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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
planted in groups on the lawns, that 
they may ultimately replace the oaks, 
box elder and black locust, which are 
feebly combating city conditions and 
road making which have already been 
described in Park and Cemetery. 
During the summer many of the 
trees suffered from the ravages of the 
port. The attorney tells of the suit 
brought by the Westrumite Co., who 
claimed a patent on any mixture of 
oil and water to lay dust, which they 
FILLING IN LAKE MICHIGAN TO MAKE LINCOLN PARK EXTENSION. 
which on the whole produce an un- 
satisfactory appearance. A force of 
men has been kept at work through- 
out the year cultivating, pruning, 
spraying, repairing injured trees, cut- 
ting out dead and unsightly growths, 
transplanting and re-arranging so as 
to open desired vistas and close ob- 
noxious views. 
Xo appreciable damage has result- 
ed from allowing the thousands of 
people to throng over the green- 
sward, and the general appearance of 
the grounds has been greatly en- 
hanced by removing the numerous 
grass signs and fences. An effort 
has been made to estalilish for edu- 
cational purposes an increased num- 
ber of species and varieties of trees, 
shrubs, and perennial plants in the 
neighborhood of the conservatories 
and perennial garden, at the same 
time to so group the plantings as to 
bring about harmony in color and 
landscape design. This work is 
planned to meet the requirements of 
hundreds of botanical students who 
annually frequent the grounds. The 
trees and shrubs of this section have 
been labeled with their common and 
botanical names. 
The report gives a detailed account 
of the experiments with macadam 
white marked Tussock Moth. The 
lindens, box elders and soft maples 
appeared to suffer most. This insect 
is essentially a city pest, and the park 
department gave out much advice to 
citizens whose trees were infested. 
Spraying with arsenate of lead was 
resorted to to some extent, and a 
small force of men was kept busy 
several weeks cleaning the trees of 
cocoons and egg masses. By this 
means the insect was kept in subjec- 
tion and very little damage resulted 
from its activities. Spraying with 
kerosene emulsion and with lime and 
sulphur was carried on well into the 
spring for the suppression of the 
Cottony Maple Scale, the Oyster 
Scale, and for the Elm Scurvy Scale. 
The entire lawn area of the park 
has been cleared of fences and grass 
signs and during the summer was 
kept carefully mowed. Seventy-two 
thousand square yards of lawn sur- 
face were covered with loam to a 
depth of twelve inches, and approxi- 
mately 200 cords of manure was ap- 
plied to the lawns and shrubbery 
plantations during the season. 
Interesting reports from Chas. A. 
Sartain, director of playgrounds, and 
from Chas. A. Churan, the board’s 
attorney, are also included in the re- 
claimed was infringed by the emul- 
sion made by the park force under 
Mr. West’s direction. The suit was 
won by the pai'k board. Judge Kohl- 
saat in his decision taking the atti- 
tude that it could not be deemed in- 
vention to pour oil and water not 
united chemically on roadways. This 
interesting decision is printed in full 
in the report. 
Francis T. Simmons is president of 
the board, Myron H. West, secretary 
and superintendent, and O. C. Si- 
monds, consulting landscape gar- 
dener. 
THE COVER ILLUSTRATION 
The illustration on the cover shows 
a view of the city of Reims, France, 
and its famous cathedral, rising in 
the background over the city. The 
view is taken from the railway sta- 
tion, in front of which is the attrac- 
tive little park shown in the picture. 
A glance at this little beauty spot of- 
fers a strong contrast to the generally 
slovenly surroundings of American 
railway stations. Another lesson may 
be learned from the careful attention 
given to the surroundings and set- 
ting of the monument which has 
been placed in the center of an im- 
maculave circle of lawn, with flower 
beds surroundings it at the base. 
