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    388 S^UfeY AND TEA<3HIN& O* NATtHtAli H&...

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    obser Those vation who need are tha not t their gifted dorm with ant senses a keen should natural be awak spirit ened of

    and w and hose so called lessons speedil in , to y would ac as tion under be , and the iven how gu in idance can the o t his some be air ? q fe ualifi Such cted e assistance d so teacher surely ,

    would indeed be invaluable g to all earn pen est students of _Natural li History ttle incident . Iii illustration One summer of this day , I will I was men cro tion ssin the wi following th some

    fr eye iends of a a marsh casual . obser common ver , but where yellow no , thing furz e p and eare a d g few to gree stunted t the

    on wh blackberry a which t appeared however bushes to , u when when s to be one laced a p of iece our benea of t moss h rty t , - covered bo microsco tanist earth , took et , here but up

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    appetite . I mention , apparen this , merel y y as an instance y of the knowled coun ge try which walk with be most easil who y and has deli a practical ghtfully acqui acquaintance red in a

    with natural objects any . person Nothing is less interesting than the m never ere attach nomencl much ature m eaning f plants to , insec the names ts , or minerals until we have we c the an

    th real e If specimen office some lad of s y t before , eacher whose us previous w . to education settle in had qu nei alified hbou her rhood for

    [ Richmond for instance , and to make it generall any y g known that , on in Natural certain days History of the I have week , , no doub e woul t that d give her out classes _-of-door would lessons be

    woul extremel d not y well be favorable attended , . to There these is field scarcel lectures y any . locality Even in which the

    opportunities neighbourhood especial of London ly for the , there study may of botany be found . Besides abundant Blew

    parks Arboretum gardens , there at be are Kensing found the specimens Botanical ton , in addition garden of great s to at which numbers Chelsea , in _^ of and all both the the

    forei the country gn may and that Eng the lish greatest trees and advantages shrubs . But will it be is derived above all from in

    render of of such Nature the a p more obj lan , ects some ; for lasting which acquaintance however the surround keenly gratificatio with alive us the , will n we varieties which may tend be we and to to receive increase peculiarities the beauties from and

    them . studof Natural

    greatl History As y illustrations , enhance it may be the of mentioned p the leasure prac of tical th travelling at utility some knowl of in the forei edge gn y of countries it would ;

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    388 S _^ _UfeY AND _TEA < 3 HIN _& O _* _NATtHtAli H _& STOJRY .

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Aug. 1, 1864, page 388, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01081864/page/28/