THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA. 



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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PARK SUPERINTENDENTS 



OFFICIAL 

 G. S. AMRHYN, Pres., New Haven, Conn. 



COMMUNICATIONS. 

 R. W. COTTERILL, Sec.-Treas., Seattle, Washington. 



ASSOCIATION NOTES. 



For tlie benefit of nieiiibuis wlio liave juiiied tlic A^soriation 

 during recent years, following is tlie list of bulletins in pamphlet 

 form wliich have been published from time to time and wliiih 

 can be secured from the secretary: 



No. 1, 190(i — Floral Decorations in Paries or Scpiares. 



No. 2, 1007— Pruning; Moving Trees; Oiled Koails; Winter 

 Sports. 



No. 3, 1007 — Water Gardens; The Herbaceous (larilcii: Hnllis; 

 Playground Management; Cement Concrete Constnutioii. 



No. 4, 1007 — Construction of Koads, Drives and Patlis; E\cr- 

 greens for Parks; Fertilizers. 



No. 5, lOO'J — Lighting; Plantations; Weed Killing; Park Signs; 

 Surfacing Playgrounds: Gardeners; Cinder AValks. 



No. G, 1910^-Street Trees; Policing. 



No. 7, 1911 — Organization of a Park Commission; The Duties 

 cf a Park Superintendent; Park Music; Park Statistics. 



No. 8, 1012— Park Seats; Park Rules; Drinking Fountains; 

 Garbage Collection; Parks East and West. 



No. 9, 1912— Lawn ilowers; Crosscuttiug on Liwns; Dcstruc- 

 •tion of Lawn Weeds; Lake Weeds. 



No. 11, 1914 — Insects Injurious to Shade and Ornamental Trees. 



These pamphlets are made up of comments on the subjects 

 mentioned and other sundry subjects by members from all dift'er- 

 «nt points of the country and are interesting side lights on the 

 ■questions discussed. Jlembers at the time of publication were 

 supplied, but new members who desire copies may secure such as 

 they desire from the secretary without cost, simply remitting 

 sullicient postage on the basis of two cents per pamphlet. The 

 fecretary has on liand a liberal supply of Nos. 5, U, 7, 8 and 9 

 -with a limited luimber of the others. 



The sccretar\' also has on hand a large supply of copies of the 

 following convention proceedings which might be of service to 

 members who have joined since: Minneapolis. 1908; Seattle, 1909; 

 Harrisburg, 1910: Kansas City, 1911, and Denver, 1013. 



These booklets contain many valuable papers and discussions, 

 which are of real practical value. Jlembers desiring copies of any 

 or all of these can secure the same by simjily remitting postage 

 at two cents per copy. 



may pay dues and contribute to the support of the Association. 

 This is also the case with our old friend C. M. Loring, formerly 

 of Minneapolis but iu)w at Piverside, Cal., who carries double 

 memborsliii) in order to be a voting and contributing member. 



The proceedings of the Newburgh-New York convention will be 

 off the press and in the members' hands before the holidays, also 

 the membership roster and revised by-laws. 



On accoiuit of the fact that no stenographic report was made 

 of the last convention, the new secretary had a task before him 

 in preparing the proceedings from memory and odds and ends, and 

 unfortunately manj' valuable remarks and comments brought out 

 in discussions were not recorded and will not appear. 



An error in our Bulletin No. 11 is called to our attention by 

 <'. G. Heuston, Dominion Entomologist at Ottawa, Ontario, which 

 should be noted by our members. 



Mr. Ileuston states: "In reference to the Small Ermine Moth, 

 Hyponomeuta Padellus from Saskatoon, specimens sent in by 

 Mr. H. H. Browne on examination proved to be the common 

 ■Cherry Tree Tortrix, Archips cerasavorana Fitch. I am pleased 

 to have this cleared up and to know there is no ground for the 

 supposition that this serious pest has been introduced into this 

 country." 



Reference to this moth appears on page 17 of our Bulletin 

 No. 11, "Insects Injurious to Shade and Ornamental Trees," and 

 members should cancel the reference on their copies, as the secre- 

 tary has done in all copies on hand. 



