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examine the various plantations about the entrance, 
the rock garden and other attractions, and gathered 
again at Prof. Cowell’s residence, where an informal 
luncheon was served on the veranda. 
Here the last official business of the convention was 
dispatched in the passage of strong resolutions urging 
the removal of the Botanical Garden to another site, 
owing to the growing injury to the vegetation from 
the smoke and gases of neighboring factories. Un- 
fortunately for the Garden, South Park is situated in 
a dense manufacturing district, and since the estab- 
lishment of the big steel works near by, the damage 
to plant life has been so noticeable that Director 
Cowell and the visiting experts are unanimous in urg- 
ing its removal to a more favorable site. 
An invitation to meet next year in Toronto was 
received in the form of a telegram from the mayor of 
that city, which was referred to the executive com- 
mittee. The invitation had already been informally 
presented by Superintendent John Chambers of To- 
ronto while the party was on Canadian soil the day 
before. 
Superintendent C. C. Laney and Assistant Superin- 
tendent John Dunbar of Rochester were present dur- 
ing the day to reinforce the invitation that had already 
been given to visit that city on the following day, and 
the meeting adjourned to allow the members to spend 
the afternoon in individual pleasure or business. 
Fourth Day, Saturday, July /. 
Nearly all of the party appeared at Rochester Satur- 
day morning, and found the day much too short to 
get enough of the beauties of that city’s remarkable 
parks. They were met at the station by Superintend- 
ent Laney, Assistant Superintendents Dunbar and H. 
C. iMaine, Assistant Engineer H. T. Brown, Secretary 
M. O. Stone and Park Commissioners H. F. Atwood, 
\^’illiam C. Barry, Charles P. Ford, William S. Riley, 
and Edward Wallis, and taken for a tallyho ride 
through the parks. 
Maplewood Park, a tract of 142 acres extending 
along the Genesee river, commanding a magnificent 
view of the gorge just below the falls, was the first 
place visited. The river views from this park are not 
surpassed by anything seen on the trip, not excepting 
the Niagara gorge, with which they suggest compari- 
son. The Niagara banks are higher and more majes- 
tic, but the Genesee views have a variety and color 
that make their scenic value fully as great. 
The drive across the river and along its banks to 
Seneca Park gave other views of its graceful curves 
and wooded heights covered with a luxurious growth 
of maples, ashes and elms. At Seneca Park the party 
was met by Commissioner Frank G. Newell, chairman 
of the committee in charge of this park, who showed 
them the Zoo, the spring, the aquatic planting, and the 
swimming pool, where children are given free instruc- 
tion in swimming by an expert teacher. They must 
obtain permits, however, by having their parents sign 
a release to the city in case of accident. Mr. Newell 
reported that there has never been an accident. The 
well-kept drives and planting, and the striking land- 
scape efifects, were carefully noted and heartily praised. 
From here the route led through several fine resi- 
dence streets and the business district to Highland 
Park, with a brief stop at the grounds about the resi- 
dence of Mr. Barry, and the great nurseries of Ell- 
wanger & Barry. Some magnificent trees, whose 
progeny is scattered all over the country, were seen 
here, and after a brief stroll on the grass walks in 
the rose garden, the journey was continued to High- 
land Park, immediately adjoining. 
This unique tract was formerly a part of the nur- 
series of this firm and was presented by them to the 
city. It contains 55 acres and is located on a high 
hill commanding a magnificent view of the surround- 
ing country. It is in direct charge of Mr. John Dun- 
bar, whose remarkable collection of flowering shrubs 
is one of the most complete in the country. It em- 
braces 1,300 species and varieties, nearly all hardy, and 
the pinetum has 170 varieties. 
After a delicious luncheon in the pavilion on the 
highest point of the hill, Mr. Egerton on behalf of 
the visitors tendered the thanks of the association for 
the handsome manner in which they had been enter- 
tained. He said that Rochester’s parks are so beauti- 
ful that it was difficult to realize that they were the 
creation of only a few years, and congratulated the 
city on the fact that nature had given such great 
diversity in character to the dififerent tracts. 
Commissioner Barry responded, and commended the 
association on the change from a local to a national 
organization, which he said was justified by the. impor- 
tance of the work. He called attention to the peculiar 
formation of Highland Park, which Frederick Law 
Olmsted had declared would be difficult to plant satis- 
factorily, and invited the visitors to note how it had 
been done. The variety in the topography, he said, 
had given them in Highland a hill park with an ex- 
tended view, in Maplewood a river park, and in Gen- 
esee Valley a large meadow park. He described the 
organization of the Board, which is composed of 21 
members, and divided into committees, one for each | 
large park, for the city parks, for boulevards, and one j 
for music, in addition to the regular standing business i 
committees. 
The death of Secretary of State Hay was called be- 
fore the body in the form of a resolution expressing ! 
the loss suffered by the nation and extending sympathy 
to Engineer Arthur Hay, of Springfield, 111 ., one of 
the members present, who is a nephew of the late 
Secretary. 
