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The trees were the native oaks, chestnuts, birches, 

 beeches and junipers. The newer plantations have been 

 continued on the same lines and have been much admired. 



As the topography is of the varied, uneven character 

 manv fine views result — those from Rock ^Morton, Has- 

 born Hill and the Overlook are well worth while to the 

 visitor. 



The park is practicall\' divided in two by Glen Lane, an 

 old public thoroughfare — the part north and nearer to the 

 city itself, being originally intended for such forms of 

 pleasure and recreation as appealed to the masses and inv 

 the establishment of restaurants, deer parks, and a pos- 

 sible Zoological Garden. This plan has been adhered to 

 in the main, except that the Zoological Garden has taken 

 on a greater scope than it was thought possible, having in 

 recent years received the benefit of the income of the 

 George Parkman fund, amounting annually to two hun- 

 dred thousand dollars, bequethed to the city for park pur- 

 poses. The larger part, however, south of Glen Lane, 

 was laid out as the Country Park and affords a welcome 



SAMIiUCUS AT LILY PO.Ml ARNOLD ARBORETUM. 



reception to those seeking a milder form of recreation or 

 the solitude granted in the dense woods of the wilderness. 

 or a long stroll over the broad meadows to Scarboro Hill. 



The only activities are on the tennis courts in Ellicott- 

 dale or on the golf links. 



Franklin Field, adjacent to Franklin Park, has become 

 one of the most famous athletic grounds in the country. 

 It is well equipped with ball grounds, tennis courts, bowl- 

 ing greens, cricket guards, a quarter mile cinder track, a 

 half mile speedway and all other necessary adjuncts to 

 the proper conduct of sports. 



A narrow parkway leads through the populous district 

 of Dorchester to the Strandway and ^larine Park at 

 South Boston, where one can enjoy all the delights of 

 ocean scenery. Castle Island, containing old Fort Inde- 

 pendence, is a very charming spot ; here is also located 

 the Aquarium, recently completed. 



The Convention Garden is a unique institution which, 

 it is generally expected, will be brought to a very high 

 degree of perfection at the convention of the Society of 

 American Florists to be held in Boston in 1914. 



The setting for the Garden in Boston's beautiful park 

 system in cultured Back Bay district, is in the ten acre 

 meadow south of the Richardson Bridge, one of the prom- 

 inent architectural features of Boston's parks. The garden, 

 once a feature of the gathering of florists, has been aban- 

 doned for manv years back until it was resurrected last 



WILDERNESS FROM H.\GBORNE HILL. FRANKLIN PARK. 



year at the annual convention held in Minneapolis, Minn. 

 The display made there interested every visitor and was 

 encouraging to the numerous delegates from the east, 

 many ot whom Lemg members of the Boston Horticul- 

 tural Club had previously discussed the establishment of 

 such an exhibition. 



The educational and aesthetic value of tlie Convention 

 < iarden can liardly be estimated — plants are shown which 

 the general public would never have an opportunity to be- 

 come acquauited with, and even from the commercial 

 point of view, it would seem as if it would become of 

 great value. 



The Park and Recreation Department of Boston has 

 been very srenerous in its attention to the interests of those 



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