THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA. 



505 



AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PARK SUPERINTENDENTS 



OFFICIAL COMMUNICATIONS. 

 EMIL T. MISCHE, President, Portland, Ore. R. W. COTTERILL, Sec.-Treas., Seattle, Washington. 



DUES ARE DUE 



By the time this issue reaches you, every member will 

 have received a copy of our 1916 Year Book, Membership 

 Roster, Constitution and By-Laws, etc., accompanying which 

 is a Due Bill for 1915-16 dues. 



Now do not pigeon-hole this bill for pajnnent at a later 

 date, but send in your remittance at once. It won't cost 

 any more, and it will make possible the prompt payment 

 of the bills of the Association. The officers want to get 

 out some useful literature during this fiscal year, but do 

 not propose to incur any expenditure beyond available funds 

 in hand to pay for same. 



Superintendent of 

 open to the public, 

 and developed. Mr. 



OUR NEW MEMBERS. 



Innsnuich as ;i majority i)f mir niiMuhci-^hii) did not nttcnd the 

 San Fraiiiisoo convention nn<l :is nn uniisunlly large number of 

 new nictnhers were adraitti'd. spMcc will be devoted this mouth to 

 a brii'f siinimary of these new ijicmlii'rs, by way of introduction 

 to I ho miniliership. 



SKXIOI! .MIOMKEKS. 



AI.RERT P.IESCIIKE. Xorotou, Conn. 

 "(Jreat Island." an immense private estate, 

 where natural woods are being transformed 

 Kieschke has been on this work for the past ten years, and for 

 three years prior was connected with the South Park system of 

 Chicago. 



IIKXUV \V. BfSCH, Detroit. Mich. (Jeneral Superintendent 

 of I'arks and lioulevards, which position he has held for the past 

 six years, and for four year previous w;is Secretary and Deputy 

 Couimissioner. 



\V. C. CLAYBArUIl, Frcsuc ('.•li. Siiperiiiteudeut of Parks 

 at Fresno for the past four years, and for two years previous 

 at DeKalb. 111. 



.lAJIFS O. COXVILI.E. Portland, Ore. Has been connected 

 with llie Portland park system for the past eight year.s. advancing 

 from Assistant Superintendent Ui Suiierintnedent in 1014. 



C'lIAKI.IOS W. D.WIS. Mcni]ihis. Tenn. Has served for nine 

 years in (he Memphis Park De|iartnient. beginning at the bottom, 

 and is now Superintendeni, .Meiiipliis made a strong bid for the 

 1910 convention. 



IIKXKY II. ELBEUS. Buffalo. X. Y. Director of South Park 

 Botanic Gardens, and foiiiierly Superintendent of Humboldt I'ark. 

 Seventeen year.s at P.iiffahi and a total of thirty-two years' experi- 

 ence in horticulture. 



.1. G. MOKLICY. San Diegci. Cal. Superintendent of San Diego 

 park system for past f'uir years, and in charge of planting and 

 l.'inilscape work of the San Diego Exiiosition. 



.lOSEPH M. I'.VIGE. Pomona. Cal. Superintendent of Parks 

 f(U' tlic past six years, and prior to that w'as conneclcd with the 

 Missouri Botanical Gardi'us at St. Louis. 



W.M. It. HEADER. Calgary, Canada. Superintendent at Cal- 

 gary for the past three y<'ars. and h.'is hail life experience on 

 private estates in England and Canada. 



DAVID F. ROY, JIarion, Mass. Superintendent of "The Moor- 

 ings." one of the best-known estates in Xcw England, Mr. Roy 

 has been located here for thirty years. 



FR.VXK SHE.VRER. Los Angeles. Cal. Superiiileiident of 

 Parks for the past six years, and for three ye.ars prior was Super- 

 intendent at Denver, ('ol. 



.JACOB UMLAUFF. Seattle, \Vash. Head Florist for Seattle 

 Park Department for the past four years, and for ten years prior 

 was in charge of parks operated hy the Seattle Electric Company, 



.TTJXIOR .ME.MBERS. 



\VM. R. HAXCOCK, Fergus Falls, Minn. Superintendent of 

 Parks for the past four years, and previous landscape experience 

 with nursery firms. 



.TOHX D. .McEWEX. Xew York, X. Y. Superintendent of 

 Parks for Queens Borough for past year. Previous experience 

 in charge of private estates. 



