. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 108 The American Florist. Feb. 10 Rev. Edward Everett Hale of Massa- chusetts, venerable chaplain of the United States senate, delivered an elo- quent address. He denounced the fell- ing of vast numbers of trees for purely private interests, when these interests, to that extent conflicted with the public good. Mr. Bainbridge of New York, called attention to the large annual waste of trees turned into paper pulp, thence into second-class mail matter to be consigned to the waste basket. Chief Forester, Gifford Pinch

. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 108 The American Florist. Feb. 10 Rev. Edward Everett Hale of Massa- chusetts, venerable chaplain of the United States senate, delivered an elo- quent address. He denounced the fell- ing of vast numbers of trees for purely private interests, when these interests, to that extent conflicted with the public good. Mr. Bainbridge of New York, called attention to the large annual waste of trees turned into paper pulp, thence into second-class mail matter to be consigned to the waste basket. Chief Forester, Gifford Pinch

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. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 108 The American Florist. Feb. 10 Rev. Edward Everett Hale of Massa- chusetts, venerable chaplain of the United States senate, delivered an elo- quent address. He denounced the fell- ing of vast numbers of trees for purely private interests, when these interests, to that extent conflicted with the public good. Mr. Bainbridge of New York, called attention to the large annual waste of trees turned into paper pulp, thence into second-class mail matter to be consigned to the waste basket. Chief Forester, Gifford Pinchot, who presided for a time, was made chairman of the committee on resolutions. Others taking an active part in the work of the convention were William S. Harvey, Robert C. Lippincott and Sam- uel B. Elliott, Pennsylvania; E. A. Start, Massachusetts; George K. Smith, Mis- souri, and State Senator Stout, Wiscon- sin. Several United States senators were on the programme for addresses, but did not appear. In the evening a fine reception was given the visiting delegates by James W. Pinchot and wife and their son Gif- ford Pinchot, at the family home. S. E. Park Plans for Baltimore. A good deal of public interest is felt in the proposed park improvement; the work is to be pushed vigorously as soon as weather allows. The plans prepared by Frederick L. Olmstead, Jr. and John C. Olmstead, Brookline, Mass.. adopted by the park board and modified only slightly, will involve the expenditure of about $3,000,000. One- third of this is now available, and the present and the next legislatures will each be asked to authorize another mil- lion. The groundwork of the improvement is the construction of boulevards con- necting the various parks. In the northwestern section there will be con- structed a boulevard between Druid Hill and Gwynn's Falls parks; and several new squares will be laid out. On the northeast, there will be a boule- vard between Clifton and Wyman parks, the Broadway series of