PARK AND CEMETERY. 
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WATER CARNIVAL AT CALHOUN BATHS AND GROUP OF LIFE SAVERS, CALHOUN PARK, 
MINNEAPOLIS. 
enough to afford the delights of yachting 
in summer and the invigorating pleasure 
of ice boating in winter ; leading by river 
gorge with superb vistas of ever changing 
beaut)' ; by picturesque and famous water- 
falls ; by stream and meadow, over hill and 
dale and through wooded groves. Nature 
was prodigal indeed with her gifts where 
this city lies. By taking advantage of these 
early and each year continuing to improve 
them, Minneapolis is developing one of the 
most remarkable park systems in the coun- 
try. 
At the Lake of the Isles Park the canoe 
and boat landings had to be enlarged, and 
altogether 475 licenses for private canoes, 
21 row-boats, and 4 power boats, were is- 
sued during the year. Several regattas 
were held during the season and proved a 
great attraction. 
The Calhoun Baths have been well pat- 
ronized and upon several occasions beyond 
their capacity. Through the enforcement 
of a one-hour time limit on very hot days, 
it has, however, been possible to accommo- 
date the largest crowds without much de- 
lay. People were, only occasionally, 
obliged to w.ait longer than thirty minutes 
for accommodations. A very large number 
used the beach only, as they came in auto- 
mobiles dressed ready for bathing. Three 
diving platforms and one tower 14 feet 
high were constructed. The total atten- 
dance during the season, exclusive of the 
many thousands who used the beach with- 
out entering the bath house, was 190,319. 
The canoe and boat landings for the ac- 
commodation of private crafts were found 
to be inadequate and were enlarged. There 
were 308 canoes, 35 row boats, 21 sail 
boats and 22 power boats on this lake. 
At Lake Harriet the canoe platforms 
again had to be enlarged and it seems as 
if the limit of such extension along the 
west shore has been reached. The total 
number of licenses issued to private own- 
ers of boats and canoes is as follows : 696 
canoes, 33 row-boats. The Board had in 
service 104 canoes, 159 row-boats and the 
gasoline launch “Harriet,” which made the 
total fleet of water craft on this lake 992. 
PLANNING A CITY SQUARE IN RESIDENCE DISTRICT 
The problem involved in the improve- 
ment of Lyons Park in Mobile, Ala., was 
the designing of a city square in the resi- 
dence district, that might be fully devel- 
oped as a recreation center, while retaining 
the Park features so as to afford pleasure 
to people of all ages. 
Owing to the existing conditions which 
make a natural and desirable division in 
the property, it is planned to utilize the 
southern portion as a small park ; the cen- 
tral portion with its higher elevation and 
existing shade to be given over to the use 
of the small children ; and the northern 
portion as a general playground. 
Referring to the portion to be developed 
as a small park, the landscape architects, 
Cooke & Swope, of Atlanta, considered 
that a semi-formal style of treatment 
would be most appropriate, and show en- 
trances to the grounds from each of the 
front corners with walks leading to the 
central part of the grounds. There are 
also marginal walks leading through the 
park and on towards the playgrounds, 
these walks taking the place of the street 
sidewalks abutting on the park, as the side- 
walk strips have been included in the park 
area. These walks are laid mostly in the 
shade of the trees as shown, which are 
to be in most instances live oaks; and park 
benches will be located at regular dis- 
tances on each side of the walks. 
The predominating features here are a 
concrete lily pool with a low headwall and 
wall fountain, and a pavilion which ter- 
minates the view on the central axis from 
the street. In the lily pool might be grown 
the different pond lilies and pink lotus lil- 
ies (Nelumbium speciosum), which are tall 
growing and large enough to be seen from 
the street. These lilies should be grown 
in submerged tubs so as to facilitate the 
cleaning of the pond and to control their 
growth. When lilies are grown in this 
way a few goldfish in the pond have ac- 
cess to all parts and easily prevent the 
breeding of mosquitoes. The area lying 
immediately around the lily pool is laid 
out with straight walks and formal plots, 
these latter to be mainly maintained in 
turf, and to be bordered with narrow beds 
of herbaceous perennials and formal shaped 
low growing coniferous evergreens such as 
