. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. VIEW IN EDGEWOOD PARK, NEW HAVEN, CONN. that they were great men although they perhaps did not realize it, for their work was in the line of the highest usefulness. Connecticut, he said, has more to be proud of than any other state in the country. It is one grand park itself and its best assets are its topography and Long Island Sound. He complimented the association on its good fellowship and expressed hearty wishes for its pros- perity. Mayor Studley followed with a witty speech replete with stories and interest
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. VIEW IN EDGEWOOD PARK, NEW HAVEN, CONN. that they were great men although they perhaps did not realize it, for their work was in the line of the highest usefulness. Connecticut, he said, has more to be proud of than any other state in the country. It is one grand park itself and its best assets are its topography and Long Island Sound. He complimented the association on its good fellowship and expressed hearty wishes for its pros- perity. Mayor Studley followed with a witty speech replete with stories and interesting comment on local affairs. He emphasized the great value of public parks for the working people, pronounc- ing the development of these breathing places to be the most important duty connected with city government. Presi- dent Blake of the park board followed in a similar strain, enlarging upon the claims of the park people to the respect and love of the public and extended an invitation to the visitors to make a tour of the parks on the following day as guests of the park commission. E. P. Adams, of Medford, Mass., expressed the thanks of the association for the courte- sies extended; W. J. Van Patten, Burling- ton, Vt., told of park development in the Green Mountain state; C. E. Keith, Bridgeport, was as successful as ever in his strenuous presentation of the claims of his home town. Col. Osborne, of the New Haven Register contributed a most eloquent tribute to the beneficial influ- ences of park reservations in crowded municipalities. Mr. Parker gave inter- esting statistics of the advancement in the art and craft ot park making and pertinent suggestions for the future based on the experiences of the past. B. Wor- then talked on parks for small cities and Christopher Clark recounted the success- ful outcome of the agitation for the tak- ing of Mt. Tom as a public reservation. The second day was devoted to a drive through the parks of New Haven. As there are forty-seven mi
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