There are hundreds of different kinds of plants, whose flowers have no beauty, and for which we have not as yet found any use; so we call them weeds.

All such seeds would be blown about, take root, and sprout everywhere, thus filling the place of useful plants, if they were not held in check by these seed-eating birds." "Isn't it wise the ways things are fixed ?" said Rap.

"Some birds to eat the insects and sow wild fruits and berries; some birds to eat weed seeds and prevent them from being sown.

I think some people would do better if they didn't think themselves so smart and mix things all up!" "You are right, my boy! We should not interfere with Heart of Nature by foolishly trying to aid him unless we are perfectly sure that he wishes and needs our help.
"There is one member of this Finch family, the European Sparrow, that we know by the name of English Sparrow.

In his native country he eats both insects and seeds, and also does some good by eating certain tree-worms.
A number of years ago the trees in our cities were being eaten by canker-worms, and some one said--'Let us bring over some of these Sparrows to live in the cities and eat the canker-worms.' This person meant well, but he did not know enough about what he was doing.
"The birds were brought, and for a while they ate the worms and stayed near cities.