NOTE and COMMENT 



A Private Public Park. — Curtis G. Lloyd, of Cincin- 

 nati, Ohio, a sort of Elbert Hubbard among students of fungi, 

 with a leaning toward puffballs and shelf fungi, has recently 

 purchased a picturesque tract of land near his home town and 

 turned it over to the public for a picnic and recreation ground. 

 Unlike the average millionaire who gives a park to his city, 

 Mr. Lloyd seems to have no desire to make the public con- 

 tribute in some measure to his benefactions, and not only pro- 

 poses to look after the upkeep of the park himself, but has pro- 

 vided for a continuance of this service after he has removed to 

 more flowery fields. In the same manner he and his brother, 

 John Uri Lloyd, have provided for the perpetuation of the 

 Lloyd Library and Fungus Museum which occupies two three- 

 story buildings in Cincinnati. The people of Cincinnati are 

 fortunate in being able to number such men among their citi- 

 zens. The kind is far from common. Some day, other men 

 with money to spare will awake to the fact that there are other 

 ways of benefiting the public besides contributing to colleges, 

 churches, and hospitals, worthy though these latter may be. 



Age of Concord Grape. — Some things seem to have ex- 

 isted from the beginning of time, simply because we have al- 

 ways been accustomed to seeing them. One of these is the 

 Concord grape. This grape is probably more largely grown in 

 America than any other variety, though its predominance is of 

 comparatively recent date. The oldest Concord grape vine in 

 existence is much younger than many persons now living. It 



