PARK AND CEMETERY 
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UPTURNED TREE ROOT, NEAR CITY PARK, NEW ORLEANS. 
Park Notes 
The root of the huge upturned cypress shown above is in 
the Bayou St. John, bordering City Park, New Orleans, La. 
It is a popular rendezvous for bathing and picnic parties. 
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The park board of Nashville, Tenn., will ask the city coun- 
* cil to appropriate the total amount of collections for munic- 
ipal purposes in excess of the city budget, which will amount 
to $11,696.24. The city attorney has approved of this plan, 
and a majority of the council are said to be in favor of it. 
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The County Board of Cook County, including Chicago, 
has authorized the appointment of a special commission to 
take steps toward the acquiring of the great outer belt of 
natural parks around that city. The commission is com- 
posed of the Mayor, four Aldermen, three members of each 
of the park boards and ten citizens of the county and city. 
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The Department of Parks of New York City opened bids 
February 9, for supplying about 4,500 trees and shrubs for 
spring planting in the Brooklyn parks. The list includes 
about 53 varieties of deciduous trees, conifers, and ever- 
green shrubs, the following being those desired in largest 
numbers: Betula alba, 1,500; Pinus strobus, 650; Azalea 
amcena, 500; Rhododendron maximum, 500; Kalmia lati- 
folia, 300; Platanus orientalis, 150; Tilia americana, 75; 
Cedrus atlantica, 75. 
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Plans for the development of the new park in New Lon- 
don, Conn., are being prepared by the Shady Hill Nursery 
Company, of Boston, Mass. The park will cover an area 
of about eleven acres. It is an ideal location on the banks 
of the Thames River. The same company recently com- 
pleted plans for the development of Grandview Cemetery, 
Wilmerding, Penn. The cemetery includes about thirty acres 
and the work of carrying out the plans in detail is now 
progressing. 
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Two blocks in the center of the business district of Pe- 
oria, 111., are to be condemned for park purposes if the 
offer of a citizen of that city to expend $800,000 for the 
work is accepted. The park will rise in a series of ter- 
races from the river front to the court house square, and 
will involve the condemnation of a number of stores, office 
buildings and factories. The park is to be given on condi- 
tion that it bear the name of the donor and that the citv 
make improvements about the court house. 
The park board of Cedar Rapids, la., reports the expendi- 
ture of $8,923.32 since April, 1903. Of this amount $2,685.30 
was applied to the purchase and improvement of Ellis park, 
and the remainder was expended on the improvement and 
maintenance of Beaver, Washington Square, Riverside and 
other parks in the city. A bear and lion pit was constructed 
in Beaver Park, and elaborate plans for the improvement 
of Ellis Park, prepared by Nelson Brothers, of Chicago, 
have been begun. The board recommends an appropria- 
tion of $20,000 for the present year. 
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The annual report of the park department of Haverhill, 
Mass., shows expenditures for 1903 amounting to. $7,737.7 o. 
The appropriation was $7,000 and receipts $764.12, leaving 
a balance of $26.42. The expenditure for cemeteries, which 
are also under the care of the park department, was $419.60. 
I he board has been granted an extra appropriation of $1,500 
for the improvement of the sanitary conditions in Winni- 
keni Park. A new section has been opened up in this 
park during the past year, and an athletic ground graded 
and improved in Riverside Park. The board expects to es- 
tablish a new playground during the coming season on one 
of a number of sites now under consideration. 
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In the last report of Superintendent D. D. England, of 
the parks of Winnipeg, Man., the total value of the park 
property of that city is placed at $166,116.47. The first ap- 
propriation for park purposes was made eleven years ago 
and amounted to $70,000. Since then the city has acquired 
34L2 acres. The size and cost of the different tracts is as 
follows: St. John’s, io l / 2 acres, cost $20,500; Assiniboine 
Park, 5 acres, cost $16,500; Central Park, 3 1 /, acres, cost 
$20,000; Victoria Park, 1 2-3 acres, cost $11,000; Dufferin 
Park, 2 acres, cost $8,377; Notre Dame Park, 3 4-5 acres, 
cost $4,500; Selkirk Park, 3 acres, cost $3,800; Fort Garry 
Park, 3-5 of an acre, donated by the Hudson’s Bay Com- 
pany. 
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The eleventh annual report of the Board of Park Com- 
missioners of Cambridge, Mass., contains reports of the 
board, of the general superintendent and of the city engi- 
neer. The total appropriation for the year was $58,293.95. 
The expenditure for park construction was $42,987.79, and 
for land, $11,559.26. Some of the principal expenditures for 
maintenance were as follows : Commons, squares and pub- 
lic grounds, $4,997.16; shade trees, $4,949.81; brown tail 
moth extermination, $3,639.13. The principal construction 
work was done in Section C., a tract of about i3 l / 2 acres, 
where much work in road building and beach construction 
was accomplished. One of the illustrations shows the work 
of constructing this river parkway in progress. The report 
tells of the work of exterminating the brown tail, gypsy and 
tussock moths ; 149 trees were removed, 577 trimmed, and 
154 new wire guards put on. 
The Executive Committee of the New England Associa- 
tion of Park Superintendents met in Boston, January 20th. 
It was decided to hold the annual convention of the Asso- 
ciation in New Haven, Connecticut, June 14-15-16 next. 
Those attending were : George A. Parker and Theodore 