II. L, McGILLIS. Seattle. Wash. Park Engineer for past four 

 years. Previous engineering experience with city engineering de- 

 partment at Seattle, and with C, M, & St. P. Ry. at Chicago. 



WALLACE R. PII'RSOX, fi iwell, Cuiui. Sii|ierintendent of 



Cromwell (lardeiis, a semi -pulilic private park. .Mr. I'iersun had 

 the misfortune to be comi)elled to submit to an operation for ap- 

 pendicitis upon his arrival at San Francisco and missed attend- 

 ance at the convention. 



ASSOCIATE .MEMBERS. 



WILLIAM ALLEN, Xew Orleans, La. Secretary of West End 

 Park Commission. Mr. Allen was an important factor in securing 

 the IIJK! convention tor Xew Orleans, and promises a bunch of 

 new members and a banner time for our next convention. 



JAJIES F. DAWSOX, Brookline, Mass. Landscape Architect 

 connected with tlie firm cjf Olmsted P>rotli<'rs for the past twenty 

 years, and is known hy park men all over the country. 



CLOVIS DeGRELLE, Montreal, Canada. Landscape Architect 

 of twenty years' experience. Specialist in rustic bridge work, 

 notable examples of which are in LaFountaine Park, Montreal, 

 and in parks of Bucharest, Roumania. 



EVERETT C. LVLE, Itellingham. Wash. Landscape Engineer. 

 Connected with Bellinghaiii niiinicijial work for past seven years. 



DOXALD McLAREX. San Francisco, Cal. Landscape Engi- 

 neer connected with Panama-Pacific Intermitional Exposition. 

 Son of our Ilomirary President. 



DAX^IEIj McRORIE. San Francisco, Cal. Landscape .Vrchitect. 

 The man who came to the .\ewburgh-Xew Y'ork convention in 1014 

 and walked olT with the l!)l.j convention for San Francisco, and 

 who this .vear proved to lie the champion single-handed entertainer 

 of the session. 



RALPH T. STEVENS. Berkeley. Cal. Landscape Gardener, 

 University of California, for past three years, and lias had ten 

 years' jiractical experience with nursery firms. 



PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE. 

 Our member, Laurie D. Cox, formerly of Los Angeles, now of 

 Syracuse (N. Y. ) University, has recently completed a study of 

 the street tree situation in Xew York City, and a comprehensive 

 report on the sttbject will be published shortly. Mr. Cox writes 

 that he will send a cojiy of this report to every member of our 

 association, a courtesy that will certainly be appreciated. 



Lionel Evans, superintendent at Youngstown, Ohio, writes that 

 since reading the reports of the San Francisco convention and 

 trip, that he and his wife are kicking themselves because they 

 passed up the convention this year. Mr. and Mrs. Evans are a 

 genial couple who have graced recent convciitioiis with their 

 presence, and they promise not to err again. 



Win. R. llancoclc. ■:iiperiiilendent at Fergus Falls. Minn., has a 

 position wliich only calls for employment six months of the year, 

 hence is on the lookout for something more permanent. Jlr. Wirth, 

 of Minneapolis, vouches for Mr. Hancock's abilit.v. and any in- 

 formation concerning an opening will he appreciated by Mr. 

 Hancock. 



Jliss Charlotte Riinihcilil. for many years .secretary of the St. 

 Louis Park Department and in charge of playground w-ork in that 

 city, has been caught in the "political jam" and has been displaced. 

 Commissioner Dwight P. Davis retired some months ago, and 

 thus two of the best-known and most efficient park executives 

 in the country are out of public service. We certainly hope they 

 will continue in recreation work somewhere, as their permanent 

 retirement fmm the work would be a distinct loss. 



The standing which our association has in educational circles 

 has been demonstrated during the last few months by calls on 

 the secretary from the leading universities and libraries of the 

 country for copies of our liulletin Xo. 12. Concessions and Priv- 

 ileges in Public Parks, and our convention proceedings, all of 

 which goes to prove that the opini<in of the practical man. on the 

 job, is desirable. 



Wallace R. Pierson. who. while attending the San Francisco 

 convention, was stricken with appendicitis and spent several 

 weeks in a .sanitarium, has fully recuperated and is on the job 

 again at Cromwell. Conn., feeling like a new man and loud in his 

 praises of treatment received at San Francisco. 



The secretary is very anxious to make this personal column 

 interesting, but in order to do so he must hear from the member- 

 ship. When you send in your dties take the lime to write a few 



