I would like to hear about flowers and things that
grow in the woods. I was in Vermont last summer. I
went out in the woods and found a great many
mushrooms. There are twelve kinds which grow in
Holyoke.

HOLYOKE, MASS. NEWTON R.

Mushrooms will be added to the list. This is the first inquiry about
them. "NATURALIST."


DEAR NATURALIST:

I second the motion, made in the last number of
THE GREAT ROUND WORLD by Willard P. M., to have a
book telling how to catch, tame, and care for
animals that inhabit our own woods. And I would
suggest that these animals be simply described. We
boys who are interested in our animals and birds
are in great need of such a book; it would have
helped me in any of the following cases. The
summer resort at which I have spent several
summers is infested with moles, yet for two years
I have tried unsuccessfully to obtain one alive.
Last spring I had three young crows, all of which
died, not from inattention, but because I did not
know how to care for them. Again, I have come
across animals that I could not find a name for.