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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA. 



H. L. McGillis. Park Eiisineer, Seattle, Wash. 



W. E. Pierson. Supt. (.'roinwcll Gardens, Cromwell, Conn. 



Wm. Allen, Secy. Park Commission, New Orleans, La. 



E. C. Lyle. Landscape Engineer, Bellingliam. Wasli. 



C. De Grelle, Landscape Architect, Jlontreal, Can. 



Jas. F. Dawson, Landscape Architect, Brookline, Mass. 



Donald McLaren, Landscape Architect, San Francisco, Cal. 



Daniel Mac Rorie. Landscape Architect, San Francisco, Cal. 



Ralph, T. Stevens. Prof, of L. G., Berkeley. Cal. 



W. T. Rementer, County Forester, Los Angeles, Cal. 



During the course of the day and evening the following papers 

 were read and were f(dlowed Ijy interesting discussions. These 

 papers will lie pulilished in tlie ollicial organ and will also be 

 included in the printed proceedings of tlie convention. 



"Are Cliarges for Certain Park Services Justified?" by Theo- 

 dore Wirth. Supt. of Parks, Minneapolis, Minn. 



"The Drift of Modern Recreation," by E. B. De Groot, Di- 

 rector of Physical Education, San Francisco, Cal. 



"Public Parks as Preservers of Xative Plants." by L. P. .Jen- 

 son, Supt. of Busch Gardens, St. Louis. 



Stereopticon lectures were delivered by Samuel Hill, President 

 of the Pacific Highway Association, his suljject being "Good 

 Roads": and Ijy .J. H. Prost, City Forester of Cliicago, on "Civic 

 Beautification." 



J. G. Jlorley, Supt. of Parks of San Diego, presented stere- 

 opticon views of tlie Panama California Exposition at San 

 Diego. 



Proposed amendments to tlie by-laws were given considerable 

 attention, the following lieing the substance of changes made. 



Specific classification of membership and defiuining (]nalifica- 

 tions along new lines. 



Senior Mciiihcrsliiii: I'l'rsons of five years' practical experience 

 as park superintendent, assistant, engineer, architect, forester 

 or otlier executive. 



Junior .Members: Same as senior members, except having had 

 less than five years' practical experience. 



Assoeiutc ileinicrs: Park Commissioners or secretaries, laud- 

 scape architects, foresters or other persons identified witli liorti- 

 culture or arboricultuii'. 



Sustainimj Mrmhirs: Park Commissions or other governing 

 bodies or individuals who may contribute to the support of the 

 Association at $10.11(1 per year, having no vote, Init being entitled 

 to the information, service and publications of the Association. 



The president and secretary were authorized to enroll sustain- 

 ing members at any time, all otlier ajjplications to be sulimitted 

 at the annual convention. 



Power to set tlie date for holding tlie annual conveiitiipii was 

 vested in tlie E.xecutive committee. 



Senior members, only, to be eligible to liold otiice. liiit juniur 

 memliers and associate memljers may serve on committees, vote 

 on all matters and jiarticipate in conventions. 



Provision made permitting nominations for office on the floor 

 of the convention in addition to names sulmiitted liy nominating 

 committee. 



Provision for suspension or expulsion of members for un- 

 professional conduct or conduct unbecoming a member. 



Fixing admission fee for new members at .flO.W which shall 

 also cover first j^ear's dues. 



Invitations for the 1910 convention were received from the 

 following cities: Cincinnati, Columbus, Buffalo, Boston, St. Louis. 

 ^Memphis and New Orleans, the last three named being accom- 

 panied by urgent invitations from the park autliorities holding 

 membersliip in the Association. 



The Executive committee recommended the selection of Xew 

 Orleans and it was so voted, tlie understanding being that the con- 

 vention will be held during the last week of September or the first 

 week of October. 



The election of officers resulted as follows: President, Emil T. 

 Mische, of Portland, Ore., and Chas. G, Carpenter, of Milwaukee, 

 were nominated, Mr. Mische being elected. John McLaren of 

 San Francisco, was unanimously elected as Honorary President. 



For Secretary-Treasurer, Roland Cotterill of Seattle was re- 

 elected by nuauimous vote. 



Candidates for ^'ice- President were: 



J. W. Thompson of Seattle; John F. Walsh, of New York; 

 Alexander Stuart, of Ottawa; E. P. Griffin, of East St. Louis: 

 L. P. Jensen, of St. Louis ; Eugene V. Goebel. of Graud Rapids : 

 D. H. pjllis, of Saginaw: C. L. Brock, of Houston: C. A. Bossen, 

 of Minneapolis, G. W. Hess, of Washington: .J. Meisenbaclier. of 

 Tulsa, and C. W. Davis, of Memphis. Messrs. Thompson, Walsh. 

 Stuart, Griffiu, Jensen and (Joebel were elected. 



The two days of sight-seeing and inspection tours were spent 

 most profitably. 



On Thursday, August 19, the party crossed San Francisco 

 Bay and became the guests of the Board of Park Directors of 

 Oakland, luncheon being served at Jlosswood Park, followed by 

 an auto tour of Oakland and Berkeley. 



On Friday, tlie •iOth. an all-dav auto toiu- was made of San 



Francisco Peninsula, luncheon being served at Spring Valley. 

