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The Museum Building is reached by the Harlem Division of 
the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad to Botanical 
Garden Station, by trolley cars to Bedford Park, or by the 
Third Avenue Elevated Railway to Botanical Garden, Bronx 
Park. Visitors coming by the Reaee change to the Elevated 
Railway at 149th Street and Third Avenue. Those coming by 
the New York, Westchester and Boston Railway change at 180th 
Street for crosstown trolley, transferring north at Third Avenue. 
CONVENTION OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF 
PARK SUPERINTENDENTS 
The sixteenth annual Convention of the American Association 
of Park Superintendents was held at Newburgh, New York, and 
New York City, August 24 to 27 inclusive. It was one of the 
most successful conventions in the history of the association, the 
attendance being large, with representatives from many parts of 
the United States and Canada. The membership registration 
was seventy-two, which, with the guests, made a total attendance 
of about one hundred and fifty. The headquarters at Newburgh 
were at the Palatine Hotel, in New York City at the Hotel Astor. 
The opening meeting was held in the Y. M. C. A. building at 
Newburgh, the mayor making an address of welcome, followed 
by an address by Park Commissioner Belknap. President 
Richards responded for the Association. An interesting paper 
on the life and work of Andrew Jackson Downing, the father of 
landscape gardening in America, was read by Professor F. A. 
Wateh, of Amherst, Mass. This was followed by a paper on 
“The Preservation of Natural W oodla nds Under Park Con- 
ditions,” by Mr. Ogelsby Paul, landscape gardener at Fairmount 
Park, Philadelphia. On account of illness, Mr. Paul was unable 
to be present, so the paper was read by Mr. H. W. Merkel. 
uesday was a day of sightseeing, with an early trip across the 
Hudson to Mount Beacon, famous in Revolutionary times. 
From this high point a magnificent view of the Hudson and its 
valley was obtained. The remainder of the day was occupied in 
