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lower California tlic exotica are tije mainstay of availalile 

 material. I.i't us liear from .\lr. Co.\ liow tlie material witli lii^li 

 colors coiilil lie liest used ami then lia\e some ilill'erent viewimiiit 

 by the others listinl. 



Overla]i|iin^. antagonistic and eom]denientary uses of vegetation 

 for science and aesthetics has not recently been much discussed. 



Thousands of named Crataegus are being planted in the Koeh- 

 pster parks. N'arying viewpoints will be expressed by those 

 assigned the tasU of discussing the duplicate uses of vegetation. 



Essex County, Xew .Jersey, has constructeil some tine |)ark woik 

 in connection witli its river front at I'assaic auil in the liiamh 

 BrooU Park. .Mr. (Ilmstcd, the designer, can give some interesting 

 explanations of tlie designer's motive in jilanning the work; 

 ill'. Putnam can discuss some of the most siu'cessful de)itlis of 

 water and shore treatmcnl lo willistand wmm' erosion and ice 

 stonr; Mr. Miller has had a niniilni of like pnibh-m^ t<i sol\e 

 w liieh would be instructive to lia\ e told. 



ISoulevards are the distinctive thing thouglit aliout in the men- 

 tion of Kansas City parks. Their width, planting and assess- 

 ment of costs could be inforniingly told by Mr. Dunn. 



Jlr. Kichards can discuss some high class lioulevards as con- 

 structed in Chicago, and Mr. Donaldson can reliearse what is 

 jirevalent in liull'alo. where they are modestly called streets, but 

 which in Kansas City would be known as boulevaul-. 



Some of the general divisions of park work to gain the highest 

 ellicieucy and nuist economical cost would be valuable from the 

 man who handles the largest park appropriations in the country. 

 Some of Jlr. \Virtli"s work in gathering the loose ends of a large 

 system and ]uittiim' it upon an aggressive and jirogressive basis 

 would be a line sup|)lement to Mr. Foster's discussion. 



Then some of the New York experiences where forms ,if m- 

 gauization are changed from time to time ami city govcrnnu'iital 

 de]jartments are more or less always being ■■investigated" could 

 make line reading as written by Mr. Hamilton. 



Driving, boating, walking and |iicnicing have not become obso- 

 lete but modern transportation facilities assist in enabling us to 

 picnic further alield. Whatever the tendencies in this regard, and 

 what are some of the newer facilities oll'ered as described liy Mr. 

 (Ireen, will cause us to ponder the merit of different park uses. 

 The di'baters can gixe local si<Ielights from their angle of \ision. 



Keduced to three, parks will be one of the things a good lioch- 

 esteiian will Icll as having special pride about in his city. How 

 Commissioner Landierson has fostereil this liy the use of nuisie 

 WDuhl lie cM-elieid i'( adiug by tin' man who has administered 

 llnchester parks foi' many yeais. (inr honorary mendier, Mr. 

 Loiing, could t(dl some intere-tiug history of liow he pronintiMl 

 parks at his former honu'. 



To everyone who I as ci^oss<(l the liockies. the W'l'st ne\ er ceases 

 to be a wonilei lam'. And it is not all natural, eitliei'. The lu^roics 

 of nature arc paiallehd by the work' of man. and Mo,\here more 

 conspicuously tlian liy tuining drifting sand ilnnes into i 



lii'Vond compare. Sonu' of the dilliculties encountered and the 

 means of surnmunting them woulil be more marvelous than the 

 most ronuintic liction if told by the helmsman who steered the 

 craft through shoals, and rocks to a successfid ending at San 

 Kranci.sco, our beloved honorary president, .John .MacLaren. Some 

 further comments by a well-informed observer of the work, Miss 

 Fairman, would give further pleasure. 



Few cities have made the rajiid strides accomplished by Balti- 

 more in her recent ])ark work. Extensive jjlantations made would 

 easily be a subject tliat wovdd develop into a most readable 

 article .-is hamlled by .Mr. .Manni|[g. Then to get a totally dif- 

 ferent viewpoint -Mr. Shearer and Mr. Morley will (daborate on 

 the theme by giving some Sontliland experience>. 



Design and control are large factors in bringing out tlie merit 

 of any ])ark jiroperty. Control involves a knowledge of motives 

 of design, a bi'oa<l and reasonabh' conception of human traits and 

 inclinations lest the law enacted for its enforcement be made 

 unreasonable or its administration prove ineffective, absurd or 

 O'actionary, 



How to sympatlietically assist the use of the property and 

 extend its nscfnlness of service could be viewi'd from both sides 

 wliere extremes are often met would furnish a ca]iital subject for 

 .Mr. ilerkid to discuss and .Messrs. Mnlford and Koehler to throw 

 on side lights. 



Zoological gardens, botanic gardens, art museums and allied 

 objects of public interest frp<iueiitly find loilgement in imblie 

 parks, either as a secondary atlra<'tion or as a main objective in 

 maintainins the property. Mr. Jloore has a considerable collection 

 of animals whiidi may be the basis of a paper and -Mr. Merkel and 

 Dr. Haker I'aii give some points on the techuiipie and general 

 sro2>e of ((inducting the foremost zoos in the connfiy. Mr. liurke 

 also has a line zoo and would expand on the theme. 



Nothing lias recently been heard from that .New England jiark 

 statistician. C A\'. Parker. What are the latest abstract and 

 abstruse (■oiiundriims he is wrestling with'? Mr. Wirth, his for- 

 mer fellow -townsman, will have some interesting observations in 

 the light of his ra))id jirogrcss at Minneapolis, where "statistics," 

 ■■efl'.eiency" and like waves of popular mandates have been ex 

 perieneed. 



\A'liat are we doing with street trees a^ a sii|i]i||. mental iii- 

 stnimeiit of encoiiiaging [laili feeling in a community'' .Mr. Prost 

 is engaged in tliat liehl and should relate his city's program 

 both accomplished and |irospective. Mr. Eevison will be enabled 

 to sixe a different viewjioint and may be .successful in inducing 

 j\Ir. Solofaidfl' to write an article and liecome a member at the 

 same time, lint Canada has some excellent object lessons in how 

 to do it as witnessed at Winni])eg and \'ictoria. Mr. Champion 

 will deal with the former and ilr. Purdy witli the latter, and 

 incidentally Secretary Cotterill will gain a new iinniber by get- 

 ting after Mr. Purdy. 



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