PARK AND CEMETERY. 
TRIPI.E COMBINATION PAWN MOWER. THE MOWER AND ITS '‘POWER.” 
INGENIOUS GERMAN COMBINATION LAWN MOWER 
.\ii ingenius German gardener has re- 
cently devised the home-made “triple 
lawn mower'’ illustrated here, which as 
may be seen from our pictures is a very 
handy machine where there is consid- 
erable surface of lawn to cover and not 
enough to warrant the purchase of an 
e.xpensive horse or power mower. 
The device consists simply of three 
mowers bolted together as shown in our 
illustrations which also show a very 
convenient form of “power’’ for the ma- 
chine that will not work much injury to 
the turf. 
When three fourteen-inch machines 
are bolted together by this frame, you 
get a cutting surface of 38 inches in 
the combination machine. If sixteen 
inch machines are used the cutting sur- 
face of the combined blades will be 
about 30 inches. It is recommended 
as a great time saver. A contributor to 
IMoeller’s Deutsche Gaertner-Zeitung 
from which we obtain our illustrations, 
says that he mowed a piece of turf cover- 
ing four acres in five hours. 
The mule or burro is recommended as 
the surest and safest power, as there is 
no need for any covering of the hoofs. 
1 f a pony is emplojTd the German users 
recommend that special “hoof shoes" 
be used to prevent Injury to the lawn by 
the iron shoes of the animal. The ma- 
chines are so arranged that the two in 
front are separated by a short space and 
this space is cut by the rear mower 
placed just over this opening. To put 
the machines together requires only 
about twenty minutes. The operation 
is very simple, but care is necessary to 
see that the holes are bored accurately, 
and so placed that the rear machine ex- 
tends several inches over the course of 
the front -ones. 
The machine has been patented by 
Obergartner Blisso of Elberfeld, Ger- 
maii}-, and is especially recommended for 
large estates or parks. 
THE DUTIES OF A PARK SUPERINTENDENT 
Paper Read Before the American Association of Park 
Superintendents, by H'. K. Adams, Sufit. of Parks, of Omaha. 
1 have been requested to give you a 
paper in connection with Parks, and 
have decided to write one on the subject 
of "Park Superintendents." 
All of you gentlemen are, I know, 
qualified in the multifarious duties of 
the office, and at first sight, it seems 
superfluous on my part to say anything 
on this particular subject, yet as the 
general public, and even some of our 
Park Commissioners, often have but a 
slight knowledge of what a Park Su- 
perintendent should know, what he has 
to direct, and how versatile must be his 
accomplishments, I thought it might be 
well to enlighten them a little. 
A Park Superintendent should have 
a knowledge of the fundamental princi- 
ples of landscape work so as to be com- 
petent to intelligently direct, carry out 
and construct plans when submitted to 
him for park improvements. He should 
recognize the fact that he is not only 
working for immediate results, but is 
laying a foundation for the future so 
that the generations to come may ad- 
mire and enjoy the beauties of nature, 
hence the necessity that all work under- 
taken, should have deep study so that 
mistakes ma}- be avoided, which will 
cause an extra loss of time and expense 
in the future to rectify. 
He should have good e.xecutive abil- 
ity in the arrangement of his working 
force so as to insure the best results : 
with the least possible outlay in the 
construction, and also the maintenance 
of the parks under his care. He ought 
to have a general knowledge of work 
of whatever kind, pertaining to parks, 
so that he may be capable of giving in- 
telligent instructions to his men instead 
of receiving the same from them (and 
.vet I would advise that he should not be 
above receiving and adopting a good 
suggestion from one at any time), but 
when once an order is given to do things 
in a certain way, it should be imperative, 
for he only would be held responsible 
for mistakes. 
A superintendent should have an eye 
to the pleasing as well as the artistic 
effects in his work, which should as- 
similate with natural surroundings. His 
drives and walks although artificial 
should be made to appear as little so 
as possible. 
He should have a knowledge of trees 
:ind shrubbery, along with their proper 
planting and care, and on him depends 
largely, if not wholly, their arrange- 
ment or disposition, so that the planting 
will be effective when complete. In this 
he should be guided by the grand and 
effective w^ork of our great Creator, and 
try and copy after Him in a small way. 
He should understand the construction 
of roadways : and much depends upon 
him whether the grades conform to the 
