. Blazing nature's trail : the nature trails and Trailside Museum at Bear Mountain, , 1929. Bear Mountain Trailside Museum; Natural history museums; Nature trails; Nature study. m,A/.I\<; NATl'IlK S TKAIL / long Binoe provided, thai people may the better under- stand and appreciate her creations. The better nature is understood, the less she is molested. It was i he cont inued function of the nature trails to interpret phases of nature by means of explanatory labels attached to natural objects in place. Work upon the Trails. Photograph by Ned. J. Burns THE OPEN FIELD Birds, flowers, gra
. Blazing nature's trail : the nature trails and Trailside Museum at Bear Mountain, , 1929. Bear Mountain Trailside Museum; Natural history museums; Nature trails; Nature study. m,A/.I\<; NATl'IlK S TKAIL / long Binoe provided, thai people may the better under- stand and appreciate her creations. The better nature is understood, the less she is molested. It was i he cont inued function of the nature trails to interpret phases of nature by means of explanatory labels attached to natural objects in place. Work upon the Trails. Photograph by Ned. J. Burns THE OPEN FIELD Birds, flowers, grasses and soils were given prominence along this section of the Bear Mountain Nature Trails Previous experience taught many things in regard to the all im- portant problem of the writing of labels. In order to interest and inform ... the visitor, it is needful to tell him salient facts in few words. It is a case not so much of what one would like to tell, but rather what the reader would like to be told. Many labels were rewritten as a direct result of studying the effect of their content upon the visitor. It wras possible to listen to the remarks of various persons and to observe their reactions to certain labels. At the beginning of the trail, there are many chestnut oak trees. On one of these trees was a label stating the fact that "The chestnut oak leaf, though differing somewhat from the shape of the American chestnut leaf, resembles it. Thus the name Chestnut ; Several visitors, upon reading this label, expressed their. 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 Carr, William H. (William Henry), 1902-1985. New York : Dept. of Education, American Museum of Natural History
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