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THE MODERN CEMETERY. 
The Question Box. 
An interesting feature of the conventions of the 
Association of American Cemetery Superintendents 
is the discussion of queries sent to the “Question 
Box,” and it has been suggested that these discus- 
sions may be continued throughout the year, and 
much valuable information disseminated by an ex- 
pression of opinions on stated topics through the 
columns of the Modern Cemetery. All questions 
that may be suggested for discussion will be pub- 
lished and replies cordially invited from any who 
may choose to say a word on the subject. 
As a seasonable question for discussion we have 
asked a -number of subscribers to tell what disposi- 
tion they usually make of their leaves, and have 
received the following replies: 
I consider the decomposed leaves of deciduous 
trees and shrubs a very important part of the soil 
necessary in successful horticulture. Our leaves 
are put in some out-of-the-way place in the fall and 
covered with earth. Decomposition is slow, from 
three to four years being required. Where there is 
a tendency to clay in the soil this makes an excel- 
lent top dressing for lawns. It is also valuable for 
potting purposes in the green Houses. — jf. Craig, 
Omaha, Neb. 
The most of our leaves are spread in layers on a 
dump-pile composed of leaves, grass, old sod, a 
little waste earth and occasionally a little manure 
from the barns. When mixed together this makes, 
in a few years, good material for use about the cem- 
etery, especially in the greenhouses. — John JM. 
Box cl I, St. Paul, Minn. 
For two reasons I am careful not to mix the 
pine needles or leaves with those from deciduous 
trees when raking in the fall. First because they 
are very injurious to vegetation and second because 
they make the best covering for myrtle graves and 
si'mi-hardy plants that I wish to leave out through 
the winter. The rotted deciduous leaves are valua- 
ble for mulching Rhododendrons and newly set trees 
and shrubs. — Henry Ross, Ncivtonville , Mass. 
Our experience in rotting leaves has been so un- 
satisfactory that we burn them and use the ashes 
for top-dressing. — W. H. Morrow, Hillsboro, O. 
At Oakwoods, Chicago, the leaves are piled and 
allowed to rot into leaf mould which Mr. Lawson 
considers of great value in the greenhouses. 
At Mount Hope, Rochester, N. Y. , and West 
Laurel Hill, Phildelphia, the leaves accumulate 
in such quantiities that the greater part are burned. 
There is a good deal of comfort to be gathered 
from these little old scraps of poetry and somehow 
they seem to stretch to fit a great grief and shrink 
to fit a small one. Hawthorne. 
Association of American Cemetery Superintendents. 
WM. SALWAY, “ Spring Grove ” Cincinnati, O., President. 
T. McCarthy. " Swan Point" Providence, U. I., Vice-President. 
F. EURICH, Woodiawn, Toledo, O., Secretary and Treasurer. 
The Eighth Annual Convention of the Association will be 
held at Philadelphia in September, 1894. 
Resolutions Adopted at the Seventh Annual Convention 
of the Association of American Cemetery Superin- 
tendents. 
Resolved: That it is the sense of this convention that all 
Sunday funerals be discouraged as much as possible. 
Resolved: That it is the sense of this meeting that all 
headstones or markers should be limited to the height of the sod 
or the level of the surface of the ground. 
Resolved: That it is the sense ol this meeting that vaults 
and catacombs be discouraged and if possible prevented in cem- 
eteries. 
"©epoirtment. 
Cemetery Literature received: Report of Com- 
mittee on Gardens, by John G. Barker, chairman. 
From the transactions of the Mass. Horticultural So- 
ciety. The Salem Gazette from Geo. W. Creesy, 
with description of an ancient cemetery at Ipswich. 
The oldest stone bears the date 1647. From Geo. 
E. Rhedemeyer, Camden N. J., views in Har- 
leigh Cemetery and rules and regulations. From 
Geo. W. Riely, Shelbyville, Ky. , copy of Shelby 
Sentinel with account of dedicatory services of the 
new chapel illustrated in the MODERN CEMETERY 
some months since. 
C. C. Abel & Co., of New York, agents for a 
number of foreign horticulturists and bulb growers 
have an announcement in this issue that will interest 
buyers in these lines. The houses represented are 
reliable and trustworthy. Messrs. Abel &Co., 
will send price lists etc., on application. 
Notice to Cemetery Officials. 
The proceedings of the seventh Annual Conven- 
tion of the Association of American Cemetery Sup- 
erintendents are being published in pamphlet form 
and can be procured after December ist. Members 
of the Association and all others desiring copies 
will please send in their orders as soon as possible. 
Price 25 cents per copy or at the rate of $2. 50 a 
dozen for (6) copies or more. 
Frank Eurich, 
Sec. and Treas. A. A. C. S. 
P. O. Address, Auburndale, Ohio. 
Cemetery Stock for Sale. 
My one-eighth interest in Sylvan Lawn Cemetery, Chica- 
go, is offered for sale. Full particulars on application. 
318^4 N. Market Street, Chicago. G. L. Ray. 
Situation Wanted. A thoroughly competent and experi- 
enced business man and landscape gardener, expert in manage- 
ment desires position as superintendent or assistant, speaks 
German and French. Special attention given to new cemeter- 
ies and organizations of companies. Meier, care 47 Moffat Block, 
Detroit, Mich. 
