THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK 



what a glorious country in which to camp ! It does seem that this 

 great project deserves the support of all, and everyone should 

 help, be his influence great or small, to push the thing through. 

 ]\Ir. Perkins is certainly deeply interested in the development, as 

 was evidenced in the enthusiasm of his talk, and is giving much 

 time and thought to the work. 



A stay of two hours brought us to the time of departure, and 

 the trip was continued down the river, reaching New York about 

 seven. 



Thursday was devoted to an inspection of parks and other in- 

 teresting places in New York City. After addresses of welcome 

 by city officials at the Hotel Astor, the party proceeded in auto- 

 mobiles, furnished by the city and the Fifth Avenue Stage Co., 

 through Central Park, Riverside Drive, and Van Cortlandt Park. 

 A drive was taken through the grounds of the New York Botan- 

 ical Garden, a car, bearing the flag of that institution, meeting 

 the party at the entrance and leading the way. A part of the trip 

 through the grounds was on foot through the Hemlock Forest, 

 the most southerly extension of this tree, as a grove, along the 

 Atlantic seaboard. 



At the conclusion of the drive through the grounds the party 

 proceeded to the New York Zoological Park, where the associa- 

 tion and its guests were entertained at luncheon. A portion of 

 the time spent here was employed in an inspection of some of its 

 principal features. 



The day was finished by a long automobile ride to the southern 

 part of the city, taking in a portion of Central Park on the way. 

 The river was crossed at the Brooklyn Bridge and the drive con- 

 tinued through Brooklyn, inspecting some of the parks of that 

 borough, including Prospect Park, and terminating at Coney 

 Island, w^here the sixteenth annual convention came to an end. 



Thus concluded an inspection of one of the largest park sys- 

 tems in the world, and one of the largest and best equipped bo- 

 tanical gardens and zoological parks. 



The next meeting of the Association will be at San Francisco 

 next year, the time to be decided upon later. The new president 

 of the association is ]\Ir. Gustav X. Amrhyn, superintendent of 

 parks, New Haven, Conn., and the new secretary-treasurer is Mr. 

 R. W. Cotterill, secretary of the park board of Seattle, Wash. 



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