PARK AND CEMETERY. 
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-willow pools, where the flamingoes and the crawling- 
cranes, the spoon-bills and the pelicans and the other 
water-fowl have their homes. Beyond, are cages for 
the Bulgarian eagle and the vulture ; for other varieties 
of deer, and for the bears, — clumsy fellows, feeding on 
■curious red berries, and stacking up a heap of these be- 
tween their paws, that their fellows may not share in 
the feast. Where the Zoo, which is a most credit- 
able one for a town of this size to have, comes to 
an end a Canadian deer and an Asiatic bearded-goat 
have cages, — a door leading between the two, through 
another wall into the Royal Botanic Gardens. 
This park, like the Zoo, is flat throughout, and tra- 
versed by excellent paths edged with hedges two or 
three feet in height, to separate us trom magnificent 
flower beds. A feature of the garden are the apple- 
tree hedges, the saplings bent so as to curve back to 
the ground, but bearing fruit nevertheless. On these 
greening apples, a paper copy of the Royal insignia is 
bound, and then the entire fruit wrapped about by a 
paper sack, fastened. to the stem, — a tremendous task, 
when one considers the hundreds of apples so treated. 
The object is, of course, to have the sun strike tlie 
fruit at just such a temperature as to brand the insignia 
on (the apple and make it fit for serving at banquets of 
stale. Gardeners of city parks in our own country 
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might imitate the scheme with the civic seal, for use at 
municipal banquets. 
The city of Belgrade, Servia’s capital, possesses one 
of the most peculiarly associated parks in the world. 
The park, — shown in the photo, — is a rather pretty 
one, with terraces and flower-beds and a fountain, and 
enclosed by a grating, along the main street of the 
city. The windows of the present Royal palace look 
directly down upon it, and, as matter of fact, it is re- 
served exclusively for the court. To pass it, one would 
never suspect its history. Less than three years ago 
another Royal Palace stood here. After the regicide, 
however, and the inauguration of King Peter, the 
Serbs vowed that every reminder of the late King 
must be abolished ; — his face, upon the postage stamps 
was blocked out in stencil, until a new series could be 
issued ; postals bearing his picture were confiscated, if 
placed in the mail ; storekeepers having the crayons in 
their shops, took them away, and not content with this, 
it was resolved to level his palace. This has been done 
and the park now occupies the site. Out at Terp- 
sichdor, a suburb of Belgrade, is another old Royal 
palace where another Serb king was assassinated, and 
the park about the plain little house is pregnant with 
memories of bloody times, withal that today it is a 
most inviting half-woodland, sun-kissed spot. 
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A Memorial to tHe Founder of Arbor Day. 
THE STATUE, STERLING MORTON MEMORIAL. 
J. Sterling Morton, founder of Arbor Day, father 
of the tree planting idea in this country, and Secre- 
tary of Agriculture under President Grover Gleve- 
land, has been honored with a beautiful memorial 
which was unveiled near his home in Nebraska City, 
Neb., October 28. 
The exercises of dedication were attended by more 
than 15,000 people from all parts of the state and 
many distinguished public men, friends and associates 
of the former secretary were present. The address 
of honor was delivered by former President Cleveland, 
and other members of his cabinet present were ex- 
Vice President Adlai E. Stevenson, Hon. David R. 
Francis, former Secretary of the Interior, and Hilary 
A. Herbert, Secretary of the Navy under Mr. Cleve- 
land. The monument was erected by the Arbor Day 
Memorial Association from voluntary contributions 
amounting to about $30,000, and was modeled by Ru- 
dolph Evans, of Washington, D. C. 
It has been given a most appropriate and adequate 
setting that testifies to the good judgment and intelli- 
gent attention of both sculptor and committee. Few 
public memorials have been so fortunate in situation 
and received such careful landscape treatment. A 
plot of ground 85x100 feet furnishes the site in the 
center of Morton Park, a beautiful wooded tract, do- 
nated to Nebraska City by Mr. Morton. This park 
comprises about 20 acres and forms the connecting 
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