THE MODERN CEMETERY. 
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ette, Broad and Chestnut streets, Philadelphia, at 
9 a. m., Tuesday, September iith, and will con- 
tinue three days. Tuesday will be occupied in the 
morning by the preliminaries and discussions of: 
“How to Manage a Modern Cemetery,” by A. 
W. Robert, supt. Lakewood Cemetery, Minneap- 
olis; and 
“What are the Advantages to the Management, 
also to the Lot-owners, of the Modern or the Lawn 
Plan of Cemeteries?” by Robert Scrivener, supt. 
Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Conn. 
In the afternoon a visit will be made to Har- 
leigh Cemetery, Camden, N. J. 
On Wednesday morning discussions will be re- 
sumed, as follows: 
“Civil Engineering in Cemeteries,” by D. Z. 
Morris, supt. Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, 
N. Y.; and 
“How to Make and Maintain a Cemetery with 
the Restrictions of Mounds and Memorials of any 
kind above the General Surface of the Lawns, and 
to Substitute a satisfactory Method of Marking 
Graves,” by Timothy McCarthy, supt. Swan Point 
Cemetery, Providence, R. 1. 
A drive in Fairmount Park will be the feature 
of the afternoon, and the evening will be devoted 
to a paper by W. D. Primrose, secretary Loudon 
Park, Baltimore, Md., on: 
“What Qualifications are Necessary to Become 
an all around Successful Cemetery Superintendent?” 
On Thursday morning papers will be read by 
Wm F. Jewson, supt. Glenwood Cemetery, Man- 
kato, Minn., on: 
“What is generally the Best and Most Approved 
System of Blending New Territory with an Old 
Cemetery? ” and 
“The Theoretical System for the Perfect Man- 
agement of Cemetery Employes, Teams, etc.,” by 
H. J. Diering, supt. Woodlawn Cemetery, New 
York. 
Thursday afternoon will be in charge of the 
Executive Committee. 
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Mr. Geo. E. Rhedemeyer, supt. Harleigh Cem- 
etery, Camden, N. J., or Mr. Geo. M. Painter, supt. 
West Laurel Hill, Philadelphia, members of the 
Executive Committee, offer their services in secur- 
ing accommodations for such of the members as de- 
sire to make arrangements in advance. The Hotel 
Lafayette is conducted on both the European and 
American plans. 
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Visiting members who intend going to New 
York will be glad to know that in reply to a solici- 
tation by the editor of the MODERN CEMETERY, 
Mr. C. A. Dana, of the New York Sun, has res- 
ponded that; “he would be very glad to have the 
superintendents visit the grounds at Dosoris,” and 
has instructed Mr. Wm. Falconer, his well known 
gardener, to be prepared to receive them. Dosoris 
is one of the most famous of American country 
seats, and is a “Mecca” to all interested in land- 
scape gardening. 
Hardy Herbaceous Plants for Cemeteries. 
Among the 
hardy herbace- 
ous plants suit- 
able for ceme- 
teries those that 
bear heat and 
drouth, as well 
as cold, must 
be accounted 
the most useful, 
and cemetery 
s u p e r i n t e n- 
dents must needs keep them- 
selves informed regarding 
the desirability of the species 
and varieties adapted to their 
various needs and to different 
localities. 
Having been familiar 
with all of the out of door 
planting at Jackson Park that 
was included in the prepara- 
tion for the 
well as with the exhibits during the Exposition, and 
also with the treatment of the plants retained by the 
South Park Commissioners after its close, I have 
seen some things thoroughly tried and tested. And 
the reliability of the varieties named herein cannot 
be questioned for they have done well under trying 
conditions, having lived through two hot, dry sum- 
mers during neither of which did they receive a sup- 
ply of water equal to their needs, (if the best results 
were to be attained,) and have wintered as best they 
could without care or protection. 
For carpet plants Veronica cupestris and Ceras- 
trum tomentosum can be recommended. By carpet 
plants are meant dwarf plants that make close 
growth, quite hiding from sight the ground occu- 
pied. Such plants are a necessity if one would gar- 
den well, for bare earth with here and there a strag- 
gling plant is not good gardening. We do not find 
examples of this sort in Nature’s garden. There 
things are finished off", not left half done. The 
ground around and beneath hazel bushes, wild 
blackberries, or sumachs is occupied by colonies of- 
tall or medium sized plants that rise from beds of 
violets or wild strawberries, and the interstices be- 
