PARK AND CEMETERY. 
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The trees shown on Plates 4 and 5 are 
perfect in style. The high arching elms 
seen in Plate 5 show the utility of such 
valuable trees, entirely removed from any 
interference. 
The Star or Sweet Gum tree is a strik- 
ing tree with beautiful foliage, slow grow- 
ing and of clean habits. 
Two interesting trees are the European 
Linden and European Mountain Ash that 
are very valuable for flower, fruit and 
foliage. 
The Weeping Beech is a peculiarly strik- 
ing tree, but, of course, could only be 
planted in unoccupied ground. 
The English Holly seems to thrive on 
the protected hillside at West Laurel Hill, 
where some very beautiful trees are to be 
found. 
Other beautiful trees are the Weeping 
Birch, Weeping Elm, Weeping Willow, 
English Beech, Sugar Maple, Japanese Pa- 
goda tree, Imperial tree, and many others. 
WELL PLANTED PARK PERENNIAL GARDEN 
Substantial improvements have been 
made in Humboldt Park, Chicago, within 
the past few years to make this one of 
the most interesting of the city’s great 
pleasure grounds. 
One of the first improvements in this 
park was the removal of the old boat land- 
ing, to prepare the foundation for the new 
pavilion and boat landing which was con- 
structed in 1907, a large, modern build- 
ing, with spacious pergolas and terraces 
from which the surrounding landscape may 
be viewed. Adjacent to the boat landing 
are rooms for serving refreshments; also 
a music court, with terraces and trans- 
portable band stand. A broad terrace, con- 
stituting the roof of the boat landing, is 
ornamented with vases and boxes of flow- 
ers. 
The land west of the lagoon was low- 
ered and a large meadow created with 
higher elevations toward the west and 
south. A low bridge was built to prevent 
the boats from entering the garden on the 
south. A music court with covered shel- 
ter, to afford seating capacity for the pub- 
lic during the band concerts, was provided 
bv the endargement of the concourse sur- 
rounding the Von Humboldt statue. 
The splendid rose and perennial garden 
in this park constitutes one of the most 
beautiful and picturesque gardens to be 
found anywhere in this country today. 
Among the special features which attract 
and please the public are the garden hall, 
which connects the rose garden from the 
west with the naturalistic garden beyond ; 
the flower boxes, the ornamental vases, 
and, at the eastern entrance, opposite Reu- 
ter’s statue, the artistic gateway, with gar- 
den lanterns, fountains and ornamental 
seats ; also the tea houses for afternoon 
gatherings of women’s and children’s clubs; 
the lagoon, which has been narrowed to a 
brook and filled with water lilies and other 
aquatic plants ; the music court, with its 
covered shelter ; the wading pool for chil- 
dren, which occupies the site of the old 
lagoon — all representing improvements 
which have added permanent delight and 
attractiveness to this park and have con- 
tributed in making its garden second to 
none in this country. 
Several years ago the Municipal Art 
League of Chicago installed in the rose 
garden an exhibit of model sculpture, to 
show the effect of placing statuary in a 
park of this character. The exhibit lasted 
for several weeks and attracted widespread 
attention. It was so successful that a sim- 
ilar exhibit was held the following year in 
Garfield Park. 
Four bronze statues by Leonard Crunelle, 
shown in this exhibit, were later placed in 
the rose garden at a cost of $4,000. These 
have been illustrated in Park and Cem- 
etery. 
PERENNIAL GARDEN, HUMBOLDT PARK, CHICAGO. 
