The Garden Club of Illinois selected a triangular piece of public, 
unimproved property, about three acres, situated at the entrance of Lake 
Forest, as a site for a design competition. The mayor of Lake Forest, 
as well as the Garden Club was interested in developing this property as 
a park. 
The city engineer made a special survey giving the contours, size 
and location of the tree growth and had blue prints made for each 
member of the club. 
The club is fortunate in having Mr. Edward Bennett as an 
honorary member. It was mainly through his genius that the San 
Francisco fair grounds were so well laid out. Mr. Bennett drew up 
the program for the competition and Mr. R. R. Root, head of the 
Department of the School of Landscape at the University of Illinois, 
judged the entries. The prize was awarded to the plan submitted by 
Mrs. Tiffany Blake. 
The plans are now to be submitted to the mayor and City Council 
of Lake Forest, and it is hoped that the money will be raised perma- 
nently to beautify the site as a park in a fitting way to be an introduc- 
tion to Lake Forest. 
The Garden Club of Illinois has also arranged to standardize all 
its printed matter. Papers, lists, by-laws, programs, rules, are all 
printed on paper 5^ by 8^2 inches, which is perforated and fits into 
a loose-leaf binder of black leather marked Garden Club of Illinois. 
As The BULLETIN and all Garden Club of America publications are 
this same size, everything can be conveniently and neatly filed, with no 
danger of loss or confusion. The Bulletins of the Arnold Arboretum 
and many Government leaflets also correspond in size. 
This method is so simple and successful that all other Garden 
Clubs are urged to adopt it, using The BULLETIN as a standard for 
size. It will facilitate the exchange of club data, and lists and leaflets 
that have hitherto been a nuisance will become a convenience and source 
of valuable information. 
PROGRAM 
Mar. 17, 1915. — At Mrs. McLaughlin's. Address by Mrs. Laura Dainty 
Pelhan, on "City Gardens." 
April 17, 1915. — At Mrs. Meeker's, Chicago. Stereopticon lecture on "Lu- 
ther Burbank," by Mr. Herbert Gleason, of Boston. 
May 19, 1915. — At Mrs. Sprague's. Lecture by Prof. Henry Chandler 
Cowles, on "Plants in Relation to Their Environment." 
June 9, 1915. — At Mrs. Greeley's. Contest for flower arrangements. 
Paper on "Four Tuscan Gardens," by Mrs. Greeley. 
June 21, 1915. — At Mrs. McBirney's. Stereopticon lecture on "Roses," by 
Mr. Robert Pyle. 
July 6, 1915. — At Mrs. Ryerson's. Lecture on "The Organization of Town 
Forests and Modern Methods in Caring for Street and 
Park Trees," by Prof. James Toumey, of Yale Uni- 
versity. 
