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views, showing what had been accomplished at 
South Dayton, O., through the efforts of the 
National Cash Register Company. Several views 
of Mr. McFarland's vine-clad printery and sur- 
rounding grounds were also thrown upon the 
screen. “ Beautiful factory surroundings,” said 
Mr. Shuey, “are destined to solve many of the 
problems that now seem difficult to meet. The 
principle actuating this company is a firm belief 
that the best way to make money is to spend it in 
beautifying the home and factory environment. 
Better work and more of it is the result of such ex- 
penditures.” Park and Cemetery will illustrate 
some of the pretty scenes shown in connection with 
this entertaining lecture, in a subsequent i.'^sue. 
Mr. George R. King, of Boston, a professional 
the fact that such features should control the design 
of the park, while it is necessary to provide an 
adequate system of roads, buildings, etc. They 
should be arrayed in such a way as to make these 
dominating features of the landscape accessible 
without interfering with their beauty. The most 
attractive feature in many of our own parks, whose 
commissioners have not been so unwise as to 
destroy this source of beauty, is the interesting 
undergrowth of flowering shrubs and herbaceous 
plants in our woods. Too often the woods of our 
parks are second or third growth, with compara- 
tively few individual trees that are notably fine. 
The greatest mistake that park commissioners 
make on acquiring new land is in cutting out the 
shrubs and burning the surface in the woods, so as 
THE AMERICAN PARK AND OUTDOOR ART ASSOCIATION AT THE LOG CAP.IN, PALMER PARK, DETROIT, MICH. 
landscape photographer, read an interesting paper 
on “ Park Landscapes,” illustrated by lantern 
slides. He said the best designers always seek to 
secure, preserve, and emphasize the dominant 
natural features, to which features their permanent 
value and attractiveness are due. The lantern 
slides illustrated the more important views of this 
kind in most of the well known parks of America. 
Starting with the Boston and Metropolitan Park 
systems, Mr. King gave his audience glimpses of 
the beauty spots and other interesting features in 
the parks of New York, Brooklyn, Philadelphia, 
Buffalo, Rochester, Washington, Minneapolis, St. 
Paul, Louisville, San Francisco, and other places. 
These dominant characteristic features were re- 
ferred to for the purpose of bringing attention to 
to get turf. In this way they destroy an immense 
number of attractive plants that can never be 
replaced without great expense. 
The third day was devoted entirely to sight- 
seeing. In the morning trolley cars conveyed the 
party to Water Works Park and to Palmer Park, 
where Mr. Palmer’s famous log cabin, with its 
quaint furnishings and pleasing surroundings was 
much enjoyed. 
In the afternoon the party was given a park 
phieton ride over a portion of the boulevard system 
and around Detroit’s beautiful island park — Belle 
Isle. As nightfall brought the pleasurable day to 
its close the party gathered in the skating pavilion, 
where a banquet was served, followed by speech- 
making and vocal and instrumental music. 
