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the  fruit  from  the  showers  and  night  dews  that  cause  the  mischief 
lias  not  been  made  clear  and  feasible  from  an  econcniical  stand¬ 
point.  The  greatest  certainty  is  in  the  ribbed  varieties,  but 
everybody  goes  in  for  the  handsome,  smooth,  round  fruit,  wliicii 
is  almost  sure  to  crack  badly  in  showery  weather,  and  cracked 
fruits  are  neither  wanted  nor  are  wholesome. — G.  Abbey. 
The  “Daffodil  King’’  on  Tour.— No.  3. 
{Continued  from  i>a<je  494.) 
Milwaukee,  in  Wisconsin,  is  the  nearest  city  of  importance 
to  Chicago,  and,  like  it,  is  on  the  shores  of  Lake  Michigan. 
This  may  be  called  a  German  town,  and  is  famous  for  its 
in  our  first  notice  of  this  interview.  Sandusky  affords  a  good 
instance  of  the  terrible  destruction  of  timber  trees,  which  lias 
become  a  general  complaint  throughout  the  I'.S.  Within  the 
memcry  of  middle-age<l  men  the  town  was  one  forest  down  to  the 
sea.  Now  trees  are  hardly  to  be  seen. 
Haying  tasted  of  the  delights  of  Pittsburg,  the  traveller  hied 
himself  to  Philadelphia,  the  Quaker  city,  this  section  of  the 
community  having  the  largest  amount  of  money  in  the  city, 
hut  have  now  dropped  the  Quaker  garb.  Returning  to  New 
;  York  city,  Mr.  Barr  took  a  Cook’s  circular  'tourist  ticket  for 
I  Gie  Yellowstone  Park,  a  great  national  reserve  three  days’ 
:  journey  out,  and  kept  for  the  preservation  of  the  flora  and 
j  fauna  of  the  region.  Here  he  saw  the  mighty  geysers,  which, 
every  few  minutes,  days,  weeks,  or  months,  spurt  up  their 
j  boiling  fountains  of  water.  A  record  of  the  times  the  geysers 
I  are  in  evidence  is  kept  in  each  centre,  so  that  it  is  known  just 
j  when  an  ejection  may  be  expected.  Then  there  are  the  mud- 
p:ioto  hj  Gregory 
View  in  the  Royal  Botanic  5ociety’s  Conservatory,  Regent’s  Park,  London.  (See  page  506.) 
breweries  and  German  beer.  No  one  is  supposed  to  visit  the 
town  without  seeing  one  or  otlier  of  the  breweries  and  tasting 
of  their  products.  Mr.  Barr  says  he  was  the  exception.  Our 
friend,  however,  managed  to  raise  a  .storm  over  their  park 
maldng.  In  early  times  the  lake  had  formed  great  gullies,  which 
were  being  filled  up  in  some  instances,  and  in  other  cases 
spanned  by  pretentious  bridges  entirely  out  of  harmony  with 
the  surroundings.  These  gullies  could  have  been  admirably  con¬ 
verted  into  bog  gardens,  areas  for  alpine  plants  and  Ferns,  and 
the  bridges  with  advantage  could  have  been  less  conspicuous. 
After  leaving  Cleveland,  Sandusky  was  the  succeeding  place 
of  call,  and  this  town  is  a  centre  for  Avine  making  ;  but  of  the 
(juality  of  these  wines  the  experienced  traveller  does  not  report 
favourably.  The  champagne  is  so  hard  that  it  seems  to  “stick 
in  the  throat !  ”  One  of  the  manufacturers  would  insist  on 
Mr.  Barr  taking  some  bottles  with  him,  and  it  Avas  these  that 
he  presented  (!)  to  Mr.  AVilliam  Scott  at  Biiffalo,  as  mentioned 
geysers,  bubbling  and  alAvays  sputtering,  like  porridge  being 
cooked,  and  these  Avere  seen;  but  our  friend  was  unable  to 
make  the  trip  to  the  Petrified  Forests,  although  very  anxious 
to  do  so.  At  the  time  of  this  visit  there  Avere  100  Avild  buffaloes 
in  the  reserve  ;  but  as  the  animal  is  of  a  roving  dispo.sition,  the 
Government  has  no  control  outside  the  Y"ellow.stone  Park,  and 
it  is  feared  the  numbers  are  becoming  reduced.  Throughout  the 
vast  reserve  there  are  highroads,  and  trekkers  or  Avaggoners 
cro.ssing  to  other  parts  of  the  country  have  their  guns  plugged 
and  sealed,  and  before  leaving  the  reserve  this  .seal  has  to  bo 
taken  off  by  a  Government  official.  Soldiers  do  police  duty, 
and  accompany  all  visitors,  to  see  that  no  “trick.s”  are  playecl 
on  the  gey.sers.  In  early  days  it  Ava.s  customan-  for  sightseers 
to  drop  in  bars  of  soap.  Avhich  had  the  effect  of  throAving  the 
geyser  out  of  its  predicted  time  of  eA'olution. 
Frcm  the  Yellow.stone  Park  IMr.  Barr  crossed  the  prairie,  and 
saAv  large  cpiantitii  s  of  C’alochortuses  groAving  in  A'ery  hard' soil, 
