THE VALUE OF NATURE STUDY.
At the Summer School at Nepean two of the inspectors went for a swim in what they thought was a retired and quiet pool. While they were sporting in the waves one drew the other's attention to some blue patches which adorned the rocks at the foot of the cliff. , The second officer was an expert in nature study. "Oh, yet," he explained, "that is commonly called .the sarsaparilla, though it Teally belongs to quite another genus. It boars radiant blue flowers, as you see,' in great"profusion, and only grows on cliffs and Tocky places, just as you see it now." /'lt's really wonderful how much you know about these things," observed the other. "Would you believe that I might have mistaken them for ladies' blue bathing suits?" Later on when they swam in to dress the victim protested that his friend must have seen thorn when he went in, and knew,that they were bathing dresses.
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 420, 1 February 1909, Page 3
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161THE VALUE OF NATURE STUDY. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 420, 1 February 1909, Page 3
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