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PARK AND CE-ME-TE.RY 
Citizens of Washington, Pa., have voted a bond issue of 
$20,000 for the improvement of Washington Park. Borough 
Engineer George S. Chaney has completed a plot of the park 
with the additions which are desired and a plan of the pro- 
posed new entrance from East Beau street. The present 
area of the park is 27.50 acres, but the additions planned 
will increase the area to 106 acres. 
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Standish Park, Galesburg, 111 ., has a wealth of flora that 
includes most of the trees and shrubs of that locality. Some 
of the principal trees are : the umbrella elm, English birch, 
Weir’s cut-leaf, Schewedler’s Norway and other maples, thorn, 
yellow wood, beech, chestnut, Japan cherry, Florida cypress, 
Ginkgo, Koelreuteria, and Teas’ weeping mulberry. Among 
the shrubs are twenty varieties of Weigelas, twelve varieties 
of Syringas, and several varieties of Spiraeas. Beds of Ger- 
man Iris and four beds of cut-leaf peonies, together with 
a number of other varieties so distributed as to preserve the 
general harmony and add color to the scene. A crimson ram- 
bler rose trained over an archway last year bore over three 
thousand roses, and it gives promise of a yield of ten thou- 
sand when it has attained its growth. 
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The Massachusetts state monument in 
the National Military Park at Vicksburg, 
Miss., illustrated here is the first me- 
morial to be erected on that famous bat- 
tlefield. It portrays “The Volunteer’’ of 1861 
in rough field uniform with trousers tucked 
in his leggings marching ready and alert 
to battle. The swinging movement por- 
trayed in the strong lines of the body and 
the energy, dash, and courage expressed 
in the face, embody in a striking way the 
character of the young American volun- 
teer. The statue was modeled by Mrs. 
Theo. A. Ruggles-Kitson, of Boston. It 
is of heroic size in bronze, and stands on 
a 13-ton boulder of Massachusetts stone. 
Placed on a rise of ground, it commands 
the surrounding field like a sentry, and 
seems to be an actual survivor of the battle 
left to tell the story to succeeding genera- 
tions. Mrs. Kitson is the only one of the 
women sculptors devoting her time chiefly 
to public military memorials, and if the 
virile, spirited figure of "The Volunteer,” shown on this page, 
can be considered the measure of her success, she is destined 
to be one of the leaders in the making of original, unconven- 
tional soldiers’ monuments. 
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Mr. Jens Jensen addressed the Academy of Sciences at 
Chicago recently on “Forest Parks of Chicago,” in which he 
outlined the possibilities of a magnificent chain of parks and 
driveways, mostly outside of the present city limits, that 
would give Chicago a system of parks and boulevards equal 
to any in the world. There is a great diversity of meadow, 
river, hill and lake scenery in the environs of Chicago that 
should be preserved in its natural beauty. A commission has 
been appointed and a formal report embodying Mr. Jensen’s 
recommendations will be presented to the city council and 
state legislature. * * 
The City Parks’ Association of Philadelphia have issued 
their Sixteenth Annual Report. There were 15 parks at 
the time the Association was organized, with a present acre- 
age of 3505 ; since then there have been 44 parks and triangles 
created, covering an area of 555 acres, which with some small 
lots under the care of the Bureau of Property make the park 
area of Philadelphia 4061.5 acres, some of which is unim- 
proved. During the year three parks were added and through 
the generosity of Mrs. Samuel Chew a fourth one of four acres 
has been offered to the city of Philadelphia. Appropriations 
of $3,500,000 have also been made for three city parkways. 
The City Parks’ Association has also started a propaganda 
for a comprehensive park system for the city of Philadelphia, 
forming with a number of other associations an allied or- 
ganization to further this movement. 
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Never has the extensive Boston park system looked bet- 
ter than at present, says W. N. Craig in the Florists’ Re- 
view. The copious rains have given a luxuriance and richness 
to the foliage better than I remember to have seen before. 
It is necessary to spend a whole day on the thirty miles of 
driveways contained in the 2,500 acres 
comprising the Metropolitan Park sys- 
tem. The growth being made by the oaks, 
lindens, ginkgos, elms, and other trees 
planted by the thousands by Mr. Pettigrew 
during the last seven years is remarkable, 
and his development of the park system 
commands the admiration of everyone who 
can appreciate the immense work he has 
done here, and also can see at a glance that 
all his planning is not merely for present 
effect, but for the benefit of future gener- 
ations. Interesting as the system now is, 
it will become increasingly so, for having 
now got the system into shape Mr. Petti- 
grew will each year introduce groups or 
colonies of newer and more choice subjects 
in suitable locations. Fine blocks of trees, 
shrubs and perennial plants are contained 
in the nurseries, and Boston will undoubt- 
edly continue to lead the country with her 
park system. 
Annual reports or extracts from them, historical sketches, 
descriptive circulars , photographs of improvements or dis- 
tinctive features are requested for use in this department . 
MASSACHUSETTS MONUMENT AT VICKSBURG. 
Mrs. Theo. Ruggles-Kitson, Sc. 
