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acquired by the city and improve- 
ments planned contemplate a general 
clearing up of the beach and the con- 
struction of an imposing bathing and 
recreation pavilion. 
Bailey Peninsula, of 193.76 acres, a 
magnificent natural park, extending 
into Lake Washington, after several 
years of effort in connection with 
negotiations, has at last become the 
property of the City of Seattle by 
the condemnation route, its cost foot- 
ing up $322,020.50. It is the most 
extensive and most expensive sub- 
division of the park system, but time 
will demonstrate that no mistake was 
made in acquiring it. It retains its 
original growth of virgin timber and 
vegetation, and can be converted into 
one of the most unique and beautiful 
natural parks in the world. At pres- 
ent it is practically inaccessible ex- 
cept by water, but the extension of 
the Lake Washington Boulevard 
along the lake shore south from Mt. 
Baker Park will overcome this diffi- 
culty in time. 
Leschi Park, located on the shore 
of Lake Washington, is one of the 
oldest parks of the city, but until 
1909 was the property of the street 
railway company. Being a lake shore 
park and only fifteen minutes from 
the business district, it is one of the 
most popular and best patronized 
parks of the system. 
Woodland Park, containing 179 
acres, is the city’s largest park, and 
on account of its varied attractions, 
is the most popular and is visited by 
more people than all of the other 
parks of the city. 
Interlaken Boulevard extends 7,800 
feet from Capitol Hill, down the hill, 
serpentine fashion, through wooded 
Interlaken Park, to a connection with 
the main north and south boulevard, 
in Washington Park. This is the en- 
trance .to the boulevard system. 
Lake Washington Boulevard, 0,100 
feet, is the section of the system ex- 
tending along the lake shore fromi 
Colman Park, to Dodge’s Point. 
With the magnificent w^ater and 
mountain view on the one side and 
the wooded slopes of Mt. Baker Park 
on the other side, this is the most at- 
tractive section of the entire boule- 
vard system. Having been com- 
pleted the year previous, the work 
of 1910 consisted of the removal of 
slides and the construction of retain- 
ing walls on the park side and the 
reconstruction of several hundred 
yards of sea-w'all and cement side- 
walk on the lakeside, which were 
washed out by the high water and 
storms of Lake Washington during 
the previous winter. 
RAILWAY GARDENING ASSOCIATION MEETING 
The fifth annual meeting of the 
Railway Gardening Association held 
in Chicago August 15-18, 1911, was 
attended by representatives of twenty 
or more of the principal trunk line 
railroads in the United States and 
Canada. 
The object of the Association is 
primarily “to consider a more thor- 
ough and systematic extension of 
Railway Gardening; to improve the 
appearance of all railroad way lands, 
especially those adjacent to passen- 
ger stations; to encourage the beauti- 
fying of grounds adjoining railroad 
property; to eliminate whatever un- 
necessarily detracts from the beauty 
of the landscape as seen from the car 
window; to stimulate universal inter- 
est in presenting more attractive ap- 
pearances to the traveling public.” 
The membership is constantly in- 
creasing and will continue to grow as 
the good work of the organization is 
brought to the attention of the offi- 
cials of those railroads that have not 
as yet realized the value of improv- 
ing their station grounds and rights 
of way. An excellent programme 
was carried out at the meeting and 
included the following papers: 
“Uniformity in Railroad Gardening 
and How to Bring it About,” by E. A. 
Richardson, Boston & Albany R. R 
“Interesting Railroads in Beautify- 
ing Their Station Grounds,” by N. S. 
Dunlop, Canadian Pacific R. R. 
“Fences, Including Hedges, Where 
to Use; Material, Maintenance,” Etc., 
by Joseph Carson, Pennsylvania R. R. 
“Sodding and Seeding Lawns, Com- 
parative Value, Best Time to Do It, 
Material,” by R. J. Rice, Michigan 
Central R. R. 
“The Gardener’s Jurisdiction; How 
Far Beyond the Park Fence Should 
It Extend?” by R. W. Hutchinson, 
Pennsylvania R. R. 
“Hardy Herbaceous Perennials in 
Landscape Work,” by W. H. Waite, 
Vaughan’s Nurseries, Western 
Springs, 111. 
“Should Railroad Companies Pur- 
chase or Grow Their Stock?” by F. 
W. Vail, Central of New Jersey, R. R. 
“Treating Cuts and Banks to pre- 
vent Washing and Sliding,” by H. S. 
Moulder, Illinois Central R. R. 
“Fertilizers,” by J. A. Byrne, Balti- 
more & Ohio R. R. 
“Maintaining of Parks During 
Drought,” by J. E. Smith, Pennsyl- 
vania R. R. 
R. D. Prettie, Superintendent of 
Forestry, Canadian Pacific R. R., 
Winnipeg, Man., gave an interesting 
account of the excellent work being 
done by that railroad. 
The entertainment provided by the 
local committee, of which Geo. B. 
jMoulder, chief gardener of the Illi- 
nois Central R. R., was chairman, was 
of such a nature as to combine both 
pleasure and profit, a portion of each 
day being devoted to sight seeing. 
The Chicago Florist’s Club provided 
automobiles for a tour of inspection 
over Chicago’s park and boulevard 
S 3 -stem. The Chicago, Burlington & 
Quincy R. R. furnished transportation 
to Western Springs, Ilk, where the 
party inspected the greenhouses and 
nurseries at Vaughan’s Seed Store, 
and the Michigan Central R. R. took 
the visitors and their wives to Niles, 
Mich., where they saw one of the 
prettiest station grounds on that line 
and were entertained by Chief Gar- 
dener John Gipner and R. J. Rice, 
local station gardener. 
Officers elected for the ensuing 
year were: President, Patrick Foy, 
Norfolk & Western R. R., Roanoke, 
Va.; vice-president, F. M. Vail, Cen- 
tral R. R. of New Jersey, Dunellen, 
N. J.; secretary-treasurer, J. S. But- 
terfield, Mo. Pacific-Iron Mountain R. 
R., Lee’s Summit, Mo.; executive 
committee, the officers and Geo. B. 
Moulder, 111. Central R. R., Chicago; 
R. B. Hutchinson, Pennsylvania Lines 
West, Sewickley, Pa.; R. J. Rice, 
Michigan Central R. R., Niles, Mich. 
The 1912 meeting will be held at 
Roanoke, Va. 
The 1911 edition of the Souvenir 
year book, issued as a medium 
through which to enlist the attention 
and co-operation of railroads in the 
work of the Railway Gardening As- 
sociation, is a beautifully printed and 
artistically illustrated book. Half-tone 
group pictures like the one on the 
next page illustrate the improve- 
ment of station grounds and rights 
of way, etc., on a number of rail- 
roads interspersed with a historical 
sketch of the association, a number 
of addresses on different phases of 
the subject of railway gardening by 
members of the association, making 
a volume that cannot fail to create a 
favorable impression. 
