THE GflDE TO XATL'RE 



RHODODENDRON FALLS, OAKDALE, TENNESSEE. 



is the only municipal owned railroad 

 in the United States. Railroad em- 

 ployees, numbering several hundred, 

 make Oakdale a lay-over point on this 

 system. The town has about 3,000 in- 

 habitants. 



Since the opening of the grounds 

 about Rhododendron Falls it is a very 

 popular place for the railroad men and 

 their families, and for the mountain 

 people residing nearby. Several pic- 

 nics have been held on the grounds. 



A bathhouse has been built at Rho- 

 dodendron Falls, and a number go in 

 swimming in the clear pool at the foot 

 of the falls. Provision has been made 

 for the public to get drinking water at 

 the rustic springs belonging to "Brook- 

 croft." 



The owner is trying to make the 

 place one of enjoyment and pleasure to 

 all who visit it. The children espec- 

 ially enjoy the outings about this place. 



Some of the needs at present are 

 about 1,200 feet of two-inch piping to 

 bring water from the falls to a foun- 

 tain near the roadside, and a few^ bush- 

 els of grass seed to sow on the grounds 

 about Rhododendron Falls in order to 

 make a pleasant retreat for the children 

 on their outings. 



Public subscriptions will probably 

 be started to make this possible before 

 any great while. This is one way of 

 helping the little mountaineers of the 

 South to enjoy themselves, and to de- 

 velop strong. Christian characters. 



The Aquarium Society of Washington, 

 D. C. 



Nature students in general and those 

 of the District of Columbia in particular, 

 will be glad to learn that the Washington 

 Aquarium Society has recently been 

 formed under the most favorable condi- 

 tions possible, thus .giving every promise 

 of a successful future. Dr- R. W. Shu- 

 feldt of the Medical Corps of the Army 

 has been elected the society's active presi- 

 dent, and we are sure that he will be as 

 active and enthusiastic in this work 

 as he has been for many years in a 

 multiplicity of other scentific pursuits. 

 Those interested in the aquarium may 

 correspond with him at 3356 Eigh- 

 teenth Street, Washington, D. C, for 

 circulars and further particulars of this 

 new orgranization. 



Studies at the British Museum of 

 Natural History made on great num- 

 bers of flies sent in from all parts of 

 the country prove that, there at least, 

 what most persons suppose to be the 

 adult housefly hibernating through the 

 winter is really nothing of the kind. 

 The house fly, it appears, and the blue- 

 bottle as w^ell, pass the cold season as 

 pupae. What is taken for the adult 

 house fly proves to be another animal, 

 an out-door insect, which comes into 

 houses only to hibernate. Evidently 

 our "swat the fly" campaign needs 

 more basis of fact. 



