. Annual report of the Agricultural Experiment Station. Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). THE STORY OF A TERRARIUM FROM FALL UNTIL SPRING, ALICE I. KENT. And Nature, the old nurse, took ' The child upon her knee, Saying: " Here is a story book Thy Father has written for ; — Longfellow to Agassis. Fortunate are the children and tlie teachers wlio are so placed that Nature's story book is close at hand. But city children aiid their teachers need not despair, for the old nurse is loving and bountiful and will rewrite, in living ch
. Annual report of the Agricultural Experiment Station. Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). THE STORY OF A TERRARIUM FROM FALL UNTIL SPRING, ALICE I. KENT. And Nature, the old nurse, took ' The child upon her knee, Saying: " Here is a story book Thy Father has written for ; — Longfellow to Agassis. Fortunate are the children and tlie teachers wlio are so placed that Nature's story book is close at hand. But city children aiid their teachers need not despair, for the old nurse is loving and bountiful and will rewrite, in living characters, many a page fi-om the wondrous book, for those who care to read. One such a page. 113.— Life in tlie terrarium. may be a teri*arium,— a confined plot of earth on which things may live and grow. (From terra " earth," as aquarium is from aqua., '• ;) Within its narrow confines, the whole drama of the beautiful life of many a tiny creature may be rewritten. Here is a fragment of the drama, as written in one terrarium. This terrarium was made from an old berry-crate (Figs. 112,113). 809. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station. Ithaca, N. Y. : The University
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