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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
THE PARK SYSTEM OF PROVIDENCE, R. I. 
The parks of Providence, R. L, in- 
clude many places rich in historic as- 
sociation and picturesque in natural 
beauty. Roger Williams Park, the 
largest of the city’s pleasure grounds, 
contains the cottage built by Nathan- 
iel Williams in 1773 and willed to the 
city by Betsey Williams in 1871. Oth- 
er public structures and service build- 
Providence has a total park area of 
.644.38 acres dvided into 33 separate 
tracts. Those with an area of six 
acres or more are: Roger Wiliams 
Park, 432 acres; Blackstone Park, 43.4 
acres; Neutaconkanut Hill Park, 40.4 
acres; Davis Park, 38.6 acres; Pleasant 
Valley Parkway, 19.5 acres; Black- 
stone Boulevard Parkway, 19.4 acres; 
ers of the lakes has increased very 
largely, so that on pleasant Sunday 
afternoons it is not an unusual thing 
to see one hundred or more canoes- 
gliding about. Canoe carnivals are 
held at intervals during the summer 
and are witnessed by large gather- 
ings. 
The park museum is largely visited. 
LAKE VIEW IN ROGER WILLIAMS PARK, PROVIDENCE, R. I. 
ings that have been erected from 
time to time are: A monument by 
Franklin Simmons, of Rome, consist- 
ing of a bronze statue of. Roger Wil- 
liams on a granite peHestal, erected in 
1876 at a cost of about $22,000; barn 
and deer park constructed in 1891 at 
a cost of $10,973; a menagerie build- 
ing erected in 1890-91 at a cost of 
$10,903; a museum erected in 1895 at 
a cost of $40,528; a Casino was com- 
pleted in 1898 at a cost of $29,989, and 
a boat house, sheds and wharf, in 
1897, at a cost of $19,530. 
exter Traning Field, 9 acres; Tock- 
wotton Park, 6.2 acres. The total as- 
sessors’ valuation of buildings and 
grounds in the system is $2,334,498. 
A great variety of entertainment is 
furnished to visitors to Roger Wil- 
liams Park. Band concerts run for a 
season of ten weeks, beginning about 
July 1, and a fireworks display is gen- 
erally given July 4. A flock of South- 
down sheep grazes in this park and 
about one hundred ewes are kept 
through the winter. 
The use of the canoes on the wat- 
and has received some substantial do- 
nations. 
A systematic campaign is carried on 
against the gypsy moth. Burlap 
bands were placed on a large number 
of trees on the boundaries of the park 
under the direction of the State Com- 
missioner. These trees were inspected 
every two or three days during the 
season when the caterpillars are doing 
their work. Roger Williams Park is 
practically free from this much dread- 
ed insect, as last season only one cat- 
erpillar was found under the burlap 
