PARK AND CE/HETERY 
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PARK NOTES 
Travis Phillips, ex-mayor of Aurora, 111 ., who died in De- 
cember last, has bequeathed to that city $20,000 for the purchase 
of a public park. 
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Point Pleasant Park", Halifax, N, S., is undergoing rapid 
in.provements at the hands of a commission. The new lodge at 
the park entrance is about completed, and during the past three 
years 6,000 young trees, mostly Austrian pines, Norway spruces 
and maples, have been added to the forest portion of the park. 
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The extension of the Yellowstone National Park is being se- 
riously advocated for one reason — to afford territory for the pro- 
tection of the game of that part of the country, which comes 
down into winter quarters. The government protects the game 
wi hin the limits of the present park, but under existing condi- 
tions cannot effectually carryout the intent of the National Park 
in this particular beyond such limits. 
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The proposed Semi-Centennial Exposition to be held in 
Milwaukee, upon the various sites for w'hich, Mr. Warren H . 
Manning, landscape architect, of Boston, has made a report is 
meeting with serious setbacks. One of the latest is that the 
scheme is to be abandoned. Mr. Manning’s report covered sev- 
eral proposed sites, which he took up in detail, and most strongly 
approved of that on the lake shore about the waterworks. 
Against the bluffs on this site he proposes an impressive struct- 
ure on the idea of the “Hanging Gardens of Babylon.” 
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Enclosing the grounds of the photographer, Mr. F. Jay 
Haynes, at Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone Park, is a fence 
made of elk horns. It contains over 300 selected elk horns, all 
of them having 12 points, and a great many the loyal 14 points. 
They were shed in March, 1895, and were gathered in June of 
the same year within a radius of ten miles of Mammoth Hot 
Springs and within four days’ time. There are about 2,500 elk 
in the park at present. Each pair of horns it is said would be 
worth $7.50 at the railroad at Cinnabar, about eight miles dis- 
tant, or at least $10 a pair in the east or south. 
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The annual report Dr. Geo. H. Stone, chairman of the Park 
and Tree Commission, Savannah, Ga., gives the public grounds 
under its control as follows: Forsyth park, 10 acres; parade 
ground, 2 1 acres; Colonial park, 5. 9 acres; twenty- five squares, 21.8 
acres; Tiny Thompson park, 4 acres; and Estillpark 275 acres, 
making a total of 334. 10 acres. The commission has control of all 
grass plats and trees. Its expenditures during the past year were 
$12,027.02 exclusive of Estill park, upon which some $914 were 
spent. The cyclone of September 29, did great damage to the 
trees, 639 being blown down and 2500 torn and twisted, among 
them many choice varieties. In the matter of trees the report 
says: “The care of trees is a subject to which the commission 
has devoted a great deal of thought. To select proper varieties 
for different places, to give to the flora of Savannah a distinct 
characteristic peculiar to thi.'; section, has been the frequent sub- 
ject matter of discussion. We believe that the magnificent trio 
of evergreens, the majestic live oak, the grandiflora magnolia 
and the picturesque palmetto to be the distinct characteristic 
features of our flora and should appear in every point of vantage. 
We have a fine variety, each of which possesses many featu’^es to 
be commended, and it is the desire of the commission to so dis- 
tribute them that they may enhance the beauty of the city, while 
holding to the main characteristic of this section.’’ This is a 
commendable, idea. 
The Casino at Schenley Park, Pittsburg, Pa., which was 
burned last month, is to be rebuilt at a cost of $500,000. 
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The first annual meeting of the Tree Planting Association 
of New York City in which some tw'o hundred members are en- 
rolled was held last month in New York City, Mayor Strong 
presiding. Its object was to hear a progress report of Col. Mit- 
chell and to discuss the question of beautifying New York’s street s 
with trees. The difficulties of the work were appreciated. Col- 
Mitchell had investigated the question with the prominent nur- 
serymen and had received offers to plant and maintain trees for 
two years at prices ranging from $5 to |22. 50 per tree. The 
Norway Maple was recommended as the hardiest tree, and the 
one most likely to thrive in the downtown district. He recom- 
mended the formation of clubs in each locality for the purchase 
of trees and suggested that the children be taught to protect them. 
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The main museum building of the Bronx Park Botanical 
Garden will be constructed on an elevation about 1,000 feet back 
from the Bedford Park railway station. It will have a frontage 
of 304 feet, a depth of 50, and two lateral wings of 200 feet in 
length. The horticultural building will be an equal distance 
from the station and the museum, and midway between them 
will be the heat and power house. A residence for the Director 
will be located on the easterly bank of the Bronx, while on the 
west side, within the limits of the main section of the garden, 
will be houses for the gardeners, propagating houses, stables, and 
rustic shelters. A second glass house or horticultural building is 
designed for the future, and the committee recommends a stone 
wall about the limits of the garden on all save the side at which 
it joins the rest of the park. 
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At a conference recently held at Washington, D . C., in re- 
gard to setting aside public property for park purposes it was 
found that there had only been one enactment on the subject 
passed some twenty years ago. U nder this had the beautifiq 
improvements in Washington been prosecuted. It is found in 
the revised statutes, as applying to the district, and is as fol- 
lows: “The proper authorities of the district are authorized to 
set apart from time to time, as parks, to be adorned with shade 
trees, walks, and inclosed with curbstones, not exceeding one- 
half the width of any and all avenues and streets in the city of 
Washington, leaving a roadway of not less than twenty- five feet 
in width in the center of said avenues and streets, or two such 
roadways, on each side of the park in the center of same; but 
such inclosures shall not be used for private purposes.’’ The law 
is regarded as one of the most beneficent of those handed down 
from the old district municipalities. 
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So far as the Essex County, N. j., comprehensive park sys- 
tem has been developed, it comprises one city park in Newark, 
a mile long; a small city park in a crowded section; a large 
stretch of meadow and woods and lake on the southern edge of the 
city; a high wooded peak with surrounding lands having a famous 
view of the Orange valley and the Passaic and Hackensack rivers; 
and a large tract of wild forest lands with little lakes, cataracts 
and hills. Besides this the commission proposes to boulevard a 
considerable mileage of country and village roads, and several 
other parks and a complete boulevard system is under discussion. 
Considering that but two years have elapsed since the commis- 
sion was appointed by law, wonderful progress has been made 
in the preliminaries for so comprehensive a system. The com- 
mission has been overwhelmed with suggestions and advice, but 
it commenced its work under expert guidance and appears to 
have maintained itself in public favor by a wise ahd business 
like course of action. 
