PARK AND CEMETERY. 
XVII 
J mended the appropriation of $20,000 for 
* enlarging Oakwood Cemetery. 
{ Sacred Heart Cemetery, Meriden, 
, Conn., is to open a new section. 
Bay View Cemetery, Bellingham, 
.'Wash., is to set aside three sections as 
a perpetual care tract, where lots are 
to be sold for $225, about $100 more than 
. the previous charge. 
1/4 MILLION 
CANNAS 
Good Tubers 2 to 3 Eyes 
True to Name 
FROM ANNUAL REPORTS 
The annual report of the trustees of 
Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Me., 
shows total receipts of $25,981.85. The 
total expenditures amount to $25,112.38, 
which leaves a balance unexpended of 
$869.50. 
The reports of the trustees of the Val- 
ley, Pine Grove and Merrill Cemeteries, 
Manchester, N. H., for 1907 show a 
num.ber of improvements made during 
the year. The receipts from Pine Grove 
amounted to $17,051.38, the Valley Cem- 
etery, $1,784, and the Merrill Cemetery, 
$55.62. The net cost to the city for the 
care of Pine Grove Cemetery was only 
$1,895.40. There were 335 interments 
made during the year. The total num- 
ber of interments made to January 1, 
1908, is 8,160. 
The fifty-fourth annual report of the 
Norwalk Cemetery Association, Nor- 
walk, O., shows interments in Wood- 
lawn Cemetery during the year of 125, 
making a total of 3,874. The permanent 
fund for the perpetual care of lots 
amounts to $5,947, an increase of $865 
during the year, the largest yearljr in- 
crease since the fund was organized. 
The trustees of the city cemeteries of 
Lowell, Mass., have submitted their first 
annual report. The cemeteries under the 
charge of the superintendent are the Ed- 
son, “Old English,” so called. School 
street and Pawtucketville. The ceme- 
teries other than the Edson are but lit- 
tle used, there being three burials there 
during the past year. The total inter- 
ments were 633. The total expenditure 
for the year was $8,175. 
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Bulbs measuring 8 to 10 
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Bulbs mea.suring 10 to 12 
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Bulbs measuring 12 to 13 
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Monster Bulbs measuring 12 
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URGENT ! 
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1202J4 Main Street 
Joplin, Missouri, U.S. A. 
