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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
DESTROYING CRAB GRASS 
Editor Park and Cemetery: In 
your issue for October, an Indiana 
superintendent writes of his troubles 
with the so-called crab grass, he hav- 
ing endeavored to get rid of this pest 
without meeting with success. The 
reply given thereto, and remedy sug- 
gested, will, if followed, prove de- 
lusive and impractical. Let me in- 
form him that it will be impossible 
to supplant this grass with white 
clover, however much it is hoped to 
get rid of it this way. This is un- 
doubtedly the most pernicious pest 
of lawns, and is found over a wide 
extent of country. It is particularly 
annoying to the caretaker of a fine 
lawn, as it certainly ruins it. It is 
costly as well, because it grows so 
rapidly in all situations, all soils, wet 
or dry seasons, and it will kill most 
of the finer grasses to be found on 
all lawns. As it is a tender annual, 
the first frost kills it, and it does not 
begin to grow until the ground is- 
thoroughly warmed towards June. 
Having made many extensive experi- 
ments to get rid of it, and tried every 
conceivable method of eliminating it, 
we found the best way to get rid of 
it is to smother it out. This can not 
be done with clover, because clover 
makes an early growth, matures in 
early summer, when most of it dis- 
appears for a time. But the roots 
of clover are not dense enough, do 
not make a solid mat of roots to 
make a firm sod. Instead of clover, 
sow thickly Rhode Island creeping 
bent grass and Kentucky blue, in 
August. 'Scarify thoroughly to work 
into sod, give it good heavy rolling; 
if ground is dry, water; fertilize with 
quick acting agents to encourage 
quite rapid growth before winter, 
with the idea of making a good 
densely rooted sod by the following 
June. 'Whenever possible during 
wet weather, use good heavy roller 
again, and I will say from my experi- 
ence for the past 16 or 17 years with 
this pest that if this method is ad- 
hered to faithfully, there will be very 
little trouble with the crab grass. 
Whenever this grass is present 
anywhere, better watch it in time; 
never permit it to go to seed. Being 
an annual, it reproduces itself by its 
ov/n seed. Watch the corners, bases 
of trees, otherwise any care given on 
the lawn in this regard will be 
wasted. Burn the rakings containing 
it. See that it does not get into the 
manure. Constant care and watch- 
fulness saves labor and expense. 
Pencoyd, Pa. Oakson Edwards. 
SUPERINTENDENT’S RESIDENCE, INGLEWOOD PARK 
CEMETERY. 
mirable accessory to this part of the general plan. Among 
the varieties used are the following : 
Acacia, Auracaria, Japonica, Strawberry tree, Abies, Bird of 
Paradise tree, Gamphor, Cedrus, Cypress, Breath of Heaven, 
Spindle tree, India Rubber tree. Juniper, Bay, Catalina Island 
Cherry, Sequoia gigantea. Manna Plant, California Bay, etc. 
All lots are sold with perpetual care, 33 1/3 cents a foot of 
the sale price being devoted to this fund, which amounts to 
over $11,000. 
The management is vested in a private corporation, and the 
officers are as follows : President and treasurer, Mark G. 
Jones ; vice-president, Chas. B. Hopper ; secretary, F. K. Eck- 
ley ; engineer, 'V. J. Rowan ; superintendent, L. G. Loomis. 
Following are some extracts from the rules : 
Foundations for all monuments shall be built by the Associa- 
tion at the expense of the lot owner, and fifteen days’ notice must 
be given for the building of foundations. 
No monument will be allowed in the single-grave sections, 
and no two monuments of the same design will be permitted in the 
same section. Only one monument will be permitted on a family 
lot, and that must be placed in the center of the lot. When 
not practical to so place it, the location shall be determined 
by the superintendent of the Cemetery. No monument or head- 
stone will be permitted to be erected on any lot or grave until 
said lot or grave is paid for. Any structure extending above 
the level of the ground shall be considered a monument. In 
addition to the monument there is permitted one marker or 
headstone for each interment, the surface of which shall be 
12x24 inches and 4 inches in thickness, set with the ground and 
stone surfaces even. 
INTERIOR OP COLUMBARIUM, INGLEWOOD PARK 
CEMETERY. 
No monument, headstone or vase, and no portion of any 
vault above ground, shall be constructed of other material than cut 
stone or real bronze. No artificial material will be permitted. 
All stone and marble work, monuments and headstones must 
be accepted by the superintendent as being in conformity with the 
foregoing rules before being taken into the cemetery. All old 
monumental work removed from other cemeteries must be cleaned 
down thoroughly before being brought into the cemetery — not 
after. 
No vaults will be permitted to be built except on lots sold 
with that especial privilege. The designs for the vault must be 
good and the construction solid and thorough. The designs must 
be submitted to the management, and will not be approved unless 
the structure would be an architectural ornament to the cemetery. 
Prices: Adult graves, including perpetual care, $30.00 to $75.00; 
children’s graves, including perpetual care, $20.00 to $50.00. The 
above prices include opening and closing the grave. 
Lots: Famil 3 " plots from $100.00 up, including perpetual care, 
according to size and location. This includes putting the lot In 
perfect condition. 
