, 1859-04-16

40 dHnbt u IL, gentlemen ldltnrS-nOt the
least. But by such process can you estimate
the number of vcars that would Intervene be-
fore Court House square wuu!d be clothed with
rrsrcc,abllIty? Thcsc cheap Contractors arc 4
riui>ancc-tary are to be avoided. Does the
city wunt Il Er""p-and such group. aud
grouping of bace poles to relieve the barrcns
Of Inc t;ardcn City ;.let tnr people, then, look
II l'earooFt lark. Have We any data in this
Improvement q upon which we can arrive ut
THE PRECISE time whvn our public parks will be-
S"!nr s!., Sylvnn retreats" pleasant promcnadc.:
MN what Il hireous grin and grinding Of teeth,
due, thu man :,f Taste tell his friend from abroud
that TINT is Dcnrborn Turk-" the finest park i'll
the city!''
4 cheap contractor nlaY 20 into our streets to-
aa' anu bny up loads Of mar}es, clms, ETC.,
laFRe. dnc trees, without roofs, that nsay be ar
ranged in the Court House Square geon,etrical-
", aud thus till hlS contract. 50 he mar 1,ur-
c'sase p!cntS of cvrrgreens III different points i'll
:,ur city, that look green, hut which are fur
fftls dead to-day. hut will that b. the cheap
..st and sHrcst way Of surrounding tha: really
tine building worthity: M, sirs; it is your
cofrespnndcnt's opinion, hMnbly expressed,
that II will bc cheaper to employ sumo horticu~
1urlSt, whosrrcrutation as such will be involved,
I" select the hest trees he can tlnd-not in our
strerts-ln sumo of our reliable nurseries. plum,
Turn and take cure Of thcn until the fact 1hut
they Will grow and bccou,e beautiful and useful
is established beyond pcrudventure. If it ii
d'tncd proper thut tue larger trees shnl be ta
Ken from the forest, there is tic greater ncccss
y that The operation ',e conducted by man Of
experience. He should be paid only for wllnt
lie may accomplish, successfully, and then well
paid. Ills responsibility should not cease with
lLc planting, Mich depends upon subsequent
care, an.i ii the city can atord to do ANYTHING,
il eau afford ta do II well. If it is not well done
II is worse aud more tli>graceful thu doing
nothing. Respectfully, BnAGnoS.
cat.a9o, April Il, 1>,:.
REMARKS. III our correspondent s,,pposcsfora
moment that VIC would not have tltr orsl:,aentins
of the Court House Square t;stcfu}ly aud elc-
eant'y arrangcd and ornanlcntcd- done il,
every reSprct-he entirely ,nistook the intention
"l our Art'clc. All this can be accomplished
~ ut very low figure" If tl,r Hoard nf Super
'lsors advertise for proposals, VIC doubt nut our
friends Lewis, If the Sheffield Nursery, Dr.
ESa', Dr, kcnnlcntt, the ever genial " Old Doc-
tor viii he on lund To do the work " chcaplv"
and wcll-ina ,nanncr by which wc would have no
eltllculty +" estimate low long it would take to
ciof hr t"urt llonse square with respectable
~. Whoever tlkcS the contract. the trees
ainuld in crcry casc be warranted for two wears,
ut leIst.
All tllat oHr correspondent says iu relation to
The worthless character Of tic trees usually
hawked nboui the streets, is true tn the lettrr
VI Inc cvtrSrccNS, nut one in hundred will
Er'". The "nly sure way 10 secure tl!r growi},
ol those beautiful trees is to 60 to the nursery
and make thcprorrietor himself responsible for
thcirsatety in trausp!aa,ing.
The Nnrcr If Dearborn Park is partly just. 4
larger variety Of trees should l,avc bce,, planted,
and the workmell should certainly have been re-
4ulrcd to set them perpendicular" As to The
trees being bare rolcs.'' 1l,c practice Of tlc
bust arbnrculturists nj the cnuntry requires u
forest tree, when trsnsp1autcd, to Lc cut tlpwn
To bare l,ulc." I, will tr uorc sure to grow,
will Make i ,aurc regular and beautiful head,
:.n't :.r"w more rapidly ttas If the nld top had
mt bern entirely removed. Let suitable nu,,,-
heT of c'crgrcrns bc planted in Dearborn Park,
iet all the 'rrcs be carefully "nlulrhcd III the
warm weather r',nrs m-in short, let thc city
and e"untry TREAT thcir grounds as our friend
nT. Egan treats his and Chicago ere ten ycars,
hare passed., will deserve the na,nc Of tae 't;Ar-
den City,
Home for the FrtcndlcHk.
s1iAtecn hundred iollurs III the len thousand
dollars building fund vet remains IN l,r raised
AMI how tn 'uakc up the deficiency. the hoard
Of Managers are iu dnuht. Mr.. Nurrs yrnnt nt
mast desirable site fr the Homo is conditioned
upon IL slb>criptl"n for IL building worth at least
ten thousand dollars, that nu ttl. c:.u be OBJ
1a1nr'l and III measures adopted for the erection
If the building until this deficiency is made IN.
Many gentlemen able and, .!> :hcv themselves
dcc!arc, very willing to subscribe very bcruily,
ARE asking time t. s.astitt how much they NJ, .lt
to Eive, and Ill artian must he >,.>,,cude, till
these considerations cnd in something.
As IL last resort 1isc isoard have directed their
Secretary 10 open II d"''4r subscription 1~"ot for
thr thousand wlln. unable to give ,norc, are uu~
willin. tn own less than stnck 10 this amount in
t,c Home. Accordingly such u ''nuk is opened
1T Nm, IS Washington street. and everybody is
invited Ia call. Besides. the Secretary + direct
cd 10 extend ILL invitation to the riyllt,.tlrec
Sabbath Schools Of the city To make contribu
ton 10 Ills fund, iii the last Sabbath Of this
mnn1l, And will M, II liberal contribution
fruu thest. rt,rIt thur, md Su h,' srh,,,1 rfl