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"timber line," we meet tlie train of pack mules 

 loaded with wood. These little animals "bur- 

 ros" they are called, are about the size of Shet- 

 land ponies, but have not their long manes and 

 tails. I stop a few minutes to talk to the driver, 

 and he tells me they are very siu'e-footed and bet- 

 ter adapted to the purpose for which they are used, 

 than mules or horses would be. A kind of sad- 

 dle is fastened around them, on which is packed 

 the goods to be carried, and all securely lashed 

 together ; the weight he thought, would be about 

 150 pounds to each animal, and they could 

 carry with ease more than that ; the pine wood 

 being dry and light makes quite a bulky load, 

 and a very odd looking affair was the pack train 

 as it moved along ; the leader, in fact the whole 

 team seemed to know the way and keep close 

 together. Nothing of importance occurs as we 

 work om' way downward, save the breaking of 

 the stirrup of the saddle on which one of the 

 ladies rides ; mishaps like this may happen at 

 any time, and being well supplied with rope and 

 twine we have but little delay on this occasion. 

 Soon Laguna Alta comes in sight, and we 

 reach the Lake House about four o'clock ; a cup 

 of coffee is furnished #o those who need, at the 

 modest figure of fifty cents ; perhaps it is a relish 

 to some ; I judge it to have been so to one gentle- 

 man, who says he drank the contents of four 

 cups before he felt he had enough. Instead of 

 being leader now I bring up the rear, stopping 

 oft to gather specimens of such plants as are 

 new to me, or that I had not seen during the as- 

 cent; the contrast of changing foi'ms, is more 

 apparent, and much more limited than I at first 

 supposed ; I have never had the opportunity of 

 observing it in this country before, and it furn- 

 ishes an experience of deep interest to me, in 

 the study of the geographical distribution of 

 plants which has occupied so much of my atten- 

 tion for many years. The beauty of the scen- 

 ery, shows more to advantage than it did this 

 morning, having the open canon before us, with 

 the valley beyond, a picture which will never 

 tire the eye, but always charm the sight. The 

 toll house is reached at last, and we soon strike 

 the broad highway again ; our horses seem also 

 to realize the nearness of the journey's end, and 

 at the word, start off into a "jolly round trot." 

 The iron spring is in sight, and we catch a 

 glimpse of the houses of Manitou, with our own 

 farthest down the way. Just as the village 

 bell would be striking six, if there was any bell 

 here to strike, but there is not, we, three 



abreast, gallop up to the steps of the hotel, and 

 are received with acclamations of joy by our 

 friends, glad to welcome our safe return. 



EDITORIAL NOTES, 



Cure for the Florida Ant Pest. — C. E's. 

 valuable article we hope to give in our next. 



Among the Heathen. — Mr. Geo. Foust, 

 one of the most enthusiastic lovers of new and 

 rare plants, and an excellent florist, left Phila- 

 delphia a year or so ago and pitched his tent 

 among the fishermen of Barnegat. It is barely 

 possible these good people may know enough of 

 horticulture to recognize a " Fish " Geranium, 

 or the " Dolphin " flower, but if so, but little 

 more. However, Mr. Foust has still his green- 

 houses and his nice plants, and there is the mail 

 and the express office, and perhaps he may suc- 

 ceed with his sales, and still please the fishermen. 



Henry T. Darlington. — The death of the 

 editor of the Bucks County Intelligence)-, of Penn- 

 sylvania, is among the recent losses to horticul- 

 ture, though professionally best known in con- 

 nection with one of the best conducted country 

 newspapers in the United States. He was a 

 relative of the celebrated statesman and botanist, 

 Dr. Wm. Darlington, of West Chester, and pos- 

 sessed the same admirable qualities which made 

 him generally beloved. Of late years he has 

 taken a great interest in his son's success as a 

 florist and nurseryman, in Doylestown, now, we 

 believe, successfully established. 



Mr. J. H. Klippart. — Our readers have 

 mostly learned ere this of the decease of Dr. 

 Klippart, the Secretary of the Ohio State Board 

 of Agriculture, in which connection he has been 

 best known, though his services both to botany 

 and horticulture deserve a lasting record. An in- 

 telligent lady correspondent, who knew him many 

 years, and well, pays the following tribute to his 

 memory, and we are quite sure that the estimate 

 she has of his character and worth, is the senti- 

 ment of all who knew this worthy man. She 

 says: " In my opinion, there are few such men 

 as he was. He worked unremittingly ; although 

 in delicate health, for some years, he gave him- 

 self no rest or recreation ; he seemed to feel 

 that one life was too short to accomplish all that 

 was demanded of him. He died of no disease, 

 but literally from overwork. It seemed to me, 

 that it was scarcely possil?le to ask him a ques- 

 tion upon almost any scientific subject, to which 



