. The Audubon annual bulletin. Birds; Birds. THE AUDUBON BULLETIN 15 The Joliet Arboretum. Photo by L. H. Hyde Between park and school authorities the City of Joliet con- trols about 840 acres of park land, all a game and bird pre- serve, well policed. In nearly every instance a school build- ing has at least a city block for a playground. One has 25 acres, another sixteen, another ten, another seven. The Joliet park district covering more acreage than the city itself beginning with small playgrounds from three to seven acres each, has in the West Park forty acres in the hills well covered wit
. The Audubon annual bulletin. Birds; Birds. THE AUDUBON BULLETIN 15 The Joliet Arboretum. Photo by L. H. Hyde Between park and school authorities the City of Joliet con- trols about 840 acres of park land, all a game and bird pre- serve, well policed. In nearly every instance a school build- ing has at least a city block for a playground. One has 25 acres, another sixteen, another ten, another seven. The Joliet park district covering more acreage than the city itself beginning with small playgrounds from three to seven acres each, has in the West Park forty acres in the hills well covered with native timber, a restful place for the weary. It has much natural beauty and is a favorite with the children. Here is the beginning of a greenhouse system with about 300 species of cacti and other attractive desert plants. The col- lections of native violets and ferns are also in this park. There is some good planting here in shrubbery but no formal decor- ative features—not enought to speak of. The pride of Joliet lies along Hickory Creek east of the city, paralleled by the main line of the Rock Island railway. The stream in early days was called a river and still is so large and clean that the name should be continued. In the begin- ning forty acres were purchased in the hills nearest the city and decorated with formal planting and playground features. The late Harlow N. Higinbotham while director of ths World's Columbian Fair, inspired by the native shrubs and plants so generously used for the Wooded Island and border planting of that enterprise, perhaps was inspired too, to collect the native trees and plants for his own birth place, the early Hig-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Illinois Audubon Society. [Chicago, Ill. ] : The Society
Size: 1903px × 1313px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bo, bookcentury1900, bookcollectionbiodiversity, booksubjectbirds
