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THE MODERN CEMETERY. 
The Lily Pond. 
I do not know of anything in the shape of flori- 
culture that is so interesting to so many people as 
the lily pond and the interest increases every 
year. In the center of a circular bed fifty feet 
in diameter I made a pond fifteen feet in diam- 
eter and two feet six inches in depth, and made it 
tight with Portland cement. I then put in about 
eighteen inches of loam and well decayed cow ma- 
nure in equal quantity, and about 8 inches of wa- 
ter. I set in the center a Nelumbium Speciosum but 
was disappointed in its not blooming. But the lilies 
were gorgeous. Nymphae Devoniensis, N. Marlia- 
cea Chromotella, N. Albida Candiss ima and N. Cer- 
ulea, N. Zansibarensis azure and rosea. Red, yel- 
low, white, and blue. Devoniensis is a night bloom- 
er and it keeps open far into the day, and nearly 
all day if cloudy. They all bloomed constantly from 
about July ist until stopped by cold weather. 
Around this pond separated by a path three feet 
wide I had four basins three feet in width. In these 
I grew Pontedercia Crassipes, (Water Hyacinths,) 
Papyrus (Egyptian Paper Plant,) Juncus Zebrinus, 
Sagittarias, double and single, Limnochavis Hum- 
boldti, (Water Poppy,) Lobelia Cardinalis, Typha 
Latifolia, (Cat Tail,) Thalia Devaricata. Sarrace- 
nias, several kinds, and wild Rice. Around all 
this I set out a promiscuous bed, with the different 
grasses both large and small. Pennisetum Longis- 
tylum is a beautiful grass and blooms readily from 
the seed the first year. 
A few plants of Scotch Kale were very pretty 
and the question was often asked, “what is this?” 
Antirrhinums and Scabiosas of various colors, and 
Salvia Splendens, contributed their beautiful col- 
ors to make it interesting; Dativia CornicOpia 
and ' Wrightii were there, and received their 
share of attention. Nicotaina Afifinis and Col- 
lossus, with a few Cannas and Ricinus gave a 
tropical aspect. P'ern leaf Parsley and the low 
growing Sedums were around the edge of the pond 
and helped to make it interesting. Other peren- 
nials and annuals were there, and vied with each 
other to prolong the stay of the visitor. I started 
on Aquatics but found it necessary to deviate some- 
what to fully describe my whole bed. This year I 
shall add Nymphea Laydekeri to my collection. 
P"or the bog garden Sagittaria Japeonica fl. pi. is 
very fine, constantly in bloom, and resembles a car- 
nation pink. Water Hyacinths and water Poppies 
cannot be flattered. Enough cannot be said in 
praise of the above Lilies. They can be as easily 
grown in tubs, but the flowers may be smaller. Try 
a lily pond. There are two or three parties who 
make this business a specialty, not far from New 
York, who, I have no doubt will give any person 
any information they may desire. Their advertise- 
ments can be found in any of the leading papers on 
floriculture. If you cannot have a pond, grow one 
in a tub, in a sunny place near your door. And if 
you do not say the summer has been happier your 
tastes are different from the writer’s. 
William Stone. 
CEMETERY NOTES. 
The permanent care fund of Greenwood ceme- 
tery, Brooklyn, N. Y., now amounts to $i ,608, 743.- 
62. 
* * * * 
By a special enactment of the legislature liquor 
cannot be sold within a half mile of Westview cem- 
etery, Atlanta, Ga. 
* * * 
Undertakers in New York and Brooklyn, fol- 
lowing the example of their brethren in Philadel- 
phia, have started a movement against Sunday fu- 
nerals. 
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Woodlawn Cemetery, New York, was fairly bur- 
ied in flowers and potted plants on Easter Sunday, 
notwithstanding the rain. Mrs. Whitney’s grave, 
the plots of Silas Lord, Austin Corbin, Lawrence 
Turnure, and the Singer family were conspicuous 
for the attentions bestowed upon them. 
* * * 
We take the following from a Pennsylvania ex- 
change; “Joseph Pearl, who was refused admission 
to bury his child in a Hebrew Cemetery, at Beth- 
lehem, because he was unable to purchase a lot, 
buried the child recently on Sunday night and was 
arrested for the theft of a grave on Monday.” 
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The council ordinance. committee of New Haven, 
Conn. , on condition that the Grove Street Burial 
Association would accept an ordinance specifying 
proper side walk repairs and care of the same in 
winter, voted to abate the assessments for sewers. 
The Burial Association claimed that sewers and 
other street improvements outside bounds of ceme- 
tery were of no benefit to it. 
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The law of the state of Ohio provides that 
“burial lots shall be for the sole purpose of inter- 
ments, subject to the rules prescribed by the man- 
agement of the cemetery in which they are located, 
and shall be exempt from taxation, execution, at- 
tachment or any other claim, lien or process what- 
ever, if used for burial purposes, and in no wise 
with a view to profit.” 
