I   '. 20 KENTUCKY ALUMNUS
· E __ _ . tions on the beauty of the Garden are seldom en- left in the state which are valuable for food, for  
l   T eetmtered new- fur or for sport, we are startled at its meagerness. L
i ~ . _The plans for the Garden were drawn by Harry There are forty-four native wild mammals now L
T   y Lindbergh, former landscape gardener at the if. . 1 1
l _ University, who spent much time on this project O mel y receeded fee Kentucky but twelve of _
g and in soliciting contributions for its develope- these are Varlehs Speeles Or rats and mice Wmell y
  ment. His efforts were augmented by assistance are of ne lnterest to thc hunter 01* sportsman r
.   e from President McVey and Maury Crutcher, sup- and are of no economic value. This leaves aus
_   I erlntendent of buildings and greunde, and rapld thirty-two. Of these, ten are bats, which, al- l
_ I   strides were made toward Obtalnlng the deslred tlieugh they are really very valuable animals, do '
_   y goal. The actual management of the Garden is not a 6 1 t _ th ,
‘   , . , now in the hands of a committee from the Lex- _ pp e 0 e arereee person as hattleulatly  -.
V, T   T E, y ington Garden Club and one from the University desirable and certamly can not be considered as _°
s;   , T r faculty. The Garden Club committee is composed game anlmals frem tlle sp0rtsInen’S standpoint. _
i { ey   . of Miss Carrie Lee Hathaway, Miss Mary Robin- Eliminating then the bats, we have twentyitwo T
  j i   son, Mrs. Edward Clark. Mrs- Spencer Brooker, animals left. or these, four are shrews end meies »
_ _   ` Mrs-_.=l· F- Van Dereny and Mrs- Me\teY· The Uhh for which we can offer no excuse for protection  
, X I l j _ _ vers1ty committee is made up of Miss Mary Did- d this mdu _ b t . h ·
‘ T   ` lake chairman Professor Olney Professor Gor- en, ces Om num er O ele teen' The r
  l ’ ’ —’ - hlmunk dthetwTfl' '·~l tb .. 
l- man, Professor McFarlan, Mr. Eugene Simpson, e p_ an e ylhg Stlhhle S eahhe e :
i l T Mrs. Lafferty, Professor Balleau, and Mr. Crutch- eelleltleretl _as cf greet e€0n0n'Il0 value f01‘ they
i i el,. J. A_ Rcmingm. is th€1)1.€S€ntgard€H€r• provlde neither food nor sport. Striking them
L The Garden has drawn, within the last two from the het We new have htteeh It is hardly 2
  _ years, many visitors from all over the state and to be argued that the Whdeat le deservmg et  
3   from distant points. The annual Garden Club ahy great Sympathy ar that We Sheuld ao Out Ot T
U   V days which are promoted by the Lexington group our way to make the state safe for wildcats. Now  
  ‘“ l and similar organizations in other towns find many We have but f°urteeh·
{ interested nature-lovers inspecting the Kentucky Fourteen mammals left regarding which We i
z Garden. Its further development under continu- can atlveeate a conservation pr0gr3n'1—-and some .
I · ed support, both actual and in interest, from these of tllese are gettlng very Scarce. The feurteen T  ”
. __ clubs Will make it one Of the most Valuable in, are as follows: the bear, of which there are a few  .
  stitutions in the state. It will be of immeasurable left in the In0unt3inS; the deer, of which there  I
_ benefit to students of botany, horticulture, and are Very few n3tiVe Ones left but which are be- `
j ` art. It will be the subject of many lectures and lng supplemented by some introduced stock on the  j
lll of broadcasting programs, the object of field trips `game preseryeei the r&€C00n, which is still hold-  l
  and the means of plant and seed distribution. The ins lts Own and Whieh We hope Will provide many T  T
  Q — T possibilities of Kentucky’s Botanic Garden are e neetllrnel hunt fOr years to come; the opossum,  
;   T T` unlimited over praised doubtless as a delicacy so far as food —
gi i ...—-—-———~ is concerned, but an interesting type of a rare f
,   _ _ _ order of animals; the skunk, with plenty of con-  I
I J Anlmal Fl-lends and Enemlcs iildenceflntlhls ow; pecguliag mithod of protecting Q
·T I lmse ; e mln , a ne ur- earing animal but '
l T _ · "'“ ` now very rare in Kentucky; the weasel, one of  I
I i , CONSERVATION 0F WILD LIFE Ehe most b1eed-thn~ety little beasts in existence  »
_ ? . ··‘*‘ ut possessing an excellent pelt; the two foxes,
E .   (Second of a Series by Dr. W. D. Funkhouser) red and gray—long may they live to hear the  T
. »   We have heard a great deal recently about the baying of the hounds; the ground-hog, a much .  I
 E   preservation of our wild life in Kentucky. The slandered, lazy old fellow with a tough hide who '
 - truth of the matter is that we now have very is blamed for a lot of things that happen to the  
  little wild life to preserve. From the standpoint weather; the muskrat, with a bad case of "B. O." I
  l of the hunter,. the sportsman and the naturalist, but a valuable fur; the rabbit, a popular food in  ;
  y our native animals have disappeared to such an season if it will get rid of its latest disease; the T
E V V extent that the conservation program is really a two squirrels, the gray squirrel and the fox *
  — _ v pathetic and. belated attempt to remedy a con- squirrel, still left to test the markmanship of the G
  · ’ dition which should have been alleviated many hunter. ’ T
, ' years ago. That is the list—fourteen. Not much to brag e
; When we make an actual list of the animals about, but all we have left. · ’
a lie ?