. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. etropolitan District, com-prising four forest reservations with atotal area of a little over 10,000 acres, with17 miles of connecting parkways. Themost notable of such reservations inEurope are those of London, especiallyEpping Forest (5,346 acres) and Rich-nintui Park (2,.358 acres
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. etropolitan District, com-prising four forest reservations with atotal area of a little over 10,000 acres, with17 miles of connecting parkways. Themost notable of such reservations inEurope are those of London, especiallyEpping Forest (5,346 acres) and Rich-nintui Park (2,.358 acres); and those ofParis, amounting to about 20,000 acres,cliieHy maintained, not by the city, but bythe national government. 3Iaiiayeme>it.—The most generallyadopted and most successful method ofmanaging city parks in the United Statesis by an unpaid commission of three tofive members appointed for terms of threeor five years and retiring successively,so as to maintain continuity of policyand comparative independence of localpolitical changes. The commission ap-points as executive officers a secretaryand a superintendent, the latter havingsome technical skill, and each devotinghis whole time to the work and receivinga salary. Under the orders of the super-intendent, who receives his instructions 77 121;-). 1216 PARK PARKINSONIA direct from the board, are employed an engineer, localsuperintendents, gardeners, foremen, etc. The engineeris generally an assistant of the city engineer, assignedtemporarily to park work. When new parks are to beacquired or plans are to be made for their development,a professional landscape architect is employed to advise
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