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MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



PLANTING AND CARE OF A NEW PARK OR CEMETERY. 



F. yi. DOLAN, ST. PAUL. 



In undertaking to briefl}' present to this meeting a paper on 

 platting and planting a new park or cemetery, the first thing to be 

 considered is the fact that we live in an age of advancement and 

 progress. The manufacturer, machinist and farmer are continually 

 on the lookout for new inventions and new ideas which tend to 

 advance their personal interest. And why should not we, whose 

 tastes tend toward the aesthetic side of life, manifest the same per- 

 sistent interest in applying new and modern landscape ideas in plat- 

 ting and planting our new parks and cemeteries? 



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Plan of Echo Park. Echo. Minn. 

 When a town or village reaches the stage when they feel they 

 should or must have a new. park or an addition to one already in 

 use, the question of location being settled, the ground should be left 

 to conform as near as possible with the natural conditions and sur- 

 roundings, filling and -grading only-when it .becomes necessary for 

 the building of walks or driveways and ta make the various parts 

 harmonize as a whole. The driveways and walks should be ar- 

 ^ ranged in graceful curves, so they will blend one into another, free 



