“Lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; the flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in the land; the fig-tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell.” Cant. 2:11–13. “To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: . . . a time to plant.” Eccl. 3:1, 2. The time for planting has come, and teachers and parents should direct the minds of the children to the earth, the seed, the spring rains, the warmth of the sunlight, and the rapid growth in nature. “The laws and operations of nature, which have engaged man’s study for six thousand years, were opened to their [Adam’s and Eve’s] minds by the infinite Framer and Upholder of all. They held converse with leaf and flower and tree, gathering from each the secrets of its life. With every living creature, from the mighty leviathan that playeth among the waters, to the insect mote that floats in the sunbeam, Adam was familiar. He had given to each its name, and he was acquainted with the nature and habits of all. God’s glory in the heavens, the innumerable worlds in their orderly revolutions, the balancing of the clouds, the mysteries of light and sound, of day and night,—all were open to the study of our first parents. On every leaf of the forest or stone of the mountains, in every shining star, in earth and air and sky, God’s name was written.”—Patriarchs and Prophets. Are you reading these lessons, and teaching the secret language of nature to your pupils? The studies of Eden are the studies to which God would have us turn at this time.