14 APRIL 1933, Page 14

" Much may be done with a Scotsman if he

be ( aught young 7 said Dr. Johnson. His maxim, like Kant's sate. goricaI imperative " is " capable of universal= application." Education of the schoolchild probably matters most. The ingenious suggestion is made that some organization Nhould cultivate and distribute wild flower seeds for the sake of teachers of nature study and for the school gardens ; and for the sake of imitation the name of one firm is qUoted- Correvon of Geneva—who supply the seed of all Swiss Alpine plants ; and the various Swiss Cantons have been pioneers (because the threat was worse even than in England) in passing and what is more, advertising by-laws for the preservation of their most beautiful flora.

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