PAR K 
A BUST DAY ON FRANKLIN FIELD JACKSON DAWSON SURROUNDED 
PLAYGROUND. BY PARK SUPERINTENDENTS. 
Lynnway, State Highway to Lynn, 
by Highways to Nahant Street, 
Nahant Street to Lynn Shore Drive, 
Lynn Shore Drive to Nahant Road as 
far as the Nahant bath-house. (An 
approximate distance of 9 miles from 
Revere Beach bath-house.) 
Returning from this point over the 
same drives to the Lynnway Club 
House at the Point of Pines where, 
as guests of the City of Boston, on 
the invitation of His Honor Mayor 
Fitzgerald, an old-fashioned clam- 
bake was served to 135 guests. 
During the dinner, music was fur- 
nished by the hotel orchestra. After 
the dinner, and before the guests left 
the table, President W. LI. Dunn ad- 
dressed the gathering, and in the 
course of his remarks referred to the 
efficient services rendered the asso- 
ciation by the retiring secretary, F. L. 
Mulford, of Washington, D. C., and 
in behalf of the Association presented 
Mrs. Mulford with a cabinet, contain- 
ing a silver service of knives and 
forks. Mr. Mulford made reply and 
accepted the gift in behalf of Mrs. 
Mulford and himself. Mrs. Mulford 
addressed the gathering and extended 
her thanks, after which cheers were 
given for the retiring president, as 
well as the president-elect. Automobiles 
were then taken for headquarters. 
SNAP SHOTS OF THE BOSTON CONVENTION 
With a camera at a convention there 
are some pleasant reminders carried 
away that are calculated to recall 
scenes and good old friends. At the 
fourteenth annual meeting of the 
American Association of Park Superin- 
tendents in Boston, August 12, 13 and 
14th, there were many things of inter- 
est that we would gladly carry home 
as reminders. 
On Monday, August 12, our trip 
through the Back Bay Fens, Riverway 
Iamaicaway, Arborway; Franklin Park 
Arnold Arboretum was very profitable 
and instructive. The photograph of 
Franklin Field recalls the playgrounds 
and how the children enjoyed them. 
Franklin Field was one grand throng 
of children and grown ups, and every 
game known to park men was in full 
sway when the park representatives ar- 
rived. Another picture shows the 
Bowling Green and here strong men 
were rolling balls as the band played 
sweet music and the children’s voices 
gave forth proof of pleasure. “Delight- 
ful” was the general expression of all, 
and our friend Jackson Dawson, who 
GOLDEN AND BLUE FOLIAGED 
EVERGREENS IN THE TOPIARY 
LANDSCAPE AT THE HUNNEWELL 
ESTATE. 
has always found joy among botanical 
plants of the Arboretum, smiled with 
delight at all the “delighted.” (See 
photograph.) 
Tuesday, at Marine Park, we saw 
thousands of children playing, wading, 
swimming (see picture), and after tak- 
ing a snap-shot, we turned our camera 
a little nearer and took a snap-shot of 
two who in their second childhood, were 
also wading. Thus we saw that Boston 
playgrounds were enjoyed by those of 
7 and ihose of 70 years. 
In motor cars, we were hurried away 
to Wellesley and for an hour, visited 
the Hunnewell Estate. Here the Italian 
Garden and the English Topiary were 
beautifully combined and many were the 
expressions of delight at all we saw. 
Our picture shows some golden and 
blue foliaged evergreens, giving color to 
a topiary landscape. 
After the convention, we scattered 
for home and straggling companies were 
seen among the tall buildings of New 
York a few days later. 
At the Bronx Botanical Garden we 
studied the Aquatics, wrote down the 
names of the choice kinds and then we 
boarded our train for the middle west, 
where we stopped to compare our Mis- 
souri aquatics in a natural setting at 
Tower Grove Park, St. Louis, Mo. 
ENJOYING THEIR SECOND 
CHILDHOOD AT MARINE PARK. 
BIRD’S EYE VIEW OF BEACH AT 
MARINE PARK. 
THE BOWLING GREEN. FRANKLIN 
PARK. 
