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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
THE PARK AND OUTDOOR ART ASSOCIATION. 
PRELIMINARY ANNOU NCEMENT OF THE MINNEAPOLIS 
MEETING OF JUNE 22, 23, AND 24, 1898, 
Headquarters of the Association will be at the West 
Hotel, at which the rates are $3.00 per day and upward. 
Minneapolis, Minn , is readily accessible from all points 
by rail. East rn visitors can take advantage of the fine 
boat ride through the Great Takes from Buffalo to Du- 
luth via: the Great Northern Steamship Line. Such spec- 
ial hotel and railroad rates as are secured will be an- 
nounced later. 
The mornings of the 22nd (Wednesday) the 23rd, 
and the entire day of the 24th will be given up to busi- 
ness, papers and discussion. The retiring president will 
address the meeting, and the following papers have been 
promised. 
Playgrounds and Plazas. By W. W. Folwell. 
Plant Propagation for Parks. By Fred Kanst. 
Aesthetic Forestry. By B. E. Fernow. 
Tree Planting on Public Streets. By Chas. M. Loring. 
Appreciation of Natural Beauty. By O. C. Simonds. 
The Relation of Public Parks to Public Health. By 
Orlando B. Douglas. 
Small City Parks and Open Air Breathing Spaces. 
By Chas. N. Lowrie. 
Park Woodlands and Plantations. By J. A. Petti- 
grew. 
The Architect and the Landscape Architect. By A. 
C. Clas. 
The Duties of Park Commissioners. By C. Wahl. 
The Influence of Parks on the Character of Children. 
By H. W. S. Cleveland. 
It is expected that Mrs. Robert Pratt will present 
the work of children in improving the surroundings of 
their home and school grounds, and that she will have 
the assistance of ladies’ and gentlemen of other sections 
of the country who have taken an active interest in this 
work. 
A more complete list of authors, papers and titles 
will be sent to members before the date of the meeting. 
At some time during the 
afternoons or evenings of 
the 22nd and 23rd, a ban- 
quet is to be given by the 
citizens; an opportunity is 
to be given for an examina- 
tion of the park system, 
and the invitation of Mr. 
F. H. Peavey to visit his 
estate upon the shores of 
Lake Minnetonka, and to 
take a boat ride upon the 
lake, will be accepted. An 
invitation has also been ex- 
tended to visit the St. Paul 
Park System. 
At the close of the meet- 
ing, arrangements are to be 
made for an excursion to 
the Interstate Park at the 
Dalles of the St. Croix. 
TREES RECOMMENDED BY THE INDIANA HORTI- 
CULTURAL SOCIETY. 
From the transactions of the Indiana Horticul- 
tural Society for 1897, we take the following re- 
port of the committee on a list of shade trees for 
Street, Lawn and Park Planting: 
For Streets and Roadsides. — Sugar Maple 
(Acer saccharinum); White Elm (Ulmus Ameri- 
cana); Norway Maple (Acer Platanoides); White 
Ash (Fraxinus Americana); American Lime or 
Linden (Tilia Americana). 
Temporary Trees, where quick shade is 
wanted. — Soft Maple (Acer dasycarpum); Catalpa 
(Catalpa speciosa); Carolina Poplar (Populus 
monolifera). 
Additional Trees for Parks and Lawns. — 
Wier’s Cut-Leaved Weeping Maple; Cut-Leaved 
Weeping Birch; Weeping Mulberry; Camperdown 
Elm; Mountain Ash; Liquid Amber or Sweet Gum. 
This list is intended for the beginner. In a dis- 
cussion which followed, the Tulip Poplar was sug- 
gested as one of the most beautiful of trees, but the 
difficulty of transplanting kept it from the list. The 
Black Walnut was favorably noticed, but on ac- 
count of its creating such a deal of litter on the 
lawn, making it only fit for the roadside, it was also 
excluded. 
RESIDENCE STREETS— IX. 
Planting. — Continued. 
the parkways. 
The shade trees along some of the most attract- 
ive streets I know have grown from seeds that were 
planted by the winds or the birds. This has led to 
the belief that usually an irregular arrangement of 
trees is better than the ordinary straight row. Such 
