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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA. 



to the playgroimd movement wliile it was yet a ijoinilar issue — 

 AVliat is tlie wave settling down to as an element of park con- 

 cern'.' We found out a deal about wliat we did not Icnow about 

 play and playgrounds, but sifted down, what is there left about 

 which there is agreement not contested bj- the moving sjjirits 

 of the play movement Y The administrator of the largest and 

 best playnrouud system, Mr. Ricliards, can give his ideas and 

 opinions; Mr. De Groot, the foremo.st of the movement, can add 

 to his admirable address (even though his conclusions are not 

 always endorsed by some park peojile). and ilr. Shea has had 

 some of the largest experience in tlic hotbed of modern thought. 

 Towns, cities, counties. States, federal governments and private 

 corporations have left the impress of their park work in parts 

 of the country. One of the remarkable features is that whereby 

 people become enabled to use not thousands but tens of thousands 

 of acres of scenery as parks. Mr. Steinhauer will well discuss 

 what Denver is doing and has done about her mountain parks 

 as a city-county project: Jlr. Zartman about the up-State reser- 

 vation as a private undertaking for the public use, and Mr. Fohn 

 about a reservation created by an individual for a community. 



Ottawa is in her way building a national city for Canada 

 much as we are buiUliui; a Washington, not as a city alone but 

 as a National capital. What her schemes are. her aims, accom- 

 plishments and expectations for the near future should be de- 

 tailed by the man at the helm of her park work, Alex Stuart. A 

 few brief notes on wdiat has lately been accnniplished at Wash- 

 ington can be added by Mr. Mulfonl. 



If you can not secure sufficient laud, it may be possible to 

 secure water areas and make land in the shallow parts of it. Mr. 

 Thompson has been doing some remarkable work of that kind at 

 Seatth-. and would give a new vision of one kind of park making. 

 Mr. \\'irth has treated several lakes in a similar way. and would 

 give some of the salient features of that type of \vork. Mr. Put- 

 nam's Boston w-ork will present a new aspect to the above and 

 other examples are to be found in the e.xperieiices of ilessrs. ilil- 

 ler at New York and Kerfoot at Oakland. 



Water sports are increasingly more popular with the extension 

 of a park system, birt to note its intensive ]nesence in the every- 

 day life of a people lioston. New York and Jlinneapolis are good 

 illustrations, especially the latter, because of its general use 

 among the whole citizenship and its abundant use. Jlr. Wirth can 

 tell a wondrous story of how water sports may be made a promi- 

 nent feature of park administration. Mr. Alber and Mr. Walsh 

 can extend the discussion from local experiences. 



Some eomnumities need to scratch and grind for a li\ing and 

 others have wealth literally showered on them, and tlien park 

 making becomes a live issue. The experience of one of the latter 

 is cited by the examiile of Hibbing, ilinn.. and Mr. WolIT will be 

 able to tell us about it. Even when not favored by wealth thrust 

 upon them, small communities do make excellent park history. 

 Jlr. Berry will tell what has Iieen done at Colorado Springs, and 

 Mr. Fiske at Encine. 



Mr. Loring is to give a special article on park extension meth- 

 ods, citing particularly the stages of development experienced in 

 his own work. 



Finally, a symposium on work in the South is to be scheduled 

 and later the detail tliereof announced. It is to include New 

 Orleans, Atlanta, Birmingham. Memphis and Dallas. 



Without previous discussion witli the contributors assigned, it 

 will be gratifying if each one concerned, according to the list as 

 given, will make this announcement personal and sympathetically 

 and generously fulfill his part without further solicitation on the 

 part of the secretary or myself. 



If you have any ideas yon think should be put in practice by 

 the association to assist in making it the medium it should be. 

 do not hesitate to communicate them to the secretary or president. 



Y'ours for a biirger. better and more intiuential ori;anization. 



EMIL T. :\nsCHE. President. 



Summary of proposed subjects and writers : 



1. "Insect Affeclioria on I'nrk Vecictatiun." Oreen of I'rovi- 

 dence. Shea of Boston, Levison of Brooklyn and Egerton of .\Ibanv. 



2. "Curling and M'inter Sports." Champion of Winnipeg. 

 Stuart of Ottawa, Wirth of Minneapolis and Walsh of New York. 



3. "Pari- Trdnxjiortntion'' Bush of Detroit. Shea of Boston 

 and Richards of Chicaso. 



4. "Exotic Pliinis in Liinilx<iiiic ^^'<)rl;." Cox of Syracuse. 

 Stevens of Berkeley. .Teuson nf St. Louis and Shearer of Los 

 Angeles. 



T). "Botany in I'arl.x." Dunbar of Itochester. Merkell of Xew 

 Y'ork. Xash of New York. Ohiweiler of St. Louis and Hess of 

 Washington. 



6. "Watericajl Parks" .T. C. Olmsted of Brookline, Duncan of 

 Spokane, Putnam of Boston and Miller of New Y'ork. 



7. "Boiilerards." Dunn of Kansas City. Richards of Chicago 

 and Donaldson of Buffalo. 



8. "Park Organization." Foster of Chicago, Wirth of Alinne- 

 apolis and Hamilton of New York. 



ft. "Picnic FacilHies." (Jreen of Providence. Ilill of Tacoma. 

