some were actually engaged in professional work. Sixteen members 
of the Garden Club attended, and were keenly interested in the 
courses. It was the hope of those whose efforts made the school 
possible that the attendance would be made up largely of people 
directly interested in Landscape Architecture, and this hope was 
gratified beyond all expectation. 
Those who attended were greatly impressed by the scope of Land- 
scape Architecture as presented in the lectures, which were so 
organized as to reveal the unlimited possibilities in this field and to 
stimulate interest in comprehensive analysis of the problems that 
confront those who work for the betterment of environment insofar 
as the world of outdoors is concerned. Professor Root's lectures 
indicated a thorough grasp of his subject, such as is attained only 
through years of highly specialized study by one who possesses that 
rare though fundamental quality — an instinct for good design. 
The success of the 191 6 session assures the repetition of the Sum- 
mer School next summer. Many who were unable to register in all 
three courses last summer have expressed a desire to make up the 
deficiency, and to judge from the interest shown on all sides, the 
attendance at the 191 7 session will be greatly in excess of that of last 
summer. The North Shore suburbs of Chicago provide an ideal 
environment for this work, and many enthusiasts look forward to a 
day when this region will be the acknowledged center of thought and 
achievement in the development of outdoor art. 
In July the Garden Club of Illinois invited neighboring Garden 
Clubs to a luncheon at the residence of Mrs. A. M. Day in Lake 
Forest, and to a view of certain of the Lake Forest gardens. Accept- 
ances came from the Garden Clubs of Lake Geneva, Elmhurst, Elgin, 
Rockford, Oak Park, Wheaton, Evanston, Kenilworth and Chicago. 
One hundred and fifty guests sat at tables arranged on the porch 
and on the lawn. After the luncheon a short talk was given by 
Mr. R. R. Root of the Lake Forest School of Landscape Architecture 
on the character of the places to be visited, and a printed slip was 
distributed giving the main points of interest regarding the places, 
such as their age, style and special features. 
Besides Mrs. Day's gardens, the guests visited those of Mrs. 
Cyrus H. McCormick, Mrs. Harold F. McCormick, Mrs. E. L. Ryer- 
son, Mrs. Byron L. Smith, Mrs. Louis E. Laflin, Mrs. J. Ogden 
Armour, and Mrs. Walter S. Brewster. 
The interest manifested was apparently the reason for inquiry 
from many sources as to the way to start a Garden Club, and the 
subsequent organization of such clubs. Susan F. Hibbard. 
