THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA. 



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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PARK SUPERINTENDENTS 



OFFICIAL COMMUNICATIONS. 

 G. X. AMRHYN, Pres., New Haven, Conn. R. W. COTTER! LL, Sec.-Treas., Seattle, Washington. 



ASSOCIATION NOTES. 



Presideut Amrylm has appointed the following committee to co- 

 operate with the Committee ou Bird Protection of the National 

 Association of Gardeners : 



Jlr. Herman Merkel. of New York. X. Y. ; J. H. Prost, of Chi- 

 cago. III.; Theodore Wirth. of Minneapolis, Minn.: C. L. Brock, 

 of Hoiisiim, Texas. 



The chairman of the conimittee of the sardener.s' association 

 is L. P. .Tensen. St. Louis. Mo., wlio is also a member of our 

 association. 



Members are reminded that i)rolJosed auiendnients to the con- 

 stitution and by-laws must be filed in writiug with the secretary, 

 at least thirty days prior to the date of the annual meeting, which 

 will mean July 18. 



A cop.v of all propo.sed amendments will be ptdilished in these 

 columns or sent to each member for consideration prior to the con- 

 vention. 



The secretary has in mind submitliuu two ameiidmnts. one a 

 general reconstruction of Article 2, dealing with classification of 

 members in order to make tlie same consistent with various amend- 

 ments which have been made during the last few years; another 

 fixing the admission fee at .$10 which shall also cover the first 

 year's dues. 



Convention time is fast approaching and there is every indication 

 that the attendance will break all previons records. Persons who 

 intend joining the special train part.v should notifj' Herman Merkel. 

 Zoological Park, New York Cit.v. who is chairman of the Transpor- 

 tation Committee. 



The s])ecial train will start from Chicago and eastern parties 

 will try and arrange sjiecial car groups to Chicago. Persons from 

 the Middle West can get tlieir tickets via Chi<'ago or Minneapolis 

 and join the main iiarty at those points. 



Elaborate preparations for the entertainment of the special train 

 party are being made by our members at Chicago, Minneapolis. 

 Spokane. Seattle. Taconia and Portland and the Great Northern 

 Railwa.v Co. is going to see to it Ih.nt our part.v has a big day at 

 Glacier National Park. 



If you miss this special train party you will regret it as it will 

 be the last word in convenience of travel and a trip through a 

 scenic ■n'onderland with stop-overs at cities which have progressed 

 very rapidly in modern park development during recent years. 

 There will also be entertainment free which ordinarily would 

 amount to a hundred dollars of expense. Remember that your 

 relatives and friends or members of kindred organizations are wel- 

 come to join this party and take advantage of these features. 



Secretary Cotterill met with the local committee at San Fran- 

 cisco on the 14th inst. and completed all details of arrangements 

 for the convention. A preliminary program and circular of in- 

 formation will he .-^ent to all members, prospective members and 

 various Park Boards, about .Tuly ], and it is to be hoped (hat this 

 will result in arousing interest in the trip. 



.lust cast your eye over this list of horticultural and pomological 

 conventions which will meet in San Francisco at about the same 

 time : 



Augnst 12-14. Pacific Coast Association of Nurserymen; August 

 17-20. American Rose Socie(.v ; August 17-20, Society of American 

 Florists and Ornamental Horticulturists; August 17-20, National 

 Asso<'iation of Gardeners ; August 18-20, American Association of 

 Park Superintendents; August 2n-2.5, American Pomological So- 

 ciety. These conventions will undoubtedly bring together the great- 

 est assembly of men of kindred ])rofess!ons in the history of the 

 country. 



Here is a point to remember when buying .vour ticket, if you 

 intend to visit the San Diego Kxposition. San Diego is a side trip 

 from Los Angeles and not on the main route and it is necessary 

 to get a special stub-ticket, which will cost you nothing extra, but 

 you must demand and procure it at the time and place where your 

 general ticket is purchased. Get this ticket whether you intend 

 using it or not. as ,vou may change your mind when you learn of 

 the remakable horticultural exhibit at San Diego. The exposition 

 is located within one of the cit.v parks and the exhibits and land- 

 scape work are something which ever.y park man should see. 



