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sylvatica, Carex pauciflora, Centaurea nigra, Centaurea Jacea, 

 Chaerophyllum hirsutum, Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum, Coma- 

 rum palustre, Cynosurus crispus, Dactyb's glomerata, Digitalis 

 ambigua, Drosera rotundifolia, Epilobium angustifoUum, Epi- 

 lobium montana, Equisetum arvense, GaHum Mollugo, Genista 

 sagittaHs, Geranium columbinum, Geum rivale, Heracleum sp-?, 

 Hieracium murorum, Hieracium viticella, Holcus lanatus, 

 Lathy rus pratensis, Lycopodium vStelago, Lysimachia vulgaris, 

 Mimulus sp-?, Pinus montana, Pinus uncinata, Polygonum per- 

 tola, Prenanthes purpurea, .Ranunculus Flammula, Ranunculus 

 repens, Sambucus racemosa, Scabiosa arvensis, Scrophularia 

 ambrosia, Senecio Fuchsii, Silene ruprestris, Spiraea Aruncus, 

 Spiraea Ulmaria, Stachys sylvatica, Stellaria graminea, Stellaria 

 nemorum, Trifolium aureum, Trifolium sp-?, Valeriana officinalis, 

 Veronica officinalis, Vicia Cracca, Vicia sepium. Viola tricolor. 



To many people an agreeable feature of travel in the country 

 places in Europe lies in the fact that the pedestrian is never far 

 away from a source of good beer and rarely distant from an eating 

 house! It is unnecessary to descant upon the quality of the 

 beer which is available in that region, nor would 1 say anything 

 which would have a tendency to generate a thirst on the part 

 of my readers by extolling the merits of this native beer. The 

 beer is good, it is readily available, and it is drunk in a civilized 

 manner, sitting at tables, and accompanied with pretzels or good 

 rye bread and cheese. In the little German gasthaus one does 

 not need to invade a stifling, heavily curtained bar room and 

 range along side the counter as certain of the lower animals place 

 themselves in front of a trough, but one may sit under the shade 

 of a tree in the garden or on the veranda while partaking of 

 refreshment. 



This merely leads me to say that the botanical excursion 

 invariably includes a gasthaus in its tour. In fact it usually 

 closes the afternoon's program at such a place, with the Herr 

 professor presiding at an impromptu supper surrounded by his 

 group of students, all in excellent good humor. I am not com- 

 mending this as a desirable innovation, but merely commenting 

 on the eating and drinking habits in Germany as contrasted with 

 our habits in this country. No doubt too much beer is drunk; 

 but it is probable that beer is safer than Vvhiskey. Besides this, 

 there is no treating. Everyone pavs for his own drinks. 



In general this type of excursion and the stimulation which 

 it brings tends to develop naturalists. It is fair I think to say 

 that our training in this country aims on the other hand to 

 develop a much narrower man, the specialist. We are in need 

 at the present time of a larger number of men who are not 

 narrow specialists, rather naturalists of the so-called older school, 



