PARK AND CEMETERY. 
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CtntTERY NOTES 
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Frank M. Floyd, superintendent' 
Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Me., 
met ■with a serious accident recently 
while on an excursion with a number 
of Masons, On attempting to take 
the train at Springfield, Mass., he 
slipped and fell under the wheels, 
both feet being so badly crushed that 
they had to be amputated above the 
ankle. Mr. Floyd was confined at 
Mercy Hospital, in Springfield for 
some time. Members of the New Eng- 
land Cemetery Association visited him 
and his friends in the A. A. C. S. are 
sending him messages of good cheer. 
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Woodlawn Cemetery, Urbana, 111., 
has let the contract for what is de- 
scribed as a “commercial vault,” of 
the receiving vault type, but for per- 
manent burial. It will be of rein- 
forced concrete, with interior of mar- 
ble, and will have a capacity of 250 
bodies. The catacombs will be ar- 
ranged on either side of a corridor, 
wide enough to admit a carriage and 
each one will be sealed with a mar- 
ble slab for the inscription. 
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Benjamin F. Scoville, who persisted 
in working on lots in Cedar Grove 
Cemetery, New London, Conn., in 
violation of the rule requiring work 
to be done by cemetery employes, 
after the courts had repeatedly de- 
cided against him, has been adjudged 
insane. He was arrested, and took 
his case to the highest court in the 
state, meeting defeat. Subsequent ar- 
rests and jail sentences did not dis- 
courage him. He had just regained 
his liberty when he went back to the 
cemetery. This time the court or- 
dered a mental examination and he 
was adjudged insane. 
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The managers of Homewood Cem- 
etery, Pittsburg, at a special meeting 
passed strong resolutions commend- 
ing the faithful services of Secretary 
David Robertson, and Superintendent 
David Woods, whose deaths have 
been previously noted in these pages. 
We quote from the tribute to Secre- 
tary Robinson as follows: “We wish 
to testify to his sterling integrity, his 
energy and close attention to the af- 
fairs of this corporation, and we de- 
sire to record our appreciation of 
these qualities and of the able man- 
ner in which he filled the important 
position which he held for so many 
years.” 
Of Mr. Woods, the resolutions say: 
“He was a man who endeared him- 
self to all who met him, and no trib- 
ute that we can pay to his goodness 
of character, his purity and integrity, 
his unfailing courtesy, will fill the 
measure of our esteem. In our rela- 
tions with him, during his twenty-six 
years of active service, we always 
found him genial and pleasant, and 
his counsel and advice sound and con- 
servative. Plis highest praise and tru- 
est memorial is, and will be, ‘The 
Homewood Cemetery.’ ” 
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In response to a correspondent’s in- 
quiry for flowering plants for a ceme- 
tery lot, that are hardy in Wiscon- 
sin, the Florists’ Review prints the 
following: “If perfectly hardy plants 
are desired itiwill be necessary to use 
bulbs and herbaceous perennials. 
Crocus of any desired color can be 
planted late in October, also Chiono- 
doxa. These flower very early. 
Among these you could plant tulips, 
to follow them. Myosotis palustris 
or alpestris, forget-me-nots, are pret- 
ty in spring, as are pansies or Viola 
cornuta alba. All these will winter 
with a light winter covering, or the 
forget-me-nots and pansies may be 
planted in spring among the bulbs. 
They make a pretty groundwork to 
tulips and daffodils. If you do not 
care to lift the bulbs after the flower- 
ing season is over, you can plant an- 
nuals among them. For ease of cul- 
ture I would suggest using petunias 
or verbenas in separate colors for 
flowering from June to October, in 
preference to hardy perennials, none 
of which will flower so long as the 
two annuals named. These would be 
preferable to geraniums, which are so 
much used in cemeteries. The dwarf 
hardy phlox or moss pink phlox sub- 
ulata, makes a pretty carpet of pink 
or white flowers in May and is often 
used on graves. If you do not care 
to plant any tender stock, I think 
Viola cornuta alba will bloom more 
persistently than any other hardy 
plant you can obtain.” 
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The necessity of ensuring good 
construction and permanency in cem- 
etery structures such as mausoleums. 
etc., is receiving practical attention 
in some cemeteries. For instance,, 
the Woodland Cemetery Association 
of Dayton, O., passed a rule in June 
last requiring that the lot holders 
should first deposit with the trustees 
a sum equal to ten per cent of the 
contract price for the perpetual care 
of the mausoleum proposed to be con- 
structed. This is a step in the right 
direction, and might be extended to 
all monumental works of importance. 
Another important cemetery question 
is that relating to the powers of ex- 
ecutors to expend money in perpet- 
ual care and for memorials, and it is 
covered in the Ohio statutes by the 
following: 
Sect. 6185. (Allowance for a tomb- 
stone and for perpetual fund for care 
of cemetery lot.) The court may also, 
in settlement, allow, as a credit to the 
executor or administrator, any just 
and reasonable amount expended by 
him for a tombstone or monument for 
the deceased and for any just and 
reasonable amount he may have paid 
to any cemetery association or cor- 
poration as a perpetual fund for car- 
ing for and preserving the lot on 
which said deceased is buried; but 
it shall not be incumbent on any ex- 
ecutor or administrator to procure a 
tombstone or any monument or to 
pay any sum into such perpetual fund. 
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The Utica Cemetery Association, 
Utica, N. Y., sends out a neatly print- 
ed little circular headed “Timely Sug- 
gestions to Lot Owners,” that is a 
timely reminder m favor of perpetual 
care in Forest Hill. It reads in part as 
follows : 
“Every individual who is possessed 
of cemetery property should provide 
for its maintenance, not for one year, 
ten years, but — always. 
“A perm.anent care fund entrusted 
to the cemetery association insures 
this attention, both while you are liv- 
ing, and in future years, after ability 
to do so ceases. 
“There is nothing imaginary or 
speculative about the merits of per- 
manent care. Positive proof is in evi- 
dence, at all times, to fully demon- 
strate and convince every thoughtful 
person. 
“For over fifty years the plan has 
been in successful operation in Forest 
Hill, and, during that time, thousands 
of lot owners have learned, by actual 
experience or otherwise, its true value. 
“Estimate what the average lot 
owner pays in annual installments to 
maintain a lot. In most cases the 
sum would endow and assure special 
care forever.” 
