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The American Association of Park Superintendents at Monks' Mound State Park, September 11. 



Till- iiuiscrv Iriidi'. <>y ;it Ii'.'kI tin' 

 u hdlcsalc cinl ol' it, is -trmlily ;i|i|iru;icli- 

 \\['j, .'I liu^iiicsslikc st;iihl;ii'l of cicclit :mil 

 tniii- (if |i;iyin('iit. 



■riii.1,-1. iv ;i iMin^iilci.'ililc <liiirl;ij;(' ul' 

 iiivr ;iii.| I'niit ticc stocks in I'lii^laml. 



Imt the r.litisll miMTIIllliMlt icl'usi's tn 



•(insider the a|p|ili(a1 i(jn of tlic lioitictil 

 liiral Trade-"' A'-sdciatiuu t'(ji' [ieriiii^si(ni 

 t(i iin|i(iit --tdcks t'l'din J- lauce. 



PARK SUPERINTENDENTS MEET. 



St. Louis Host of Association. 



At tile lin.al -cssidii (if tlie American 

 Assofiatitin «il' I'aik .Suiieriiitoiideiits, 

 uliicli li(d(l its c(in\eiition at St. Louis 

 Seiitemlier 11 U> \'.>. dlliceis lOr tiu' en 

 suing year wtMO electt^l and Hartfovd, 

 (Jonii..'was selected for tbe 1!)1S meet 

 iUff. Tlie (itficers elected ^vere as fo\ 

 lows: 



President. .1. K. Foster, Chicago. 111.; 

 \ ice-president, John Berry. Denver, 

 Colo.; secretary-treasuier. Roland W. 

 Cotterill, Seattle. Wash., the latter lie 

 ing the ]iresent incunilient; directois for 

 three \-ears, (leorye II. Ilollister. llart- 

 I'di'd, Cimn.. and 1.. !'. .lensiMi. St. Louis. 



Aft(M the (dosc ol' the convention 

 Sejitenilier 1.". the didci;ates ;ni(i their 

 families \\,>i'e taken for an aiitoinoliile 

 tri|i tliidiii.;h the south St. l.oni- parks 

 anij the Missouri f-iotaniciil (harden. 

 .\fter liiiKlieim .-il the NNdild'- l-'air pa 

 \ ilion III I'dic^t park, the part\' wcr. 

 ,iiteit;i incd .al the Municipal thcati i. 



Sessions at Planters Hotel. 



The coll \ ent ion \\ a^ a ^uccos in e\ ei \ 

 p;i it icn l;i I . A n a iiL;eiiicn t-- tdr the so 

 -ioii^. whicdi were lodd at the 1 'l;i ii t ei's 

 lldtel. were lli.adc li\ :i loc.al .oni niit t ee 



< (iiivi-t iii'^ of 1-;. Slndile. I.. !'. .leii-cn. 

 K. I', (.ntfcii. .Iiiliii'- Kociii- .and W . W, 



( )|d\\ eilci . The d(d(Unte- I'olllld 111. 



meeting; room dccmated v\itli pl.ant^ and 

 rut llowci- lioin the I'oic^t park u'ecii 

 h(OI--e^. \\lillc on (Mthel side ol the plesi 



dent's talih- \\;is a lar:;e \ase df yidlow 

 l^iieeii ll(den c;iiin;i-;. 



Tile scs-,i,iiiv 111' the convention opened 

 Septemliei II at HI a. ni., with President 

 .John V. Walsh, dr., of New 'S'ork, in the 

 (hair. Tht' dtdegates were \\eIconie(| to 

 St, T,oni« ]<y .'oVin Schmnll. Hiroftm ..t' 



puldic wtdfare. ['resident Walsh made 

 the response. The usual routine luisi 

 i:ess was then transacted. 



in the afternoon the d(deyates were 

 the guests of the Kast St. Louis I'ark 

 l>epaitment on ;in .autonndiile triji 

 through tlie Last St. Louis ]iarks. The 

 tiiji ended with a IniKdieon at the St. 

 < 'l;i i r ( 'oiinty < 'liili. 



The Addresses. 



The niorniiiL; session Septemlier 111 

 was t.aken up with addi'esses. Ntdson 

 '"iinliff, commissioner (d' (larks and rec 

 reation, St. Louis, was the tirst speaker. 

