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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA. 



AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PARK SUPERINTENDENTS 



OFFICIAL 

 EMIL T. MISCHE, President, Portland, Ore. 



COMMUNICATIONS. 

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



SPECIAL NOTICE. 



The annual membership roster, year book and new con- 

 stitution and by-laws will be published and sent to members 

 next month. If your name, address, title, etc., as used last 

 year or as found on the wrapper of this magazine is not 

 correct, notify the secretary at once if you wish a correc- 

 tion. Members who have not paid their dues for the past 

 fiscal year, will not be listed in the membership roster, and 

 will be dropped from the mailing list unless a remittance 

 reaches the Secretary by November i. 



R. W. COTTERILL, Secretary. 



A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT. 



The American [lart of the assoiiiitiun may well \n< stressed livir- 

 iug this year. The wide range of the association's membership is 

 at once a notable characteristic; it takes in two nations sepa- 

 rated bv an arliitrary boundary line; it extends from the Atlantic 

 to the I'ai-ifie and embraces a range of diversifii atiou in park 

 problems that is truly astoni-ihing. 



All parts serve people and most jiarks are municipal. 



From details of admiiiistratiun which are purely local by reason 

 of climate, flora or natural or racial characlerislics of our cities, 

 we still have certain aspects of parks and recreation which for- 

 sooth separate themselves into divisions. So axiomatic and truth- 

 ful are these principles it is foolhardy to attempt to ignore then\. 

 By keeping in mind the general principles will we the better he 

 enabled to solidify the function of a national association into a 

 vahialjle woiking force. Broadening of visions, study of local 

 methods and causes and fellowship are all served at the conven- 

 tions. No one would desire to lessen the latter advantages, yet 

 there seems a need of a greater discussion of how work was done 

 and the motives underlying the way it was done. 



With a view of encouraging more outspoken ways and giving 

 especially the newer and younger members the advantage to be 

 gained by a sympo^iinii on parks a tentative list of topics are 

 repre.sented and with it a list of those who are to prepare a 

 paper of 1,200 to l..jOO words on the respective subjects. It is 



desired that these papers be prepai'ed about two months in ad- 

 vance in order that the secretary may arrange for changes in time 

 of publication, follow up comments made, etc. 



With eacli article is to appear a brief statemfut (usually not 

 over .50 to 100 words) by others liaving distinctly different ex- 

 periences, opinions or working under contrasting eiivirunniciit. 

 Two articles with comments are to appear monthly and a month 

 left open to canvass the Soutlieru situation and the National and 

 State I'ark status. . . 



Another feature deemed likely to expand the usefulness of the 

 association is a review of the annual reports. To this end it is 

 requested that a copy of the annual report of each city be sent 

 to the president, and it is expected tliat each month a brief review 

 of those received can be published. 



To be more intelligilde ami suggestive a few lomuicuts arc 

 made upon the titles given to explain more in detail the ground 

 to ije covered. This is, however, merely suggestive and title 

 and scope may be altered by the writers. 



1. Considerable insect troubles have been encountered in New 

 England, and the States have made appropriations of several 

 millions of dollars to combat tliem. What is the present status; 

 are the (lests being held in control, are tliey spreading and to 

 what extent are jiarasites ell'ectiveV 



Tlie debaters cover the field of greatest ali'ectiou. 



Park buses were not so uncommon in earlier days, but they 

 ha\e largely disajipeared, whereas in Detroit they have increased. 

 Why this should occur and how it is done would be interesting 

 according to Mr. Eush's experience. 



Mr. Richards can tell of the Soutli Parks activities on the 

 lagoons and out upon the lake — water transportation. Incident- 

 ally he may know whether the State Park Commission has suc- 

 ceeded in running boats up the Hudson to Great Hear Moinitain. 



The British have a host of games we rarely see played on this 

 side of the line. Curling is one of them, and their long winters 

 and plenty of ice give an excellent opportunity for its indulgence. 

 But we do have many fine ice and snow sports, as will be ex- 

 plained by Mr. Wirth and Mr. Wal'^b. 



A few decades ago we renKMuber the powerful argunu'ut made 

 by Mr. JIcMillan of Buffalo (later of Newark) on the use and 

 misuse of exotics. The delegates to San Francisco readily ap- 

 preciated the handica]) were all e.xotics to be talmoed. Indeed, in 



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