PARK AND CEMETERY. 
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PARK SUPERINTENDENTS’ CONVENTION. 
As this issue of Park and Cemetery 
goes to press, members of the American 
Association of Park Superintendents are 
on their way to their annual convention 
in San Francisco, to be held August IS, 19 
and 20. 
A special tour of places of interest, 
both to and from the convention', is being 
carried out under the direction of Thos. 
Cook & Son. 
The following is the itinerary of the trip 
to the convention : 
Saturday, August 7 — Leave New York 
at 11 :04 a. m. 
Sunday, August 8 — Pennsylvania Rail- 
road train will arrive at the Union Pas- 
senger Station, Chicago, at 8:54 a. m. and 
New York Central passengers at the La 
Salle Street Station at 7 :59 a. m, The 
day will be spent in seeing Chicago parks 
as guests of the Chicago park boards, 
and leave from the Union Passenger Sta- 
tion at 6 :30 p. m. over the Chicago, Mil- 
waukee & St. Paul Railroad for Minneap- 
olis. 
Monday, August 9 — Arrive in Minneap- 
olis at 8 a. m. ; full day and evening in 
Minneapolis. Leave at 10:45 p. m. via the 
Great Northern Railway. 
Tuesday, August 10 — En route through 
North Dakota and Montana. 
Wednesday, August 11 — Arrive at Gla- 
cier Park Station at 8 a. m. Leaving Gla- 
cier Park at 8:30 a. m., the sightseer trav- 
els in comfortable touring cars over the 
36-mile automobile highway along the 
foothills of the Rocky Mountains to St. 
Mary Camp on St. Mary’s Lake, where a 
commodious 75-passenger launch is board- 
ed for Going-to-the-Sun Camp, ten miles 
distant on St. Mary Lake. Lunch is 
served at Going-to-the-Sun Camp, the re- 
turn trip being made in the afternoon, ar- 
riving at Glacier Park Hotel at 6 p. m. A 
90-mile panorama of scenic splendor un- 
folds itself to the eye of the tourist on 
this short one-day trip. Leave Glacier Sta- 
tion at 8 p. m. 
Thursday, August 12 — Arrive at Spokane 
at 8 a. m. Full day and evening at Spo- 
kane. Leave at 12 midnight. 
Friday, August 13 — Arrive Seattle at 12 
noon. Afternoon, evening and next morn- 
ing at Seattle. 
Saturday, August 14 — Leave Seattle via 
Puget Sound steamer at 11 a. m. Pas- 
sengers pay local fare of 50 cents on 
steamer, as train will go deadhead to Ta- 
coma. Rail fare included on regular trains. 
Leave Tacoma at midnight by train. 
Sunday, August 15 — Arrive at Portland 
7 a. m. All day until 3.30 in Portland. 
Leave by the Southern Pacific Railway at 
3 :30 p. m. for San Francisco. 
Monday, August 16 — 'Arrive in San 
Francisco 6:50 p. m. 
Following is the program of the conven- 
tion : 
Informal reception and dance, Tuesday 
evening, August 17, at St. Francis Hotel. 
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18. 
Morning Session — Opening ceremonies ; 
address of welcome by Mayor Jas. Rolph ; 
response by President Amryhn ; admission 
of new members; reports of officers; ap- 
pointment of committees; introduction of 
resolutions, amendments to constitution, 
etc. 
Afternoon Session — Reports of commit- 
tees; new business; papers and addresses; 
question box ; election of officers. 
Evening — Stereopticon lectures ; address 
and papers; unfinished business; closing 
ceremonies. 
THURSDAY, AUGUST 19. 
Steamer trip around San Francisco Bay 
in forenoon. Luncheon at Oakland, fol- 
lowed by auto tour of Oakland, Alameda 
and Berkeley as guests of Board of Park 
Directors of Oakland. Return to San 
Francisco about 6 p. m. by steamer. 
Evening — Stag smoker for the gentlemen 
at the Elks Club. Theater party for the 
ladies. 
FRIDAY, AUGUST 20. 
All day auto tour of inspection over the 
parks, playgrounds and boulevards of San 
Francisco ; also the picturesque rural sec- 
tion known as “The Peninsula,” luncheon 
being served en route, the ride terminating 
at the Panama-Pacific Exposition. 
