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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
VIEW IN AVENUE LOUISE, BRUSSELS. 
Three Roadways, Riding Path, Walk, Three Rows of Trees, and Car Tracks. 
ways paved with stone for heavy traffic, 
while next to this on the left is the 
tree shaded riding alley. Adjoining 
this in the central space is a wood paved 
section for carriages and such vehicles 
and also a stone paved trackway for 
street cars. Then comes the tree bor- 
dered promenade for pedestrians, and 
this is again separated from the build- 
ing line by the before mentioned stone- 
paved way for heavy traffic. The ac- 
companying diagram graphically ex- 
plains the arrangement. This system 
of boulevard making may appear com- 
plicated to Americans, from the neces- 
sity of ample police control to secure 
obedience to traffic ordinances, but as a 
rule Europeans are more amenable to 
police rules and regulations, and such 
roadways find favor. 
Another view is in a new avenue in 
the suburbs, showing a method of tree 
planting to overcome the serious oppo- 
sition of the residents to large trees 
on account of too great shade and 
dampness. The trees are Acacias and 
Pyrus aucuparia, the “mountain ash” 
alternating, and though small and light 
in general appearance, add a note of 
beauty to the avenue. The trees are 
evidentl\- planted with great care. A 
touch of municipal art may be seen in 
the decorative lamp posts, located near 
the edge of the sidewalk proper. 
Much attention is given by the civic 
authorities to municipal art, and the 
same may be said of the suburbs. Our 
illustrations show two styles of lamp- 
posts ; one being a combined gas and 
electricity (arc light) post recently ac- 
cepted by the city proper ; and another 
is a combined lamp and fountain, which 
has been adopted by the suburb of Ixel- 
les. The latter carries five gas lamps 
and drinking basins for horses and 
dogs, and its ornamental character is 
well shown by the cut. 
There are a number of important pub- 
lic monuments and many examples of 
decorative sculptural work. We illustrate 
a fountain on the terrace of the Botan- 
ical Garden. A column of Scotch gran- 
ite rises from a base of blue stone. A 
bird of prey in green bronze surmounts 
the column. There are four such foun- 
tains in the Garden and the surmount- 
ing bronzes represent different types of 
birds and fishes. The additional dec- 
orative features are also of bronze. 
The public service companies are 
made to contribute to civic embellish- 
ment, as will be realized from the pic- 
As a result of a conference between 
Park Commissioner Henry Smith of the 
Borough of Manhattan, New York City, 
and Colonel Comelius B. Mitchell, 
president of the Tree Planting Associa- 
tion of Ndw York, it is expected that 
impetus will be given to the movement 
to encourage the planting of trees in the 
streets. Regarding the work and plans 
of the association Colonel Mitchell said 
ture of the street-car waiting room of 
the Brussels Tramway Co. The lower 
portion, built of blue stone, is sur- 
mounted by an iron superstructure ; the 
interior is finished in decorative tiling 
and natural wood. 
In the important movement for civic 
beauty which involves both municipal 
art and natural beauty, Brussels af- 
fords a most interesting example of a 
city’s progress, worthy of close atten- 
tion. 
in a local interview : “About five years 
ago we had a bill passed by the legis- 
lature placing the care of trees in the 
hands of the Park Department, which 
was also to make rules for the suitable 
planting of them. Our association has 
awakened public attention to the fact 
that the streets of New York are sin- 
gularly bare and unattractive, and that 
no city, however fine its architecture, 
can be really beautiful without trees in 
its streets. We have been instrumental 
in planting several thousand trees in this 
borough, and large numbers of trees 
have been planted between Washington 
Square and 13th street. The association 
has taken special pains to encourage the 
planting of trees in the tenement dis- 
tricts, and has made appropriations 
from its treasury to its tenement shade 
tree committee, which, in turn, has also 
raised funds for the planting of trees 
in the tenement districts. We have, 
moreover, induced the Board of Educa- 
tion to instruct pupils to take care of 
trees and regard them as friends and 
see that no injur^^ is done to them. On 
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