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ry, Europe ; Chinese Cedar. China ; 
Japanese Persimmon, Japan ; Crepe 
Myrtle, Asia ; Veronica, New Zealand ; 
Japanese Magnolia, Japan; Snowball, 
Atlantic United States; Smoke Tree, 
Atlantic United States; Black Wattle, 
Australia; Date Palm, Asia; Japanese 
Rose, Japan ; Oregon Grape, Oregon 
and California; Breath of Heaven, 
Cape of Good Hope; Rose of Sharon, 
China; Douglas Spruce, Western 
United States; Black Spruce, Bid- 
well’s Araucaria, Australia.; Irish 
Yew, Europe ; Ligustrum, China ; 
Olive, Europe; Jerusalem Cherry, 
Tropics; Juniper, (?); Japanese Fan 
Palm, Japan; Cape Jasmine, Japan; 
American Elm, North America ; 
Siberian Arbor Vitae, Asia; Box a GLIMPSE OF CAPITOL PARK, SACRAMENTO, CAL. 
Elder, North America; Pepper Tree, 
South America; Varnish Tree, Japan; Burr Oak, At- 
lantic United States; Umbrella Tree, China; Dragon 
Tree, Australia; Pomelo, Polynesia; Laburnum, (?); Wal- 
nut, (?); Box; Camphor Tree, China; Japanese Maple; 
Bottle Brush, Australia; Bridal Wreath, Japan; New Zea- 
land Flax, New Zealand; Oriental Arbor Vitae, China; Lilac, 
Europe and Asia ; Honey Suckle ; Elaeagnus, Japan ; Ginkgo, 
Japan, Horse Chestnut, Europe and Asia; Paulownia, China; 
Catalpa, Mississippi Valley; Grevillea, Australia; Live Oak, 
California ; Acacia, Australia ; Plumbago, Cape of Good Hope ; 
English Walnut, Europe and Asia; Madrone, California; 
Cunninghamia, China; Brush Cherry, Australia; Box Elder, 
California; Strawberry Bush, Europe; Indian Hawthorne, 
China; Fir; Aleppo Pine, Mediterranean Region; Black Mul- 
berry, Asia; Cedar of Lebanon, Asia and Africa; Banana, 
Abyssinia; Japanese Sophora, Japan; Lemon Verbena, 
South America; Cork Oak, Europe. 
There is another pretty little park at Fresno, about 
the County Building, which is somewhat like the Cap- 
itol Park at Sacramento. 
The gardens of Stanford University and the charm- 
ing campus of the State University at Berkeley, take 
high rank as ornamental grounds, the famous Berk- 
eley oaks giving added interest to the latter grounds. 
These are the great old live oaks, that are famous 
for the queer spreading of their branches, and their 
very irregular contour. 
AROUSING INTEREST IN PARK WORK 
The Public Park Association of Rhode Island has 
recently consummated a prize competition, which was 
open to the students and pupils of all schools and col- 
leges in Rhode Island. For information and suggest- 
ions the competitors were referred to the “Report upon 
a System of Public Reservations for the Metropolitan 
District of Providence Plantations,” a copy of which 
was placed in all libraries and which was furnished 
upon request to any school. Money prizes were offer- 
ed, and ranged from $io to $3 for students of colleges ; 
$8 to $2 for pupils of high schools ; $5 to $i to gram- 
mar grades and from $5 to $i to primary and inter- 
mediate grades. All contributions were to be submit- 
ted by Nov. 7, but the results have not yet come to 
hand. The idea of educating the young on the princi- 
ples and practice of outdoor improvement has all along 
been accepted as a solution of the problem for the 
future, and along several lines this is in active oper- 
ation ; but the ordinary competion of the school room 
lacks the inspiration to enthusiasm which a system of 
prizes usually exerts. The latter induces more imme- 
diate concentration of energy and thought upon the 
subject and secures more positive results in less time. 
Further details of this competition will be found in an- 
other column, and it will be seen how thoroughly the 
whole subject is covered in its presentation to the vari- 
ous grades of education. This Rhode Island competi- 
tion has a highly suggestive significance in its educa- 
tional possibilities. Every important city in the Union 
might profitably adopt its appropriate features, and by 
modifying them to suit ruling conditions and require- 
ments, provide an incentive to all pupils and students 
to become acquainted with the progress of thought on 
the question of our public parks ; this would become a 
fixed idea in the minds of our coming generation. 
Improvement associations everywhere can profitably 
take up such a competitive method of educating the 
young, with a view to more effective progress in the 
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movement. 
