very leas les leason on in arithmetic or gra grammar nimar will suggest 1 soy some 1 ie I 1 lessons aso 11 s from nature let your our pupils learn their arithmetic from froin nature their I 1 grammar rall lmar reading spoiling spelling geography eo rallay ral liy and ill all from the same foundation nature is so full of knowledge fur for all classes and a ages aes I 1 es of mankind that none may want for material not that in study bucks books should bo be cast aside for th that at would be unwise but i if book study be sup supplemented e by observation and aati actual at contact with the objects of stu study y the alie practical pra knowledge 0 gained and i retained will bo be in much tic 1 1 t i cater or than in ot otherwise henise it would be tho the vegetables grains arid and a multitude of other things afford le lessons for the home ail anil 1 I schoolroom ignorance I 1 norance of the teacher is no excuse for lie who teaches is as much a pupil as lie he who is taught no time for such things is an ail excuse often given give but lit you are arc inis mistaken 1 each aali precious moment in tc aching and in ill A guidance fili dallee of the young mind is a precious jewel in your crown if the teacher will got get he her pupils to learn from the natural objects with which nature lias has so BO bountifully supplied are arc she will have accomplished a wonder of good the young leaves of the tree tho the birds flowers roots stalks and a hundred other parti suggest lor for tire the pupil I 1 would not have all to make a cunti unous s study of one thin tiling lor for this would make in an unevenly y developed luclid ani in ill many instances the young mind would soon roon weary wary ol 01 one thin tiling more interest will be taken tak enand and more ac if there is ig a variety of abi rbi objects e ati e 0 ii ki 1 e r e d 1 in n ev every c r y c case a F e alic pupil should make inake collections of what lie is studying crude though it may allay lie le at it first lie will gradually learn better as lie glows older no matter how poor a specimen cibien the put pupil it may bring in and especially asi if lie ile isgut starting in this lie new work never ever discourage dicou rage hini him never t cai ell him I 1 it is not nice or that it is i not n good enough and lie he ought to throw it away for lie will find out in timo time that there diere ire li dietter etter specimens and lie may just ui its well have good a and r d nice lice 1 ones olles lie should le be encouraged cou raged 1 by bv having 0 the specimens collected collect el 1 placed in il I 1 liis his own collection kindness toward hoth both plants and ani nials should always be tri taught tight plants not be tit uprooted without a cause the necessity can bs be easily shown equal kindness should lie be shown toward animal life get the pupil in the habit of doing bilings abill s uy by constantly placing P thern them before liis his minda this habit once formed will cling to hini him throughout life As said before it is ig the nt of a youth bouth that make his after years what they lie we have an ail excellent example of habit from experiments made by a 1 french scientist A mute was given 0 charge charae of an ail infant for eight C years the child was so kept that it never heard a L word all this time but it would imitate the songs songs and calls of or bird lilI animals and of insects it heard but could speak no word of any human larl language ua c I 1 do not nican mean by this that the children should be isolated but they i hould be aven given proper care and training 0 in d alie ic natural line man alan iti is unnatural and stran strange 11 cre when taken froni from those elements in iu which lie belons belongs belon s if nature is ia left out of question the soul forsaken and the general spirit of the nian man is is changed chan ed in studying the phenomena na of nature ones self is surely harde hardened neI if his soul is pot not lifted up tit in wonder and admiration if his ideas are not higher and his thoughts purer lie he is indeed low in the scale of humanity huni anity out door exercise is is ver very y healthful and especially after one has been kept in the house during the cold days of winter As the spring days come and the unfolding oi of f plant life from the long rest takes place we may watch this renewal of life with no little attle interest |