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Park Sand Set by Europe Grass (Part 9)
Friday, January 22, 1943 The Call-Bulletin presents, herewith, the ninth of a series of intimate articles describing the life and work of Uncle John McLaren, “father” of Golden Gate Park. The articles were written by J. Lawrence Toole, noted San Francisco newspaperman. By J. Lawrence Toole Creation of Golden Gate Park, in John McLaren’s opinion, and in the opinion of world famous arborealists and horticulturalists, was, essentially, an unprecedented horticultural experiment on a vast scale. Success of this gigantic experiment, to which John McLaren devoted more than half a century of his life, is pictured in the surpassing beauty of the park today, and reflected in the summer and winter…