 Practically the entire part}' remained in San Francisco until 

 Tuesday, the ■24th, visiting the Panama Pacific Exposition, then 

 proceeding south to Los Angeles and San Diego, where a special 

 program of entertainment was provided by the local park au- 

 thorities. 



CONVENTION TRIP OF PARK SUPERINTENDENTS. 



The convention trip of the American Association of Park Super- 

 intendents, which began at New York on August 7, was one of 

 the most successful and enjoyable long distant trips ever under- 

 taken by any member of the party, and some of them have trav- 

 eled much. The party which returned to New Y'ork on September 

 6 was loud in its praises of the genuine hospitality which greeted 

 it at every stopping point. Where special entertainment liad 

 been previously arranged the local committees had many sur- 

 prises to ofl'er to the visiting park su]ierintendeiit> and their 

 friends: and at stopping points where it was believed nothing 

 had been planned, delegations were on hand to meet the visitors 

 to sliow them the sights of their cities. It was a trip long to be 

 remembered by those who undertook it. 



A. T. De La Mare, managing editor of the Florists' E.xchange, 

 who joined the party at Portland, has reviewed the trip as one 

 of the most remarkable ever undertaken by any horticultural 

 body, and that seldom, if ever, has so much ground been co\ ered 

 by any association in a practical way as in this triji, where full 

 i>]i|iortiiiiity was extended by every city visited to note the pro- 

 vision nuide by it for public welfare and education through the 

 lueiliuni of parks and playgrounds: and that the courtesies be- 

 stoweil ujion tlie visitors was spontaneous and' extreme. There 

 Avere no exceptions. He estimates that in the trip to the Pacific 

 Coast and return the Eastern delegates covered nearly ten thou- 

 sand miles in railroad travel, and were carried one thousand miles 

 in automobiles on ])ark inspections. 



The adventures of the trip from day to day are best described 

 in tlie following excerpts from the diary cif .me of the ladies of the 

 party. Mrs. .John D. ilcEwen: 



S.VTi'i li.vY. August 7. — On Saturday morning seventeen of our 

 party were nicely ensconced on the Chicago Limited that left the 

 Pennsylvania station. New York, at 11.08 a. m. It took but a 

 short time to become actiuainted with Mr. Herman Merkel, first 

 vice-president of the as.sociatinn. Jliss Una E. Keith, of Bridseport, 

 (.'onn.. the onl.v honorary member in the part.v. her father having 

 been one of the charter members of the association and the rest 

 of the party, cimsistinu' of .Tohn D. McEwan and wife. Queens. 

 X. Y. : David F. Kov and wife, Marion. Mass.: A. Bieschke and 

 wife. Xoroton. Cuiiii.: William II. Coldwell. Newburgh, N. X.\ 

 John F. Walsh, New York. X. \'. ; Fred Green, Providence, R. I.; 

 Oscar Karlson. Itiverdale, X. Y'. ; Wallace R. Pierson. Cromwell, 

 Conn.; Robert Williamsim, (ireenwich. Conn.: Charles Haible, 

 Xewburgh. X. Y'. : E. W. Schoueberger, JIadison, N. ,1. ; Oscar 

 Boehler. Iloboken. X. J. Charles B. Forbes, Xew Bedford. Mass. 

 The first day of our trip was a delightful one and the Pennsylvania 

 scenery was found to be at its best. Xorthing occurred the first 

 day of event to record. 



Sl'XI).\y, August S. — We arrived at Chicago at nine a. in. The 

 day was a most beautiful one and we were met on the arrival of 

 the train by a big delegation well provided with automobiles and 

 toured the city and parks until noon when we were entertained 

 at the Lincoln Park restaurant at luncheon. Each auto was pro- 

 vided with a blue pennant bearing the words "Park Superinten- 

 dents,'' and the procession wiis escorted by four motorcycle police- 

 men. 



We soon found that the entertainment committee, consisting 

 of the following park department officials of Chicago: Frank Foster, 

 chairman : Edwin L. Kanst. .1. II. Prost. Albert Mohr and Harry 

 S. Richards, had planned an interesting program for onr visit 

 to their city. 



After lunclieou we were taken on .in inspection trij) of the 

 parks. We first visited Grant Park on the lake front : then t<i the 

 ilunicipal Pier, which cost over four million dollars: thence to 

 the Clarendon Bathing Beach, the largest in the west. Continuing 

 our drive over the boulevards we next visited the West Park 

 System : Humboldt I'ark with its beautiful perennial and rose 

 gardens ; (Jarfield Park with its greenhouses, conservatory and 

 mall: Douglas Park with its formal garden: then to the South 

 Parks which comprise JIcKinley. Gage and Sherman Parks, also 

 the playgrounds and swimming pools. Xext in line came Washing- 

 ton Park with its long meadow and conservatory, and then over 

 the Midway to Jackson Park. This completed a sixty-mile tour 

 over the wonderful park system of the City of Chicago. 



At Ci.."!!* p. m. we left Chicago over the Chicago. Milwaukee and 

 St. Paul for Minneapolis and were joined on the train by Harry 

 W. P.iisi h. wife and daughter. Detroit. Mich. : Alexander Stuart 

 and .Miss May Stuart. Ottawa, Canada : J. H. Prost and Walter 

 Wrij.'ht. ( 'hicapo. 



