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D'Alene, and other nunintain ranges. This drive is 

 surpassed by few in an\' parts of the country. 



Down River Park, as the name implies, is a river- 

 bank park behjw the city, and while nuich develop- 

 ment has yet to be done, the river-bank drives that 

 have been constructed show what nature has provided 

 in furnishing such a river as the Spokane is. 



Space will nut ]ierniit the description of the niaiiv 



Consideration has been given to all sorts of ath- 

 letics, with the result that plans have been made for 

 an extensive stadium within five minutes' walk of the 

 center of the city. This stadium site has been partly 

 graded and temporary bleachers have been built along 

 two sides of it. The justitication of this was shown 

 the first opening day, when many thousands of people 

 witnessed the events of the children's day. 



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small jiarks like C'litY, where a beautiful view of the 

 city and surrtamding country may be had, or Cannon 

 Hill, where a water effect has been made the feature, 

 or Corbin or Hays, where the immense plantings of 

 deciduous trees and shrubs have enhanced what was 

 formerly natural prairie. 



In driveways Spokane is well provided for, and High 

 Drive, Rimrock Drive, Elliot Drive, and Down River 

 Drive all have features peculiar to themselves in their 

 various locations, and are only the beginning of what 

 will eventually be a chain of connecting drives with 

 various parks in all sections of the city. 



In the development of playgrounds, Spokane has 

 held its own, for in the space of one year eight differ- 

 ent playgrounds were equipped in various sections of 

 the city. All play work is under the immediate super- 

 vision of a su])ervisor of playgrounds and each play- 

 grfumd is [provided with one or more play directors, as 

 conditions re(|uire. It has been found that the ideal 

 ])layground is the ])ark playground; that is, where a 

 playground is wholly within or adjacent to a park. 

 The reason for this is that, connected with a park, a 

 playground can be handled much more economically, 

 besides giving that aesthetic appearance, without 

 which a ])layground is void of half what it is intended 

 for. The Glass Park Playground gives a splendid ex- 

 ample of this idea. 



At the Sinto Triangle Playgrdund large outdoor 

 swimming pools have been established, which were 

 opened for the first time the past season. These pools 

 accommodate both men and women, and are provided 

 with bathroom and locker accommodations, life 

 savers, etc. 



*The second of a series of articles wliich will appear monthly between 

 now and the San Francisco convention, describing park development in 

 the cities of the Pacitic Coast. 



.Spiikane is im the direct route of the three nurthern 

 trans-continental lines, with through trains of several 

 (ithers, and visitors to the Pacific coast should by all 

 means plan to stop over and see this city of parks and 

 artistic homes, of which its citizens are justly proud. 



CONIFERS. 



Strange as it may seem, it is nevertheless a fact, that 

 there are a large number of otherwise well-informed 

 p.eople who do not know what the word means. It is the 

 appelation of an order of trees, the sap of which is resi- 

 nous, mostly evergreen, the seed of most species borne in 

 cones, made up of scales. The word is derived from the 

 Latin, conus, cone, and fero, bear ; hence, conifer or cone 

 bearing. 



The flowers are uni-se.xual. incnnspicuous and intensely 

 interesting to the student of nature. It would be inter- 

 esting to know how many people who grow this class of 

 trees have ever taken time to study their inflorescence, 

 and learn the difference between the pistillate and stami- 

 nate flowers, both borne on the same tree, therefore 

 known as monoecious, a Latin word, which, when freely 

 translated, means two families in one house. 



All the members of the tribe, with few exceptions, are 

 drouth resistant, and we believe that most people will 

 agree to the proposition that they are all beautiful, all 

 highly desirable for beautifying the landscape, and should 

 be more extensively used than they are at present. 

 — Exchanse. 



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