The daily enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1884, 1884-05-22
THE YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK

THE IELLOVSS1ONE Il N AI1ONAL IA III
BY Mr.. Oh. Jolly, of Paris, Member ant
Correspondent of French and Foreigl
horticultural Societies.
Translated from the French by MISS ROSE FERTE
Livingston, Montana)
Among the numerous themes for study
embraced by horticulture are found the
creation and establishment of parks ant
gardens. If it is proper to encourage
humble Individual efforts in surrounding
our dwellings with trees and pastures, il
it is desirable to promote the culture o.
custom in Belgium and England, it is nc
less useful and interesting to acquire some
knowledge of the great parks devoted tt
sanitary and recreative purposes in oul
great cities. These parks are more OF
less transformed by modern art, which
endeavors to initiate nature by the crea-
ton of artifcially arranged rocks, lakes
and cascades.
Sometimes however, nature itself has
gathered on one single point marvellous
scenes which it would be most important
to preserve in their integrity, safe from
the vandalism of greed and speculation.
OF this we have ready proof in the eel
ebrated Falls of Niagara, the sights and
of which are now unfortunately
marred by the unsightly doings of host
of spectators. When nature greets our
sight with such majestic temple, in
presence of which the very soul of the
poet and thinker must be selZed with
mute admiration, the one thing needed
above all others is rest and silence. It IS
simply odious to see congregated before
ones eyes mean and greedy crowd of
hotel keepers, vulgar showmen and rapa-
cious cicerones. They will understand
my meaning, who have visited CONSTANT
nople, Pompeii, Saint Peter of Rome, or
any other grand work of art or nature.
The day is coming, no doubt, when the
prodigious power afforded by the falls of
Niagara (more than four million horse)
shall be transformed into electricity and
to long distances, thus util-
izing and distributing the force which in
former times could be used only on the
location of waterfalls.
The government of the United States,
moved by true spirit of conservatism,
decided as long ago as 1864 to forever
secure to the interests of science, and the
of travellers, the marvellous
Yosemite valley of California and its giant
trees. a similar measure has been adopt
ed in relation to the subject of this article.
This park is the largest in the world.
It is more properly what Americans would
call reservation, or a portion of terri
tory set aside for purposes of public inter-
est, for instance, to afford secure retreat
or place of abode for certain kinds of
game or some species of plants which dis
appear at the approach of our so-called
civilization.
Not on account of the park being GU
rious from botanical point of view do |
call to it public attention; the geologist
rather, the chemist and the physician will
feel most interested and will there find
ample grounds for acquiring useful infor-
nation. Still tlis is no reason why horti-
culturists should not become acquainted
with this most extensive and remarkable
natural pleasure, ground in the world, ap-
designated as the great Won
derland.
The annexed map lin the originaD will
give a good idea of the National Park,
though at first sight it will seem odd to
those accustomed to the narrow squares
and public gardens of Paris; but across
the Atlantic. one secs and acts on a
grander scale. Things American must
not be judged with our narrow ideas, and
we have to deal there with a people, with
rivers, prairies, railroads, agricultural pro-
lucts, in one word with a continent alto
gether different from ours.
The time is already far remote, when,
in 1912, being in ST. Louis, Mo-, I for a
few days accompanied Col. Fremont, who
was then starting to traverse the continent