394 MISSOURI STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The only permanent resident in this locality is the 



SPIIYROPICUS VARIUS (Yellow-belHcd Woodpecker). 



This is usually called sap-sucker, but as farmers apply the term in- 

 discriminately to several species of small wood-peckers, we would say 

 that it would be well for them to learn to distinguish this species, as it is 

 quite injurious to orchards and small fruits. 



We have, perhaps included several species that are known to farm- 

 ers generally, but we think there is no record of their having been taken 

 in this part of Missouri. 



KIDDER, MO., RAILWAY STATION. 



The cut shown on this page is an illustration of the design pre- 

 sented by Prof. M. G. Kern, landscape gardener and western agent of 

 the United States Bureau of Forestry, for the improvement of the rail- 

 road station grounds at Kidder, Caldwell County, Mo., on the Hannibal 

 and St. Joseph railroad. 



The town lies on the north side of the track, and the depot is near 

 the western side of the town, as will be seen in the cut. The principal 

 business street of the town is next to the road, all the buildings of which 

 are on the north side, and is loo feet wide. By Prof. Kern's plan, fifty 

 feet of this street and all of the railroad right of way down to the tracks 

 is to be graded off and converted into a little park, A winding walk will 

 pass through the park and connect with all of the walks on the streets. 

 These connections are not properly shown in the cut. 