St. Louis is the first city to file an invitation for the association 

 to bold its 1010 convention in their city. Ernest Strehle. Supiu-in- 

 tendent and Nelson Cunliffe. (Commissioner, join in extending a 

 very cordial invitation and promise entertainment and instruction 

 •which will long be remembered. 



Members who can ami will deliver papers or addresses at the 

 convention are requested to send the information and the subject 

 to the secretary at once, in order that the information may be 

 included in the preliminary program which will go to press about 

 .Tune 2o. Select your own subject but nuike it something of general 

 interest and not merely a local review, also be prepared to handle 

 all questions which may come up in the discussions which follow. 



There lias been some complaint that at recent conventions we have 

 liad so nuich eulertainmenl and so little of papers and discussions, 

 that this year the officers have decided upon a full day and evening 

 for this purpo.se, prior to any sight seeing trips or social funclions, 

 so it is up to the members to supply the material. Now don't be 

 modest, decide on what you can write or say that may he helpful 

 to the others and notify the secretary at once. 



PARK DEPARTMENT PERSONALS 



The annual repot of the Minneapolis I'ark Commission, issued 

 recently, is without a doubt the most artistic publication of its 

 kind put out by any city in the country. Brother Wirth has had a 

 great opportimity in Minneapolis and has been fortunate in having 

 hack of him a fine Park Board and a most loyal and eflicient or- 

 ganization, tlie result being quite apparent to any one who has 

 visited Minneapolis and inspected its wonderful jiark sytem. 



It certainly |iays to iidvertise and the type of aimual report by 

 the .Minneapolis Park Board, inspires confidence and wins support 

 at home and also exploits the city abroad. 



Richiird Iwerson. formerly of Calgary, is now stationed at the 

 Washington State Reformatory al Monroe, Washington, as land- 

 scape engineer. 



Andrew Balmer, formerly of Vancouver, P.. C, is also stationed 

 tit this fine new institution and when they write the secretary they 

 accuse him of trying to jdace our Canadian brothers in the reforma- 

 tory. However, they have a fine opportunity to develop the grounds 

 of what is going to be one of the finest institutions of its kind in 

 the country. 



The St. Louis Park Department Association is an organization 

 which might well be patterned after in other cities. This associa- 

 tion has 300 members, all employes of the St. Louis park depart- 

 ment and was organized over two years ago for the purpose of 

 lirouioting good fellowship and efficiency in the depttrtmcnt. In- 

 struction classes, lectures, debates and .social functions all con- 

 tribute towards this end and are producing wonderful results. 



lOrnest Strehle. local superintendent and one of our members, 

 was the organizer (jf this association and Dwight Davis, former 

 (Jommissioner and L. P. Jensen of Busch Park, also members of 

 our Association, were important factors in the building up of the 

 organization. We hope to have a paper on this subject presented 

 at the convention by one of these men. 



James O. Couvill, the new superintendent at Portland. Oregon, 

 Thomas W. Sliimmins. superintendent of Cameron Park, Waco, 

 Texas and .Tolin I), McEwan, superintendent of Queensborough, 

 New ^^'ork City, have filed applications for membership aiifl will 

 attend the San Francisco convention. 



Itemember the mark has been set at fifty new members for this 

 session, so get busy and do your part. 



Fortius C. Deming, president of the Minneaix>lis Park Board, 

 has just completed a tour of the Pacific Coast and Messrs. J. W. 

 Thompson and Secretary Cotterill were graced by a few days visit 

 at Seattle. We feel sure that Mr. Deming will testify that the 

 .\ssociation is making no mistake in having its special train party 

 visit the Pacific Northwest. 



Marl in C. Ebel, editor of the CiinoNici-E, spent a day with 

 President Amryhn last month and had an opportunity to inspect 

 (he beauties of the New Haven park system. The secretary hopes 

 that he was also able to induce Mr. .Vmryhu to contribute some- 

 thing to these colitmus in the future, a pleasure we have been de- 

 nied heretofore. 



