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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
legislation to take charge of this important detail 
of city progress. A very great success has„ at- 
tended the work of Mr. Fred. Nussbaumer,. the 
superintendent, in his park nursery and horticult- 
ural efforts in the parks. Como Park has a very 
comprehensive irrigation system, rendered neces- 
sary by the lay of the land and other local condi- 
tions, and this has enabled the officials to maintain 
the growth and appearance of all the trees and 
planting material in splendid condition in spite of 
weather or other disadvantages. And further the 
losses from transplanting or in planting trees and 
shrubs in Como Park have been actually insignifi- 
cant. This remark also applies to operations of 
THE SCHIFFMAN FOT'NTAIN, COMO PARK, ST. PAIT,, MINN. 
this kind throughout the system; the methods 
adopted and care in the work has reduced this loss 
to a minimum. 
A very interesting feature of the* park reports 
of St. Paul is the list of trees, shrubs and plants 
given, both of those planted out over the grounds 
and those contained in the nursery. Both the bot- 
anical and common names are appended, which 
. gives to this part of the reports an educational sig- 
nificance, which will be more and more appreciated 
as nature study becomes general in our schools — 
a matter of growing importance. 
According to a late report in hand, that issued 
in 1899, there had been planted in the parks a total 
of 31,260 trees, and it is interesting to note the 
varieties which, by reason of the numbers planted, 
predominate: Ulmus Americana, elm, 5,513; 
Salix Vitellina Britzensis, Red Bark Willows, 
3,970; Acer Dasycarpum, White Maple, 3,500; 
Salix Viminalis, Golden Willow, 3,055; Populus 
Argentia, Silver Leaved Poplar, 2,924; Acer Ne- 
gundo, Boxelder, 2,750; Fraxinus Alba, White 
Ash, 1,800; p'raxinus nigra. Black Ash, 1,500; 
Salix Vitellina Casrula, Greenbark Willow, 1,400; 
Salix Aurea, Fine Leaved Willow, 800; Populus 
in variety. Poplars, 700; Salix Caprera, Goat 
Willow, 500; Catalpa Speciosa, Indian Bean Tree, 
400; Marus Moretti, Russian Mulberry, 400; Tilia 
Americana, Linden or Basswood, 353; Betula 
Laxiniata, Cut Leaf Birch, 350; Pyrus Aucuparia, 
Mountain Ash, 306; Salix Purpurea, (pendula Na- 
poleonis), Red Willow, 300; Sorbus Nana, Dwarf 
Mountain Ash, 250; Aesculus Hippocastanum, 
Horse Chestnut, 200; Betula Alba, White Birch, 
200; Pinus Ponderosa, Bull Pine, 200; Salix Fra- 
gilis. Native Willow, 200; Tilia European, Linden 
or Basswood, 186 ; Zanthoxylum Americana, 
Piickly Ash, 180; Acer Saccharinum, Sugar 
Maple, 163; Betula Lenta, Black or Cherry Birch, 
163; Celtis Occidentalis, Hackberry, 150; Gledits- 
chia Triacanthos, Honey Locust, 150; Pinus Res- 
inosa, Scotch Pine, 100; Pinus Strobus, White 
Pine, 100; Salix Nigra, Black Willow, 100. In 
lesser numbers many other valuable and interest- 
ing trees are represented, together with large quan- 
tities of the smaller flowering and ornamental trees 
and larger bushes. Some 4,000 evergreens are 
also distributed in Como Park and the city squares 
and triangles. It will be inferred from the above 
that the nursery department of the St. Paul park 
system is an important adjunct of the management 
and it is intended to maintain it to a capacity of 
about 25,000 trees and shrubs. In the greenhouses 
there is an annual demand for bedding and other 
plants of between 150,000 and 200,000 plants, 
necessitating quite an establishment. There is a 
growing necessity for a conservatory in which to 
house specimen valuable plants, and to afford an 
added pleasure in park recreation. An extensive 
park without a conservatory now-a-days is behind 
the times. In it may be held periodical flower 
shows, which have become in many places, and are 
rapidly becoming in others, features of park work, 
highly educational and gratifyingto the community. 
The illustrations, for the use of which we are 
indebted to the park authorities, represent features 
in Como Park — in the one case some floral display 
and the electric car station entrance, and in the 
other a beautiful landscape effect at the junction of 
avenues. Each is suggestive of the development 
of this park. The Schiffman fountain was the gift 
of Dr. Rudolph Schiffman, a former member of the 
park board, and occupies a conspicuous position in 
the garden of Como Park. It is a suggestion to 
liberal minded and public spirited citizens to follow 
such an example, thus to add to the appropriate 
artistic details of improvement. 