 I'apers on ''Tree Work in >.'«'w Voik 

 City,"' liy Trof. Laurie I', ('ox, of Syra 

 case I'liiMMsity, Syracuse. N. V., and on 

 •National Parks,'" by Horace M. Al 

 luight, assistant director of the National 



I'ark Service, Washinoton, D. C,. were 

 read. A visit to the north St. Louis 

 |iarks f(dIowed. in the e\cning the 

 didegates were yiK'sts at the annual 

 Shaw liaiKpnd at the .\Iiss(uiri P>(danical 

 tiardeii. 



Diirinii the inetdings Seciudary ( 'ot 

 terill reported tli.at fifty new nienil)ers 

 had lieeii added during the last year, 

 making the total memliershi|) -*iS. For 

 tyiiine (dties were represeiiti'd at the 

 coincntion. It \v;is deiddeil that the 

 .association issue a monthly publication 

 to be known ;is the .\inericaii I'aik 

 Siipeiintendeiil, of whiidi Mr. ('otterill 

 will be editor. 



At the (dose (it the coll \'ent ion the 

 association thanked the St. L(uiis com 

 iiiittees for the entei tainment jirovided, 

 and the local tiorists. whose automobiles 



Supply Your Trade with Hill Evergreens 

 for September and October Planting 



CHOICE SPECIMEN EVERGREENS (Partial List) 



Kach 10 

 l{AH...r-'.(H) $17.5(1 

 liiVtH... I..">ll 1^50 



4.")0 



1.7,5 



I .".0 



1.7.5 



I'.INI 



We c;in ;ilso iiuiiisli ;i cninpU'ti' stock ol llvcrtrrfcii sccdll 

 tiaiisplants, also youiitr stock for liiiiiii: out and (k-cidiiou-i 



l',alsaiii Kir .'i-4 ft 



(letnldck 2-1! It 



( oncdior Fir 4-S it 



I louirlaH Fir :i-4 it 



.Imiipci- CanadcnsiH. .1-1 '-J tt 



.Imiipci- ( Uauca 'J-S tt 



.liiniper Scliottii 'l-'i It 



RiVli.. 



|{\H.. 

 lUtl! . 



4(I.(M) 



r.^.iKi 

 i:i..">ii 



1.5.(1(1 



IS.5(l 



Ked Cedar 



White Spruce 



Kost. Illiit' Sprnct! 

 Niiiway .SpnicB.. . 

 Atu. .\r hor \ Itac. 

 r.vr. .\tl)or Vitac. 

 Dwf. MuLTho I'lnc 



..;i-4 

 ..A-i 

 ..3-4 

 ..4-5 



..:!-4 

 . .:i-4 



It.. 

 It., 

 ft., 

 ft., 

 ft., 

 ft. 



..ili-i ft.. 

 n;.'s, ciittli 

 trees and 



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15AU.. 



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H.tl!... 



B\li .. 



liAK... 



liTH and 

 sliiulis. 



lach 

 . $i.25 

 . •'.•25 

 . .5.11(1 

 . :i.m 



. 1.5(1 

 . 1.75 

 . 1.00 



lU 

 $20.(10 

 IH.RO 

 47.50 

 27..5(t 

 12..50 

 15.00 



'.1.50 



DECORATIVE STOCK 



W IN DOW-IIOX l'l,,ANTS -Hardy Coniferous l-AorLTcens loi- winter usi-. .Ml haidy 



and deslialile sorts. I hiw line ofTcrs wide-awake tlorlsts inland opportunity to increase 



tlieir sales and profits. 

 H.\KI)V TriJIJKO K\KK<;KKKN'S-\Vc1I n>rincd specimens — u'lf .wii especially tor 



luliliini.'. (In anticipation of the sliorta:;e in lloxwuod^ and other decorative stock this 



lall. we have |U'o\ideil a \ery l;ui,'e and complete stock.) 

 .I.M'.ANKSI-; roil'KI) KVKK<.KKr,N< In ihive si/es well estalilislied in fancv 



• lapaiiese f,'la/,ed pottei \ . 



Wholesale pi ice list will lie 

 mailed ipi' )inptly > III iiMpieit, 



\Vrit«- fui- iiifoi'iiiatioii 

 :iii<l prices todtiy. 



THE D. HILL NURSERY COMPANY. Inc. 



KVF,U<iRKF,X SPEt'IAMSTS 

 I.AKGKST GKOWKUS IN AMKKICA 



Box 403, DUNDEE, ILL. 



