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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
London or Hamilton, that has so 
many trees planted along its streets 
and driveways as Ottawa. 
Another thing that has done much 
to improve and embellish the city has 
been the Ottawa garden competitions, 
that were instituted by Lady Minto, 
and continued by Lady Grey. These 
have been the means of beautifying 
many residence streets. As soon as 
one householder begins to improve 
and beautify the grounds surrounding 
his home, he, by contrast, makes those 
of his neighbors appear mean. The 
result is that the neighbors also be- 
gin to improve and beautify their 
grounds. 
Every effort is made by the civic 
authorities to keep the streets and 
sidewalks clean and in good repair, 
and they have been successful in do- 
ing this. 
THE WILD BANK OF RIDEAU CANAL, OTTAWA. 
After underbrush was cut away and other improvements made. 
connect with a series of islands that 
lie across the channel about a mile 
above the Chaudiere Falls. These 
islands it is proposed to lay out as 
Japanese gardens. They will be among 
the “show spots’’ of the city. 
In addition to the large number of 
parks and extensive driveways, there 
are the Central Experimental Farm 
and the grounds surrounding the Par- 
liament Buildings and the Govern- 
ment House, all of which are main- 
tained and kept in excellent condition 
by the Government. These are more 
than features of Ottawa; they are fea- 
tures of Canada. The grounds sur- 
rounding both the Government House 
and the Parliament Buildings are 
tastefully arranged. 
It is generally thought that the ex- 
penditure made by the Improvement 
Commission of $60,000 a year, in beau- 
tifying the city in the way described, 
is contributed by the Government 
without any returns. This idea is er- 
roneous. When the grant was first 
made, 10 years ago, the city gave up 
its charge of $25,000 for water sup- 
plied to the buildings and land owned 
by the Government, including the ex- 
perimental farm and the Government 
house. If there were no grants to the 
Improvement Commission the Gov- 
ernment would, to-day at least, he 
paying $35,000 for water alone. Be- 
sides this concession, the Government 
pays no taxes, the income of civil ser- 
vants are exempt from taxation, and 
the city supplies fire protection and 
other civic services. 
Apart from the work done by the 
Improvement Commission, nothing, 
perhaps, has done so much to make 
Ottawa a beautiful city as the vast 
improvement that has been brought 
about by the Ottawa Horticultural 
Society and by the citizens them- 
selves. Within the past few years the 
streets and walks of the city have 
been improved and the grounds sur- 
rounding private property beautified. 
When remodeling the arrangement of 
the sidewalks in relation to the street, 
a strip of ground, 10 feet wide, was 
left in front of each lot, with the 
understanding that it could not be 
built upon. It was practically given 
to the property owner, to be used as 
part of his lot. ' As soon as this was 
done the property owners began to 
take down their fences and incorpo- 
rate the 10-foot strip as part of the 
land surrounding their houses, and sod 
it. On the strip were planted trees, 
mostly elms and maples. There is 
not a city in Canada, except perhaps. 
ODD BOULDER MONUMENT 
The unique boulder shown in the ac- 
companying illustration, approximating 
five by fifteen feet in size, serves as a 
family monument on the Crandall lot in 
Odd Fellows’ Cemetery at Warren, Pa. 
The oblong stone embedded in the 
face of the boulder, near the top, bears 
on its face an almost perfect latin cross, 
a remarkable example of Nature’s own 
handiwork, and is said to have been 
used many years by the Indians as a 
stepping stone. 
Mr. C. D. Crandall, a member of the 
Conawango Fishing Club, on one of its 
expeditions, discovered this stone on the 
shore of North Bay, Can. He trans- 
ported it by canoe to a railway station 
and shipped it to Warren. A niche large 
enough to receive a few documents and 
souvenirs is hidden by the slab. 
Bronze tablets occupy places on the 
sides of the rock, which has been sur- 
rounded by appropriate planting. 
Albert Woodard. 
