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reports the removal of a large Purple Beech, which was 40 feet 
high and 6 fer t 3 inches in girth at 4 feet from the ground. The 
tree was moved in 1880, and is still growing vigorously. 
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An Improvement Association, to be known as the Branch 
Brook Park Association, has been organized at Newark, N. J. 
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The Board of Park Commissioners of Chattanooga, Tenn., 
began in earnest, last month, the work of planting shade trees 
in the streets and avenues of that city. 
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State schools of agriculture for girls have been established in 
Minnesota, and an exchange say 3 that if the graduates become 
farmers’ wives they can show their husbands how to run things 
out of doors as well as in the house. 
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The commissioners of Lincoln Park, Chicago, have received 
a communication from a representative of the Khedive of Egypt 
at Cairo, asking for seeds and instructions as to propagation, etc. , 
from the beautiful collection of water lilies cultivated in that 
park. 
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According to the Paris Figaro the late Dr. Thomas W. 
Evans, the American dentist, left $4,000,000 with which to build 
a museum in Philadelphia, among the conditions being that a 
statue to his memory should be erected in a public square to 
cost not less than $200,000 nor more than $400,000. 
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The second annual meeting of the Tree Planting Associa- 
tion of New York City was held last month. It now numbers 
172 members and is growing quite rapidly and substantially, 
many of its members being of the old New York families and 
holders of real estate. Many ladies are enrolled. It is reported 
that some 126 trees have been planted the past three months. 
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The Allegheny, Pa., park trees suffered severely from the 
heavy snowfall the last of December, many being utterly ruined. 
When the severity of the storm was realized a large force of men 
was employed to beat the snow from the trees. At one time 
grave fears were entertained for the glass roof of the Phipps 
conservatory in West park and men were kept at work relieving 
the load. 
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Dr. Kate Perry Cain, of Covington, Ky., is reminding peo- 
ple in her locality of “Johnny Appleseed,” the quaint character 
who used to go about the country, starting fruit trees wherever 
he could, for the benefit of people who would live long after his 
death, he said. Mrs. Cain is causing shade trees to be planted 
along both sides of the great eleven mile turnpike that leads from 
Covington to Independence. 
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The Valley City Tree Planting Association, Grand Rapids 
Mich., has begun its campaign for the coming year. By quiet 
influence and work the association was instrumental in the plant- 
ing of at least 1,500 trees in the city last spring. The work of 
the coming year will be along the lately improved thoroughfares. 
The planting of trees will be urged, especially by committees 
that will be appointed to operate on various avenues. 
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The removal or transplanting of large trees is now common 
practice, and is so well understood that few losses occur. 
Meehan's Monthly gives the following note on the subject: 
American tree planters find no difficulty in moving large trees- 
Trees up to three feet in circumference, are frequently moved, 
and generally with great success. The Gardeners' Chronicle 
A writer i 1 the Indianapolis News calls attention to the in- 
jury often occurring to the limbs of the soft maple shade trees 
by the accumulations of ice and snow thereon in the wfinter. The 
load is too much for their strength, and he quotes from an Arbor 
Day address of Dr. J. T. Rothrock at Lancaster, Pa., as fol- 
lows: “Do not plant the silver maple. It is too weak to support 
its own enormous growth. It must be cut back. This opens the 
way for decay, and just when your tree should be in its prime it 
is in a stage of decay.” This is verified in many of the cities and 
villages. 
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Plans for the improvement of Audubon Park, New Orleans, 
have been asked by the authorities of that city from Mr. J. C. Olm- 
sted and Mr. Warren H. Manning of Boston, Both gentlemen 
have been on the ground examining the conditions to be studied. 
Audubon park is a tract of great naftiral beauty and the trees 
are exceptionally fine, an avenue of oaks commanding deep ad- 
miration. Audubon Park lies on the river and offers opportuni- 
ties for a splendid development, a fact which has inspired the 
city authorities to seek the best professional advice on the pro- 
posed work. While there is abundance of material for the orna 
mental features on the grounds, the natural conditions prevad- 
ing at New Orleans, makes the work one of much interest. 
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A great work is in progress in Schenley Park. Pittsburg, in 
the way of planting groves. In many parts of the park very little 
more than grass is grown, owing to red clay and rock underlyirg 
a thin stratum of soil, and in order to permanently secure tree 
growth a hole of sufficient size and depth is sunk for each tree. 
This involves costly labor, but the proper development of the 
park demands it. Mr. Falconer, the superintendent, is proceed- 
ing in the work on lines which will make Schenley Park of wide 
reputation, and he is moreover giving his aid in every possible 
way to educate the people up to the value and utility of the park 
from all aspects of the question. Some 20,000 trees and flower, 
ing shrubs will have been added to the park before next summer. 
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The trustees of the Phebe A. Hearst architectural plan for 
the development of the University of California at Berkeley 
have issued invitations to the architects of the world to co-op- 
erate “in the preparation of a permanent general plan of the 
buildings and grounds which are to compose the University of 
California.” The competition is to be double, a preliminary and 
final. The preliminary is open to the world. The final will be 
limited to those whose work in the preliminary is adjudged mer- 
itorious. All plans for the preliminary competition should be 
deposited with the United States Consul at Antwerp, Belgium, 
before July 1, 1898. At least ten "plans will be retained, and if 
only that number the author of each will receive $1,500. If not 
exceeding fifteen plans are retained $1,200 will be paid each, 
and if more than fifteen are retained $1,000 will be paid each. 
In the final competition those who desire to study the site of the 
proposed buildings on the ground will be provided with trans- 
portation and expenses from their residences to San Francisco 
and return. A total sum of at least $20,000 will be devoted to 
premiums for the best plans in the final competition, and of this 
at least $8,000 will be awarded to the plan classed as No. 1. The 
jury for the preliminary competition will be international, being 
composed of R. Norman Shaw, London; J. L. Pascal, Paris; Paul 
Wallot, Dresden; Walter Cook, New York; J. B. Reinstein 
San Francisco. For the final competition four architects will be 
added to the jury. 
