HAUNTS OE FRINGED GENTIAN. 65 



above the hidden moisture, which must have 

 means of .drainage, never lying in pools about 

 the slender, white roots of the plant, so far as 

 my observation has gone. 



A year or two after the finding of the fringed 

 gentian, accompanied by a friend I visited the 

 Fish Hatchery. A little boy of four volunteered 

 to be our guide, the son of the family 'in charge. 

 Previous to this, considerable effort had here 

 been made to establish the pheasant as a game 

 bird in Ohio, but this had now been abandoned 

 as impracticable, and only one golden pheasant 

 remained at the hatchery. This bird the child 

 invited us to see. 



Dear little Charlie ! It is a question which 

 we marveled at the more^ — the fine coloring of 

 the handsome bird, or the intelligence of the 

 child, lisping facts for our information and 

 making himself our genial entertainer. 



Next we visited the slope above the pond, 

 where the fringed gentian had been found. 

 There was not much of it in evidence. 



"Ladies often drive out here and ask to see 

 this flower," said Charlie. 



"You must tell them not to pull it up by the 

 roots; they are so small and white and frail, 

 and come up so easily, if one is not careful." 



The child listened attentively. 



"And tell them that it will not bear trans- 



