THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA. 



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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PARK SUPERINTENDENTS 



OFFICIAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



EMIL T. MISCHE, Portland, Ore, 



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



PARK SUPERINTENDENTS' CONVENTION. 

 5i-vfiit«vutli AniiUiil loiiviMitioii of tin- .Xriii-iiiHii A 

 of Park Supcrinti'iMlcnts wns held 



uitli an atti'iiilaT 



Sail Fraiu'itsco. 

 liiiiiclr.'il |iark cKrcii 



.Sccretaiy ;iik1 Treas- 

 urer, ROI. AND 

 COTTKrMf.I., .Neat- 

 111. W.i.li.. Ke- 

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Prcsident-EIcct 



KMIL T. MISCHF. 



Portland. Ore. 



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Tin- c 

 ciissi 



from tlio larsTL-r cities of t\u- Uiiitod States ami Caiiaila. 

 oiiveiitiou program provided one day of pajiers and dis- 

 ' '"-I" 



IS and two dav- 



ei-tioii tciiirs iif reireatiiin fatilitie 



Ml S.iii I'l-ani i>eo. Oaklanil and Herkelr\ as well as llii' laud.seape 

 features of the ranania I'aeitie Kxposition and nuiniier of private 

 estates adjaeeiit to San Kranoiseo. I'raetieally tlio entire eon- 

 \ciition party toured tlie I'litire Paeitie Coast, inspeetinj; the 

 ri'ereation features at Spokane. Seatth', Taeonia, Portland. Los 

 .Xn^^eh's and San Dieeo. the eastern party, also stopping at Salt 

 Lake City. Puelilo, Colorado Springs. Denver. Kansas City, St. 

 T,ouis, Minneapolis, and ( liiea^o. 



'I'he fidlowing oflieers were ideeted : President. Ilmil T. Misehe, 

 I'ortland. Ore;;oii ; V'iee- Presidents, .1. W. Tlionipsoii, Seattle, 

 •lolin T. Walsh, New York: Alex. Stuart, Ottawa. Canada; K. P. 

 (Jrimn, East St. Louis, 111.: K. B, (ioeliel. Grand llaiiids; I.. P. 

 Jensen, St. Louis, Seeri'tarv-T'reasuri'r, Roland Cotterill, Se- 

 attle. New Orleans was sidi'eti'd as the <ity for the 191t) eon- 

 vention. which will be Indd In Oetolier. 



.\t the openinj; session. W'ni. H. iletson, president of the San 

 Franciseo Park Hoard, delivered an address of weleome and 

 outlined in a \ery interesting way the progress of park work in 

 San Kraneisco. lauding the wonderful achievement of Supt. John 

 .\l( I.ari'ii in thi' <reation ami development of (Jolden (!ate Park. 



\ice-President. H. W. Merkid. responded on behalf of the As- 

 sociation and described the trip across the continent by the 

 eastern didegatioii. each c-ity of the wi'st and of the Pacific Coast 

 iieing a ri'velation to the party and San Prancisco with its ex- 

 p<psition and wonderful (iolden <iate I'ark being the climax. 



The annual re])ort of Secretary-Treasurer Uolaiiil C!otterill 

 showed that during the year the indebti'ilness of the Association 

 liad bei-ii cleaned U]>, then' was a small balance in the treasury 

 and a membership in good standing of I'.H. 



^^^ ciity-four new membi'rs were admitted to the .\ssoiiation. a 

 laiger niimbi-r than at any |>ie\ioiis session, the ap|iliiants liidng 

 as 'lollons : 



llenin W . Kusii, Supt. (d I'arks. Detroit, .\lii-h. 



(has' \\ . Davis, Supt. of I'arks, .Memphis. Teiin. 



Will, U, lleailer. Supt. i>f I'arks, Calgary. Can. 



I'raiik Shearer, Supt. of I'arks. Los Angcdes. Cal, 



.1, <i. .Morle.v. Siipt. of Parks. San Diego. Cal. 



W. C. Claybaugh. Supt. of Parks. Fresno. Cal, 



.1. M, Paige. Su|it. of Parks. Pomona, Cal. 



I)a\id F. lioy. Supt, id' I'arks. .Marion. .Mass. 



.1, n. C,>inilie. Supt. id' i'arks. Portland, Ore. 



W". 1!. Hancock. Supt, of I'arks. Fergus Falls. Minn. 



Albert Bieschke. Sii]d, id' I'arks, .\oroton. Conn, 



• bdui D. McImvch. .Supt. of I'arks. (,)ue<'nsboro, ,\, \, 



H, H, Fibers. Director Botanical Gardens. Bullalo. -\, ^■. 



,lac,,b rmlautr. Head Fl-.r.-l s;,.,,,,|,, \\;,„||. 



.sitting. Left to Riglit— Jol.n Ll. McKwcn, George Champion. William R. Re.Tdtr. Charles Haible. .1. \V. Thoniii-<m, R. W, CotU-iill. Herman W. 

 Merkel, Carl Fohn, C. B. Wolf, John .McLaren, Fred C. Green, ,Mex. Stnarl, John F. Walsh, Walter Wright. 



Standing — E. P. Griffin. J, M. Paige, John Meisenbacher. W. C. Claybaugli. .\lex. Fish, F. L. Miilford. Einile I'.arnadet. John Hciry, Eugene 

 Coebe!, Geo, H, Hill, K, T. Mische, Geo. F, Otto, L, P. Jensen. F, C, Lyle. J. Cihson, n. Farciuharson, Win. Allen. F. .Shcnvcr, J. G, M.nley, J. F. Prost. 



