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PARK AND CEMETERY 
American Horticultural Manual ; part 
II, Systematic Pomology, by J. L. Budd. 
of the Iowa State College of Agricul- 
ture and Mechanic Arts, and N. E. Han- 
sen, of the South Dakota Agricultural 
College; 491 pages; price $1.50; John 
Wiley & Sons, New York. 
Systematic Pomology, or the classifica- 
tion of fruits and nuts, has in the past 
included hundreds of varieties not at this 
time known to our nursery lists or to 
those recommended by the horticultural 
societies. The plan of this work is to 
include only the varieties recommended 
now by societies and growers, includ- 
ing those of special value locally, and 
those on the trial lists of the horticul- 
turists of the Northwest and of the 
northern limits of successful fruit grow- 
ing. For the benefit of amateurs and 
beginners the relative hardiness of va- 
rieties is given, as well as their adapta- 
tion to given soils, exposures and alti- 
tudes. The names correspond mainly to 
the code of the American Horticultural 
Society, but the popular names and syn- 
onyms are also given. The natural meth- 
od of grouping into orchard fruits, small 
fruits and sub-tropical fruits is followed 
instead of the alphabetical arrangement 
as used in Downing and Thomas. The 
book contains descriptions of the lead- 
ing varieties of fruits, nuts, grapes, etc., 
of the United States and Canada, and 
is illustrated by hundreds of outlines 
of the leading commercial fruits and 
nuts. 
The Report of the Department of 
Parks of the City of New York for 1902 
is a handsome and substantially bound 
book of 188 pages, giving a complete 
account of park work for the year. The 
city of New York is divided for park 
purposes into three divisions : The Bor- 
oughs of Manhattan and Richmond; the 
Boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens, and 
the Borough of the Bronx. The Board 
consists of three commissioners, one for 
each borough, a secretary and a land- 
scape architect. The total park area of 
Greater New York is given as 6,862 
acres, distributed among the three bor- 
oughs as follows: Manhattan, 1,415 
acres; Richmond, 5; Brooklyn, 1,026; 
Queens, 550; Bronx, 3,866. The book 
embodies the reports of the three com- 
missioners, each of which contains a his- 
tory of all of the parks under his juris- 
diction, as well as statements of work 
done, expenditures and detailed statis- 
tics. It is a well-organized and compre- 
hensive report, and constitutes a com- 
plete compendium of information about 
New York’s parks. It is illustrated with 
many fine half-tones showing scenes in 
the parks, and some object lessons from 
the extensive small park construction 
of the last few years. Different phases 
of the current work of improvement and 
construction have been touched on from 
time to time in these columns. The 
report of the special commission ap- 
pointed during the year to investigate 
the condition of soil in Central Park 
is given in full, together with their rec- 
ommendations for future care and im- 
provement, which have already been 
printed in this paper. The area of Cen- 
tral Park is 839.9 acres, and the original 
cost of the land was $5,028,844. The 
expenditures for construction and main- 
tenance up to date amount to approxi- 
mately $20,000,000, and the present value 
of the land is estimated at $200,000,000. 
To carry out the work of renovating 
this park as recommended by the com- 
mittee of the experts, the sum of $50,000 
will be included in the request for funds 
to be provided in 1903 by the sale of 
corporate stock. The sum of $50,000 
will also be asked for to begin the work 
of cleaning out the Central Park lakes 
which it is estimated will cost $300,- 
000. These lakes have been con- 
taminated by draining off the public com- 
fort stations into them. These are now 
to be drained into the city sewers, the 
bottoms of the lakes cleaned and con- 
creted and the side walls reconstructed. 
About 110,000 plants grown in the Cen- 
tral Park Conservatories were used for 
bedding and much attention was given 
to sodding defective borders and edges 
of lawns. The appropriations for labor, 
maintenance and supplies for the differ- 
ent boroughs were as follows : Man- 
hattan and Richmond, $433,822 ; Bronx, 
maintenance and construction, exclusive 
of the botanical and zoological gardens, 
$241,510; Brooklyn and Queens, $450,- 
000; making a total of $1,125,332. 
The Ninth Annual Report of the De- 
partment of Parks of New Bedford, 
Mass., is an artistically printed and il- 
lustrated book giving an account of the 
work done in the different parks, finan- 
cial statement, rules and regulations and 
park ordinances. The park system in- 
cludes seven tracts with a total area of 
191.96 acres. The expenditures for the 
y'ear were $43,503.17, of which $22,408.08 
was for labor and salaries. 
The twenty-eighth annual report of 
the Board of Park Commissioners of 
Boston, Mass., contains some valuable 
statistics and brief statements of the 
work done in each of the parks. The 
statistics are in tabulated form and em- 
body the following facts about each of 
the park tracts: Year of taking, cost 
to date, including land and construc- 
tion, area, length of driveways, length 
of walks, length of rides, and area of 
ponds and rivers. The total of appro- 
priations and transfers for the year 
amounted to $775,882.35, and the bal- 
ances January 31, 1902, to $546,773.70, 
making total credits for the year of 
$1,322,656.05. The expenditures for the 
year amounted to $526,975.49, leaving a 
balance January 31, 1903, of $795,680.56. 
Thirty-fourth annual report of the 
park commissioners of Buffalo, N. Y. ; 
detailed statement of receipts and ex- 
penditures for the year ending July 1, 
1903. The appropriation for the year 
was $152,507.48. 
Laws of Massachusetts relating to 
Trees and Woodlands; published by the 
Massachusetts Forestry Association, Tre- 
mont Bldg., Boston. A neatly-bound, 
pocket size booklet containing all the 
laws as found in the revised statutes. 
Historic Walkill Valley; an illustrated 
souvenir book of the scenery, people, 
and institutions of Orange and Ulster 
counties, N. Y., Sussex county, N. J., 
and their environs; Walkill Valley Pub- 
lishing Association, Walden, N. Y. Con- 
tains an historical sketch with a number 
of fine illustrations of Walkill Valley 
Cemetery, Walden, N. Y. 
Beautiful Vineland; an illustrated 
souvenir book of Vineland, N. J. 
Mount Greenwood Cemetery Associa- 
tion, Mt. Greenwood, 111 ., sends an at- 
tractively designed and illustrated fold- 
er, showing the entrance gate, a view 
in the grounds, and giving directions for 
reaching the cemetery from Chicago. 
Oakwood Cemetery Association, Gene- 
seo, 111 . ; Rules and Regulations. 