The secretary is pleased to announce that the members are 

 responding nicely to the call for prompt payment of dues, that 

 all of the old bills as well as the new ones have been paid and 

 the Association does not owe a dollar and is now on a cash 

 Tjasis. 



This is as it should be and the ofTicers do not propose during 

 the current year to incur indebtedness beyond the amoimt of 

 the available revenue. 



Mr. John Dunbar, of Rochester, who was elected to honorary 

 membership at the Newburgh session, in a letter to the secretary 

 acknowledges his selection, expressing his surprise and apprecia- 

 tion. Mr. Dunbar has requested that he be carried both as an 

 Tionorary and as an active or senior member, in order that he 



The secretary would like information as to the correct address 

 of Bernard F." Kifkin. who became a member at the Boston 

 session in 1912 :uid has been carried on our roster as Superin- 

 tendent of Parks at Heading, I'a. Another of our members, Wm. 

 1. Hoch, is superintendent at Reading, and states that Jlr. Rifkin 

 lias never been comu'cted with the park dejiartnuuit of Reading 

 and is not a resident of that city. Can some member give the 

 secretaiy a little light on the subject? 



As a number of mcmliers of the Association who are not 

 actively engaged in jiark work at present are in doubt as to the 

 status of their membership, a statement of the substance of our 

 laws in this regard is in order. 



Our laws provide that active or senior members who have been 

 out of official service for more than two years must notify the 

 Association and thereafter be classified as associate mendiers 

 unless by special action in convention. If at a later date they 

 return to public life they may be re-instated to senior nu'mber- 

 ship upon application. Associate members, wlx'ther in or out 

 of public service, can retain their membership indelinitely, unless 

 dropped by action of the Association in convention. 



The official membership roster of the Association is to be pub- 

 lished shortly and the secretary is anxious that it be as nearly 

 correct and complete as possible. If the address on the wrapper 

 of the magazine is not complete, if your title is wrong or your 

 name missjiellcd. kindly notify the secretary at once, or else do 

 not complain if the roster is in error. 



PARK DEPARTMENT PERSONALS. 



Past President W. H. Dunn, who missed the New York con- 

 vention, is in business for himself at Kansas City, having resigned 

 as superintendent of the Kansas City system. Mr. Dunn is 

 now working on a city plan for Paris, Tex., -and. is..consulting 

 landscape architect for a luimber of small .eifics of the South 

 and Middle West. He says he will sure be' with us at the San 

 Francisco convention and nury possibl^be back in public park 

 work by that time. .", 



Henry K. Eckert, Superintendent of the State Reservation at 

 Niagara, who was elected to membership at the Newburgh con- 

 vention, writes: "I appreciate the honor conferred upon me in 

 electing me a member of this great association and trust I may 

 have the pleasure of meeting some of the memluus. if not all, at 

 the San Francisco convention in 1915." 



The thirtieth annual report of the Niagara Reservation, just 

 issued, contains a history of the reservation and is a most inter- 

 esting document. Mr. Eckert will be glad to forward a copy of 

 this book to any of our members who desire it. 



L. P. Jenson, landscape architect at Busch Place, St. Louis, 

 writes his regrets at having missed the New York convention, 

 as it is the first one he has missed in five years. Mr. .Tenson 

 has been busy on some extensive concrete road construction and 

 later on will submit an article on this subject with pictures 

 showing the work he has been doing. He will also later con- 

 tribute Un these columns an article on "The Value of Native 

 Birds in Parks," which should prove interesting. 



R. C. Driver, for sixteen years past secretary and superin- 

 tenilent of the Lynchburg (Va.) Park and Forestry Commission, 

 has decided to try and locate in some larger city where his wide 

 range of experience can be put to better use. Mr. Driver will 

 sever his connection with the Lynchburg department on January 

 1, 191.5. 



Ralph R. Benedict, formerly construction engineer at Kansas 

 City, who will be remembered by those who were at the Kansas 

 city convention as the active young man who attended to so 

 maiiy details of entertainment, is now filling the shoes of Mr. 

 Dunii under the title of Assistant Executive Officer. Mr. Geo. 

 E. Kessler as landscape architect is still 'with the department, 

 but otherwise the commission and executive force at Kansas City 