Evening — At the amusement features on 
“The Zone.” 
SATURDAY, AUGUST 21. 
This date left open for inspection of 
the exposition exhibits, etc. Party leaves 
for San Diego Exposition and points east- 
ward at 7 :45 a. m., Sunday, August 22. 
The return route contemplates stopover 
at Del Monte, Los Angeles, San Diego, 
Riverside, Salt Lake City, Pueblo, Colo- 
rado Springs, Denver, Kansas City and St. 
Louis. 
The following is an outline of some of 
the addresses on the program : 
Hon. Samuel Hill, President Pacific 
Highway Association — Mr. Llill is an inter- 
national character in road building, an ex- 
tensive traveler, and his illustrated lecture 
on “Good Roads” is a revelation in vari- 
ous ways. 
E. B. DeGroot, Director of Physical 
Education, San Francisco — Mr. DeGroot is 
regarded as America’s most eminent play- 
ground authority, having built up the won- 
derful South Park recreation centers in 
Chicago. His topic will be ‘The Drift of 
Organized Recreation.” 
J. H. Prost, City Forester of Chicago — 
Mr. Prost will present a steropticon lec- 
ture showing the wonderful work accom- 
plished with trees in Chicago. 
L. P. Jenson, of St. Louis, will present 
a paper on “Public Parks as Preservers of 
Native Plants.” 
Ernst Strehle will present a paper on 
the St. Louis Park Department Associa- 
tion, a unique and successful organiza- 
tion. 
And others. 
RAILWAY GARDENING ASSO- 
CIATION MEETING. 
The Railway Gardening Association will 
hold its ninth annual meeting August 17 to 
20 at Detroit, Mich. The Hotel St. Claire 
has been selected as headquarters for these 
meetings and special arrangements have 
been made for a rate of $2.50 per day, 
with good rooms and three fine meals for 
members. Following is the program : 
TUESDAY, AUGUST 17. 
10 a. m. — Address of the president, Paul 
Huebner; report of the secretary, W. F. 
Hutchison ; report of the treasurer, J. K. 
Wingert ; communications. 
2 p. m. — Report of Committee No. 1, 
Soils and Fertilizers, I. T. Worthley, chair- 
man; report of Committee No. 2, Lawns 
and Banks, J. A. Byrne, chairman ; report 
of Committee No. 3, Insects and Plant 
Diseases, Emil Engelman, chairman. 
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18. 
9 a. m. — Report of Committee No. 4, 
Plants, C. W. Eichling, chairman ; report 
of Committee No. 5, Equipment and Op- 
eration, Frederick Stark, chairman ; report 
of Committee No. 6, Hedges, F. W. Vail, 
chairman. Free discussion is desired to 
follow the reading of each report. 
3 p. m. — Business session; report of 
Committee on Resolutions; election of offi- 
cers ; selection of meeting place, 1916. 
THURSDAY. AUGUST 19 AND FRIDAY, 
AUGUST 20. 
Trips to city parks and private estates. 
Schedule will be announced. 
Paul Huebner, P. R. Railway, Phila- 
delphia, is president of the association, and 
W. F. Hutchison, Sewickley, Pa., secre- 
tary. 
THE COVER ILLUSTRATION. 
The handsome entrance to Walnut Grove 
Cemetery, Booneville, Mo., illustrated on 
the front cover of Park and Cemetery 
this month, was built a few years ago by 
The Stewart Iron Works Co., Cincinnati, 
O. The piers are Missouri stone and gates 
wrought iron, 16 feet wide, 5 feet high in 
center, and 7 feet 6 inches at the sides, 
made of J^-inch square pickets. The hinge 
bars are 2 inches square and the very ar- 
tistic scroll work is inch. Although 
Boonville’s population is not more than 
5.C00, it has one of the most progressive 
cemetery associations in the entire state. 
Improvements are constantly being made 
as necessity requires, in keeping with mod- 
ern ideas in cemetery practice. The at- 
tractive entrance and well-kept grounds are 
not only a credit to the members of the 
cemetery association and its superintend- 
ent, but the entire community. 
