TEXTBOOK OF LANDSCAPE GARDENING 
Administration 
Picnic grounds and neighborhood parks of this character are 
found in many communities. The ownership varies greatly, however. 
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In New England, where 
town government prevails, 
the town sometimes holds 
title to such grounds, and 
this is perhaps the ideal 
ownership. Occasionally 
an incorporated village will 
own land of this nature. 
Sometimes the title is held 
by a semi-public organiza- 
tion, as by some church or 
the grange. Not infre- 
quently such parks are held 
and managed by trustees. 
A good many fairly ser- 
viceable picnic groves and 
“amusement parks’ are 
owned and controlled by 
interurban trolley com- 
panies or other transporta- 
tion agencies, under which 
circumstances it is usual 
to charge an admission fee, 
or to operate concessions 
for profit. 
Any one of these forms 
of ownership may be entire- 
ly satisfactory in given 
circumstances. In a particular instance there are likely to be 
sound preferences; and it will generally be felt that the more 
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