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children in the peaceful work of making things grow, 
with the information that must necessarily be absorbed 
during the process, wonld of itself be result enough. 
It is excellent work and cannot be too highly praised. 
W'e trust that other branches may follow the example 
of the Milwaukee ladies, who seem to be nothing if 
not energetic, thorough and practical. 
Mrs. Eben Byron Smith, President of the Chicago 
Branch, told of the w'ork done on the grounds of five 
of the public schools of the city, and of the proposed 
work to be done on two, and perhaps three, more the 
coming spring ; of eft'orts past and prospective in the 
way of inducing factory owners to beautify their 
grounds, and of railway officials to improve their 
rights of way inside the city limits ; ‘and closed by 
mentioning the fact that steps are under way to se- 
cure control of an unimproved stretch of ground that 
was given to the city for a park, but is not under tbe 
care of any one of the Park Boards. If the Council 
will permit, the Branch proposes to lay out and de- 
velop this ground with the monev that has accumu- 
lated in the city treasury for the purpose. 
The report of iMiss iNIargrethe Koefoed Christen- 
sen, Louisville, Ky.. Chairman of the Press and Ex- 
tension Committee, was also read. It showed that 
State Chairmen had been appointed for Ohio, Ken- 
tucky, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Idaho, Indiana, Louisi- 
ana, Oregon, Texas, Wisconsin, New York and Mas- 
sachusetts, most of whom reported progress in their 
respective states in the undertakings of the Auxiliary, 
and through whose efforts, it is hoped and believed, 
some new branches will soon be formed. At any rate 
additional publicity is given to the subject of Civic Im- 
provement and to the various phases of Outdoor Art. 
Good missionary work is thus being done, if nothing 
more. 
An illustrated talk was given at the close of the 
business meeting by Dr. Millspaugh, Curator of Bot- 
any, Eield Columbian Museum, the subject being 
“Plow Plants Travel.” The learned Doctor was lis- 
tened to with the deepest interest as he made clear the 
selected modes of travel of the four divisions of these 
small “globe trotters,” — (i) propulsion, (2) flying, 
(3) floating, and (4) clinging. Of these the audience 
approved all but the last, — and felt an additional re- 
spect even for its members, althougb expressing no 
desire for such traveling companions. 
The meeting closed with refreshments and a social 
hour, which furnished an opportunity for members to 
become acquainted, and proved an additional demon- 
stration of Mrs. Hall’s ability as a leader and gra- 
ciousness as a hostess. Er.vnces Copley Se.a.vev. 
Two Patented Tree-Moving Devices. 
Two simple and effective j^atented devices for mov- eter. 
ing large trees are illustrated here. The first one, icaii, 
It is described as follows by the Scientific Amcr- 
from which our illustration is obtained : The 
frame of the machine is V-shaped, 
the rear wheels supporting the outer 
ends of the frame, while the apex 
rests on the front truck. Thus it is 
possible to back the machine up to 
the tree so that the two arms of the 
frame will straddle the trunk. 
When the machine has been backed 
sufficiently to bring the 
hoisting 
POWERFUL MACHINE FOR MOVING LARGE TREES. 
Iowa inventor, is shown handling a 
patented by av 
tree one foot in diameter and 30 feet long, but it has 
easily transplanted trees as large as 20 inches in diam- 
drum into contact wdth the trunk 
the front truck is swung around at 
right angles to the rear wheels so 
as to give a firm anchorage for the 
machine when the hoisting mechan- 
ism is separated. The horses are 
now detached from the machine and 
are hitched to the hoisting gear. 
A connecting rod is fastened across 
the rear extremities of the V- 
shaped frame, and serves the dou- 
ble purpose of increasing the rigid- 
ity of the machine and of support- 
ing the trunk when the tree is drawn out of the ground. 
A padded roller on this connection serves to prevent 
injurv to the trunk. A bar-chain is now placed around 
