Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-01-28
BIRDS AND PLANTS
Joint Meeting Of Two State Or.
carnations Began Thursday.
J'npcrs by Vermont Students of Field
md Forest, with Address by DIR.
Marshall A, Howe of the New
York Botanical Garden.

A Joint meeting of the Vermont Bird
! and botanical cubs opened at the VIZ
liams Science hail Thursday with three
well attcnucd sessions.
1hul saay mo. nIng at ten O'Clock the
! BIRD club met for several intcIce,ns al
! dresses. The annual address was gwen
/ by the president, Prof. q. ii. Perkins and
| Carlton -. Howe of Essex Junction ana
| the Rev. ID. -. Chapin of Brandon spoke
/ on Echoes OF the summer Meeting and
Some Notes on the Birds OF BRANDON,
] rcspe, lively.
At2p m. the ninth annual winter meet
ing OF the Vermont Botanical club began
in the large lecture room of the Science
hail al the university. The meeting WA
called to order Icy President Bra,ncrd
of MudIlebury College and after few
remarks the following programme WIS
given:
Mrs. Nellie f. Flynn read a paper by
Mrs. Henrietta +. Grout OF ki\cIs.de.
Cal, on the wild Flowers of Cdhfornia.
She told of the beautiful native plahts
to be found in the hclis and about the
old missions of California. This was Illus
trated by an exhibition III about ~
specimens.
Mss Ihcbe NJ Towlo of bur ington
read "A paper on the "Fruiting season Of
the Hair-Cdp Moss" This common moss
produces its spores in urns UNDER the con-
spcuous hairy caps and It's growth is
cr. The problem which Miss rowle worked
on was to determine tn" rate and the
time of the development OF this. 1t was
found that it probably requires about Is
months for the full Development that Is
from April OF one year to August of the
following.
Miss Carrie w. Ormsboc OF Brandon
read a paper On tho "i}randon Nature
Club" She described the organization Of
the club 1t was developed under the sug-
gcstion of Or. Kuowlton of the National
Museum. The club held meetings during
the spring and summer with an attend
ance Of from 20 to 100 indicating the most
vigorous Organization OF the !Ind in the
State.
Miss Hattie Hodge Of burlington read
a paper on the Ferns Of Greensboro"
Some Interesting notes We're given on the
ferns of that vicinity and one new species
WAS found.
W. l.. Ranger. the State supcrinton-
dent Of education, gave a talk on ma
ture Study in our Schools He spoke Of
the progress of tho nature study move
mont in the Vermont schools but there is
sun muvn misunderstanding OF it, He
said that it could not lac a systematic
course Of study but the object was to do
develop the higher life of the child. one
of the important services of nature study
should be to brine the schooronm in
touch with the outdoor life. 1t does not
to arous,. the child to an interest III the
.-,'',,,', nm ...n a,, ,.,
or must follow the tendency of 'hc child.
1t contributes mucn to the civic and
moral training Of tn" child. and adaptS
him to his thrccfold surroundings, nature,
man and God.
Following this talk there was dis
cus.ion. President I}raincrl added some
% suggestions regarding til, mind OF the
child President Buckham said We should
avoid the idea thar nature study was an
: attempt To got q smattcring. rather cali il
/ an attempt 70 got an elementary KNOW
. edge.
/ a paper on The school Garden" writ
: ten by Miss Sarah r. Palmer Of Johnson
was read hv Prot Nls q. Il described how.
l garden was managed H.. the scholars
with some practical holp from Prof. Jones
= aud ProI llils of the experiment sta
tiou. The garden was divided into tw'
,ldfiE Pl' was N'Np'"l L" 'H' 'Ni'Il
'uouts with IN" i'rtillTit"n ANA SpraylH-