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ESTABLISHED 1890. 
Oitji'X'T; To advance Art-out-of-I)oors, 
with special reference to the improvement 
of parks, cemeteries, home grounds and 
the ])romotion of the interests of Town 
and Village Improvement Associations, 
etc. 
CONTRinuTiONS : Subscribers and 
others will materially assist in dissemin- 
ating information of peculiar interest to 
those engaged in landscape gardening, 
tree planting, park and cemetery devel- 
opment, etc., by sending earl}’ informa- 
tion of events that may come under their 
ob.servation. 
Discussions of subjects pertinent to 
these columns by persons practically ac- 
(juainted with them, are e.specially de- 
sired. 
Annual Reports of Parks, Cemeter- 
i'-s, Horticultural, Local Improvement 
and similar .societies are solicited. 
PiioTOGR.vPHS or sketches of specimen 
trees, new or little known trees and 
shrubs, landscape effects, entrances, build- 
ings, et''., are solicited. 
John W. Weston, C. E., Editor. 
R. I. HAIGHT, Publisher, 
334 Dearborn St., CHICAGO. 
Eastern Office: 
J538 Am. Tract Society Bldg., New York. 
Subscription $i.oo a Year in Advance. 
Foreigfn Subscription $1.25 
ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN CEMETERY 
Superintendents: President. Geo. M. Painter, 
“West Laurel Hill,” Philadelphia; Vice-Presi- 
dent, Frank Eurich. “Woodward Lawn.” Detroit, 
Mich.; Secretary and Treasurer, H. Wilson Ross, 
Newton Centre, Mass. 
The Fifteenth Annual Convention will 
be held at Pittsburg, Pa., September, 1901. 
THE AMERICAN PARK AND OUT-DOOR ART 
Association: President, L. E. Holden, Cleve- 
land,©.: Secretary, Warren H. Manning, Tre- 
mont Building. Boston, Mass,: Treasurer, O. C. 
Sirnonds, Chicago. 
The Fifth Annual Convention of the 
As.sociation will be held at Milwaukee, 
W’is., June, 1901. 
Personal. 
Mr. John C. Olmsted, Brookline, Mass., 
was recently in Cleveland in consult- 
ation with the park officials on Rdgewater 
Park improvements. 
Illinois State Horticultural Society. 
The 45th Annual Convention of the 
Illinois State Horticultural Society was 
held in the new’ agricultural building at 
the University of Illinois, Champagne, 
111,, Dec. II, 12, 13. An excellent pro- 
gram was provided, for the most part 
connected with the fruit growing and 
marketing industry, which is becoming 
more important year by year. The for- 
estry question was discussed in a paper 
by Prof. Chas. A. Keffer, Ihiiversity of 
Tennessee, on “Forestry for Illinois;” 
and home improvement in a paper by 
Mrs. Elizabeth Huehes, Di.xon, on 
“Window Gardening.” “The Pruning 
PARK AND CEMETERY. 
and Care of Shade and Ornamental 
Trees.” was also a feature of the program. 
The meeting being held at the Univer- 
sity offered an excellent ojiportunity for 
an inspection of the fine educational 
facilities afforded by the state institution 
in the line of agricultural work generally. 
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Michigan State Horticultural Society 
The 30th .Vnnual Meeting of the Michi- 
gan State Horticultural Society was held 
at Grand Rapids, ISIich , December 4 6, 
and a very valuable session resulted. 
Besides a number of important papers 
and discussions on fruits and their care, 
the foresty question was taken up under 
the charge of Hon. Chas. W. Garfield, 
president of the Michigan Forestry Com- 
mission, who related the status of the 
question up to date. The following 
papers were read on the subject: “The 
Interest of the Stale in the Problem,” 
Fremont E. Skeels, Harriette; “What 
Shall Michigan Do to Perpetuate her 
Forests and Continue her Manufacturing 
Industries?” John P. Brown, Secretary 
Indiana Fores'ry Commission ; “The 
Pine as a Factor in the Re-Fo'eslation of 
Cut-Over Lands,” Prof. V. M, Spalding, 
.'Vnn Arbor; “Some Important Features 
of the F'ire Problem,” Dr. W. J. Beal, 
Agricultural college. 
