Biographical Note 



1 85 1. "Parks, Gardens, etc., of London and its Suburbs." 

 London. i2mo. 



1858. "How to Lay out a Small Garden," 2d ed., en- 

 larged and illustrated. London. i2mo., about 400 pp. 



1858. Same. First American edition, Wiley & Halstead. 

 New York. 403 pp., i2mo. 



1864. Same. Third Edition (English) again revised and 

 enlarged. London, Bradbury & Evans. 428 pp., 8vo. 



1880. Same, Second American Edition, John Wiley & 

 Sons, New York. 403 pp. i2mo. 



At his death Mr. Kemp was buried in Flaybrick Hill Ceme- 

 tery, Birkenhead, of which he had been the designer. At a 

 meeting of the Burial Board for the Parish of Liverpool held 

 at their offices, Anfield Park Cemetery, on Thursday the 2d 

 of April, 1 89 1, it was unanimously 



"Resolved, That the Board has heard with much regret 

 of the recent death of Edward Kemp, Esq., the eminent 

 Landscape Gardener and Garden Architect to whose genius 

 Liverpool and its Burial Board are indebted for the Anfield 

 Park Cemetery. Mr. Kemp furnished the Design, also zeal- 

 ously and faithfully attended to the laying out and embel- 

 lishment of the Grounds. 



" Through his strict integrity and dignified conduct the 

 Burial Board soon after its origin escaped many evils, and, 

 prompted by his solicitude for the future good manage- 

 ment, and reputation of the Cemetery (at the request of the 

 Board and in its interest) he induced his Draughtsman, 

 Assistant and Friend, Mr. Wm. Wortley to undertake the 

 Superintendence of the Estate, which he has so ably man- 

 aged for the period of twenty-eight years. 



" Further, that this Resolution be recorded upon the 

 Minutes as a tribute of high respect to the memory of the 

 departed, and that this expression of the Board's sincere 