 Laney of Rochester and Goebel of Grand Rapids. 



It). "Puiinlari-.in;/ Parks hij Music." Laney of Rochester and 

 Loring of Jliuneapolis. 



11. Dcrcloiiinciit <// Volilcn (late Park." J. McLaren and 

 Miss Madge Fainnan of San Francisco. 



12. "Park Plantations." Manning of I'.altimore. Shearer of 

 Los Angeles ami Morley of San Diego. 



13. "Park J{cstrictions." Merkell of New York. Mulford of 

 Washington and Koehler of Roslindale. 



14. "Park Zoo's." Moore of Toledo, Baker of Washington. 

 Merkell of New York and Burke of Pittsburgh. 



l.j. "Stanrlanlizin;/ Park Htutistics." Parker of Ilartfuril and 

 Wirth of MinneaiJidis. 



1(5. "Street Trees." Prost of Chicago. Chanipiou of Winni- 

 peg and Levison of Brooklyn. 



17. "Plaijgroanit Control." DeOroot of San Francisco, Rich- 

 ards of Chicago and Shea of Boston. 



15. "Mountain J'arks." Steinhauer of Denver, Fohn of Colo- 

 rado Springs and Zartman of New York. 



10. "(lorernnient ['ark Imiirorcnicnts." Stuart of Ottawa, 

 Mulford of Washington and Eckert of Niagara Falls. 



L!(). "Constrnction of Lake Parks." Thompson of Seattle. Miller 

 of New York. Wirth of Jlinneapolis. I'utnam of Boston and 

 Adams of Omaha. 



•jl. "^^'ater Sports antl Balhintj Beaches." Wirth of ilinne- 

 apolis. Alliers of Cleveland and Walsh of New Y'ork. 



22. "11 hat Small Cities Can Do." Wolf of Hibbing. Jleisen- 

 bacher of Tulsa, Fisk of Racine and Ellis of Saginaw. 



23. "Park Iil.rtension Metl'.oils." Loring nf Minneapolis. 



24. "W'liat the Sontli Is I>oin(/." Davis (d' Memphis. Allen of 

 New Orleans, Crist of Atlanta and Brock of Houston. 



This list is not final, other suggestions will be made later and 

 volunteers will he appreciated. 



Sec'RKT.\ry'.s Note.s : As we have a literary president this year,, 



the secretary does not have to rake his brain to find something 



to till this department, hence the "persoual'" notes will be omitted 

 this month. 



CONVENTION TRIP OF PARK SUPERINTENDENT,S. 



(Continued from September is->ue.) 

 (The adventures of the trij) from Glacier National Park to San 

 Francisio are described in the following excerpts from tlie diarj' 

 of Mrs. dblin D. .AlcEwen. of (,)ueens, N. Y. 



FRIDAY, August 13. — Leaving Glacier Park the night i)revious,. 

 to continue our journey through the Rockies, we were called at 

 sunrise to view the crossing of the Great Divide, where the train- 

 winds back and foith in a seeiuingly never ending climb over the 

 waterfalls of the Flathead River and along the preci])ices where 

 the giant Douglas lirs seem to reach Pleaven. recalling Hood's 

 lines: 



"I remember, I remember. 



The fir trees, dark and high. 

 I used to think their slemler tops 

 Were close against the sky." 



Here we crossed into the Panhandle of Idah.i. along the Pen'd 

 (Oreille River that plunges down the sides of the mighty Rockies 

 through the giant pines. Stee]) grades necessitated the use of 

 three engines. Freipient stops were made for water for the en- 

 iiines at interesting lumber camps and small settlements. 



Arriving at S])okane about 8 o'cdock we were met liy .John W.. 

 Duncan, Superintendent of Parks, Spokane, and the local com- 

 mittee, who escorted us to the Hotel Davenport. After register- 

 ing and meeting other members of the committee we boarded the- 

 autos. awaiting tis. for a trip through the following parks: Corbin, 

 Byrne, ilinnehaha and Sinto. Arriving at Manito Park at noon 

 we were entertained at a delightful luncheon serveil outdoors 

 under the direction of the Ladies' Auxiliary. 



After lunchccm the auto ride was continued over the boulevards 

 to Caimon Hill Park and the Cliff, through Indian Canon and over 

 the high bridge, where a woiulerful vista of Spokane Falls was 

 observed, and various other interesting points, terminating at 

 Natatorium Park. Returning to the Hotel Davenport we were 

 invited to leave the real estate which we had accumulated in the 

 liath tubs in rooms assigned to us, as the City Fathers of Spokane 

 made it a rule never to permit visitors to take with them what 

 they have not contracted for. 



After a refreshing bath wo assemlded in the grand ball room of 

 the hotel, where a most sum])tuous dinner was served us. which 

 was followed by an address of appreciation made by the officers 

 and other members of our party and speeches of "Godspeed" by 

 the local committee, after which we proceeded to our train. In 

 walking- from the hotel to the depot the veteran of our party, 

 Charles Haible. of Newburgh. N. Y'., loath to leave the charms 

 or charmers of Spokane, missed his train. ''Father Merkel" en- 

 deavored to convince the conductor that the train should be held 

 u|i until a messenger could be sent out to locate the dcdinquent, 

 iiut, failing in his ert'orts, we had to proceed without him. 