The program also liberally provided for 
the subject of Village Improvement and 
Art Out-of-Doors, on which the following 
papers were read : “.Society Plan of Or- 
ganizing Village ImDrovement Az'^ocia- 
tions,” Prof. W. W. Tracy, Detroit; 
“Suggestions for Improvement Society 
WMrk.” John W. Weston, P.ark .and 
Cemetery, Chicago; “The LaneLscape 
and Its Object, ” R. M. Streeter, Grand 
Rapid.s; “Streets and Gutters,” R. J. 
Coryell, Detroit. 
In the evening following this .'ession a 
stereopiicou lecture on the improvement 
of the homes of factory operatives was 
given in the Park Congregational church 
which was largely attended. 
A very interesting feature of the meet- 
ing was the action upon the will of the 
late Hon. T. T. Lyon, superintendent of 
the South Haven Experiment Staiion, 
who bequeathed his property to the so- 
ciety under certain condiiior.s which 
were voted to be complied with. 
Ellvvanger & Barry, Rochester, N. V., 
secured a gold medal diploma on their 
exhibit of 118 varieties of pears at the 
Paris Fixposilion. The jurz gave them 
20 points, the highest number given for 
first prize. 
A Fertilizer for Shade Trees. 
In Bulletin 131 of the Connecticut 
Agiicultural Experiment Station, which 
is devoted to the protection of shade 
trees in towns and cities an odorless fer- 
tilizer is recommended, where evidences 
are apparent of lack of nourishment. 
The amount given is sufficient for an 
acre: 
50 lbs. nitrate soda #>13 
100 “ acid phosphate ... .75 
100“ muriate of pota.'^h . 2.13 
300 ‘ ' cotton seed meal . . 4 05 
IS 06 
The mixture should be made just be- 
fore using and sown broadcast upon the 
ground under the branches. It is not 
good practice to sow.fertilizers near the 
trunks of trees, as the benefits are more 
or less wasted. This fertilizer is aho 
goed f jr the grass as well as the trees. 
Cold Frames. 
The principal p intto be observed in 
Ihe management of cold frames, whether 
for wiatering vegetable or flowering 
plants, is to keep the plants dormant, 
not growing. Beginners are very apt to 
keep them too w arm. Cold frames should 
be examined very frequently during win- 
ter and opened whrn the outside temper- 
ature is below freezing. This ventilation 
is best given by sliding down the sashes 
from the back and when the temperature 
rises above the freezing point they should 
be taken off altogether. There is far 
more danger in keeping cold frames too 
warm than too cold. — The Minnesota 
Horticulturist . 
BOOKS, REPORTS, ETC., RECEIVED. 
Geology of Oscec'la and Dickemon 
counties, Iowa. By T. H. Macbride. 
From low’a Geological Survey, Annual 
Reports, 1899. This pamphlet also con- 
tains some interesting matter on forestry 
and plant life of the region. 
Annual Rei-ort of the Society for 
the Preservation of Scenic and Historic 
FTaces and Objects to the Legislature 
of the State of New York. 
This pamphlet of some 90 or more 
pages is prepared under the require- 
ments of the New York legislature in the 
act of incorporation of the society. The 
purposes of the society are “to acquire 
by ] urchase, gift, grant, devise or be- 
quest, historical objects or memorable or 
picturesque places in the state, hold real 
and personal property in fee or ujron 
such trusts as may be agreed upon be- 
tween the donors thereof and said cor- 
poration, and to improve the same,” 
solely for the puidic use and benefit. It 
may also co-operate wdth other organiz- 
ations throughout the state for such pur- 
poses. The pamphlet is extensively il- 
lustrated with half tones and maps and 
contains particulars of work done or cen- 
templated in connection with the Pali- 
sades of the Hudson River, Lake George 
battlefield. Stony Point batllefit-ld, 'Wat- 
kins Glen, Philipse Manor Hall, Yon- 
kers, IMorris Mansion, Fratrees Tavern, 
Poe Cottage, Fort George, New York 
City, and Niagara Falls. The soiiety has 
been studying of late the diversion of 
water from the Great Lakes and Niagara 
river for commercial and diainage canals 
and for manufacturing purposes, w'hich 
threatens seriously to impair the gran- 
deur of Niagara Falls; the method of 
landscape planting in Central Park, New 
York City, and many other kindred 
matters. 
Trade Literature, Etc., Received. 
Burliank’s Experiment Farms — Special 
Rhu'arb Circular. Luihtr Burbank, 
Santa Rosa, Calif. 
Southern California Acclimatizing Asso- 
ciation, Santa Barbara, Calif. List of 
seeds, 1900- 1901. 
