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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
ESTABLISHED 1890 
Devoted to the Improvement of Parks, 
Cemeteries. Public and Private Grounds 
Published on tlie 15Lh of the Month by 
R. J. HAIGHT 
324 Dearborn St., Chicago 
EDITORS 
John W. Weston O. H. Sample 
Subscription, $1.00 a Year, -j 
Mr. Albert C. Freeman, the London 
architect, whose book and writings on 
cremation have been noted in Park and 
Cemetery, is contributing a series of ar- 
ticles on “The Antiquity of Cremation’’ 
to the Undertakers’ Journal of London. 
A. D. Taylor, instructor in the depart- 
ment of rural art at Cornell niversity, 
Ithaca, N. Y., would like to obtain cop- 
ies of Park and Cemetery for July, 
1906, and February and March, 1907. 
Any one who can supply these missing 
numbers will please communicate with 
Mr. Taylor. 
James Johnson, capitalist and politi- 
cian of Chattanooga, Tenn., committed 
suicide by cutting his throat on an Ala- 
bama Great Southern train, between 
Chattanooga and Birmingham, March 1.5. 
Mr. Johnson was president of the Forest 
Hills Cemetery Company and was a 
large holder of realty. 
B. C. Wilson has been appointed sec- 
retary-treasurer of the Allegheny Ceme- 
tery, Pittsburg, to succeed John A. 
Moore, whose resignation was recently 
noted in these columns. Mr. Moore had 
been in full charge of the books, records 
and business of the office, including the 
invested funds, since 1879, when he first 
entered the service of the cemetery, and 
has been a faithful and efficient officr. 
The American Association of Nur- 
serymen will hold its annual meeting 
this year at the Plankinton House, Mil- 
waukee, June 10, 11 and 12. 
John C. Moninger, 127 E. Blackhawk 
street, Chicago, has published an “in- 
struction book’’ giving much valuable 
information on greenhouse construction. 
It will be mailed on receipt of ten cents. 
Please mention Park and Cemetery. 
Memorial services were held at Lin- 
coln Park, Chicago, last month for the 
late superintendent, Reuben H. Warder. 
The attendance was large and the ser- 
vice impressive." Addresses were made 
hy members of the Board of Commis- 
sioners of Lincoln Park and by former 
friends of the deceased who came up 
for the occasion from Cincinnati. Mr. 
Wm. Salway of Spring Grove Cemetery, 
was among the party. 
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