LAYING OUT OF GROUNDS 



Undoubtedly if the surface of adjoining 

 country will permit, it will be far less expensive 

 to establish a park whose charm shall lie in 

 exterior views than one whose attractions shall 

 consist in what the professional men call (by 

 use of an abominable word) its gardenesque 

 features. Yet, with such economic purpose, 

 it will never do to go too far in the country. 

 It must never be forgotten with us that the men 

 of equipages are by no means the only class 

 who are to participate in our aesthetical prog- 

 ress: the town park, to have its best uses, 

 must not only be within easy reach by walk 

 or by the street tramway, but it must have, too, 

 its spaces of level ground to allure the cricket 

 or the base-ball players. Areas should be 

 ample enough to prevent the possible inter- 

 ference of these sports, (which every sensible 

 township would do well to encourage,) with 

 the enjoyment of a quiet drive. 



While there is no need for making the wood 

 of a public park a complete arboretum, I think 

 that special care should be taken to give speci- 

 mens of all the best known timber and shade 

 trees, and that these should be definitely marked 

 with their botanical as well as popular names, 

 so that strollers might come to a pleasant les- 

 son in their seasons of idleness. The partic- 



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