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outdoor art, gave an entertaining and suggestive 
talk on “Finger Boards and View Points. ’ ’ Mr. 
Garfield told how extensively finger or sign boards 
are used in Europe on the roads in public places, 
and how much they enhanced the pleasure of the 
tourist by directing attention to places of interest 
that would otherwise be passed by unnoticed. 
On some of the 
old German es- 
tates are boards 
giving minute de- 
scriptions of many 
of the trees. The 
placards in the 
forestry depart- 
ment of Kew Gar- 
dens were the most 
comprehensive he 
found anywhere. 
In Switzerland fin- 
ger boards are 
numerous and 
they give interest- 
ing and valuable 
information. In 
contra-distinction, 
he noted the pau- 
city of such infor- 
mation along our 
country roads that 
should be furn- 
ished by city or 
township boards 
of commissioners 
or supervisors. He 
commended the 
work of the asso- 
ciation in agitating 
the removal of ob- 
jectionable adver- 
tising signs and 
urged securing 
the co-operation 
of railroads and 
small municipali- 
ties in the needed 
reforms. 
Mr. Garfield’s 
remarks evoked an 
interesting discussion and brought out some valuable 
information. In Boston, Cleveland, Detroit, and 
other places many of the trees and shrubs are 
marked with metalic signs, giving the common and 
botanical names. 
In answering the question. How to prevent 
depredations ? Mr. Parker suggested giving care- 
takers special police powers and they soon take 
care of the hoodlums and other depredators. One 
THE PUBLIC PROTECTS WHAT IS 
PROVIDED FOR PUBLIC USE. 
of the signs in Kew Gardens was commended. 
Mr. L a n e y 
told of the good 
results accom- 
p 1 i s h e d in 
Rochester, N. 
Y. , by distrib- 
uting a specially 
prepared cir- 
cular at the 
schools and on 
the street cars. 
The circular 
briefly relates 
the care and ex- 
pense involved 
i n maintaining 
the parks, re- 
quests visitors 
not to pluck 
flowers, etc., and 
certain extracts 
from the law reg- 
ulating certain 
offences. 
Mr. F. L. 
Olmsted, Jr., 
told of the inter- 
est taken by the 
children in the 
school gardens in 
Cambridge, 
Mass., and how 
they had im- 
proved some of 
the small triang- 
ular parks. 
“Outdoor 
Art in School 
and Public 
Grounds ” was 
the subject of an 
interesting 
paper by Prof. W. J. Beal, of the Agricultural 
College, Lansing, Mich., of which an abstract will 
be given in the August number. 
Inclement weather having interfered with the 
program, the outing arranged for the afternoon was 
postponed and the sessions continued. Mr. W. W. 
Tracy, of Detroit, read a paper on “ Interesting 
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