THE MODERN CEMETERY. 
THE MODERN CEMETERY. 
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K. Jf. MAIOMT, F'tjfc.lislrrej:', 
334 Dearborn Street, CHICAGO. 
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VoL. IV. CHICAGO, SEPT. 1894. No. 7 - 
CONTENTS. 
^ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE ASSOCIATION OF AM- 
ERICAN CEMETERY SUPERINTENDENTS 73 
CONVENTION NOTES 7*1 
ARE WE GOING FROM ONE EXTREME TO ANOTHER?... 79 
*HARDY HERBACEOUS PLANTS FOR CEMETERIES 79 
SOME PARASITIC GROWTHS AND RECIPES FOR THEIR 
REMOVAL 80 
CEMETERY NOTES 82 
FOUNDATIONS-SUGGESTIONS TO LOT OWNERS 83 
RULES AND REGULATIONS - PUBLISHER'S DEPART- 
MENT 84 
*Illustrated. 
Annual Convention of the Association of American 
Cemetery Superintendents. 
The Eighth Annual Convention of the Associa- 
tion of American Cemetery Superintendents was 
held at the Hotel Lafayette, Philadelphia, Septem- 
ber II, 12 and 13th. The occasion was one of un- 
usual interest, and will form an important part in 
the annals of the Association. No former meeting 
has witnessed so many additions to the membership 
of the association, nor has any meeting been more 
largely attended- than this. The diversity of topics 
discussed and the character of the entertainment 
provided by the local cemeteries made the occasion 
one of rare interest and enjoyment. 
President Salway called the meeting to order 
and introduced Mayor Stuart who welcomed the 
superintendents to the city of Brotherly Love in a 
happy speech, in which he alluded to the many his- 
torical associations which cluster about the homes, 
the cemeteries and various institutions of the city. 
President Salway made a fitting reply and the 
business of the convention was proceeded with. 
president’s address. 
Gentlemen: It gives me pleasure to welcome you to the 
eighth annual meeting of our association. The preceding meet- 
ings have been pleasant and profitable to all of our members 
who have been in attendance, and I trust this will prove equally 
so and that its benefits may go out to many who are not with 
us, that it will tend to advance laigcly the interests of the 
economic management of cemeteries. The few words 1 have to 
say must not Ije styled an address, my time has of late been so 
constantly taken up by my official duties that little wasleft toper- 
mi t me to look ovTr the field of progress in the line of cemetery 
work. The association and its objects are too well known to 
need an introduction Our chief aim is the improvement of the 
management of cemeteries by meeting annually to exchange 
ideas and renew our interest in each other and the work we are 
doing. 1 believe that my owm busy life is no more so than most 
of you experience. I know from the nature of your duties that 
you are all intensely interested in what you are doing, and few of 
us would ever have an opportunity of meeting others similarly 
engaged, and exchanging ideas, were it not for this yearly gath- 
ering. As the pebbles in the ocean have by constant contact 
with each other worn off their angular roughness and bec< me 
polished and refined, so man’s contact with man, is helpful in 
the development of his better qualities and in the ever moving 
tide of life our aim should be to become Ijke polished gems re- 
flecting the light of our experience to those around us. Our con- 
ventions of the past lead one to expect much in the future. We 
all know that this association has done much good, but it is im- 
possible to say how much. It reminds one of a young healthy 
plant full of energy within, causing it to unfold and stretch out 
in every direction. 
The papers produced, and discussions which have formed 
part of the program of previous meetings have been read by 
hundreds of interested persons, so the topics to be considered at 
this meeting are worthy of our best attention, they are calculated 
to furnish valuable suggestions, and practical application will 
alone prove their success. It is not 10 be expected that all that 
is said or recommended at this time will be of the same benefit 
to every cemetery, but I doubt if there is anyone here who can- 
not put into profitable use some idea or suggestion which is ad- 
vanced to the better management and success of the institution 
he is interested in. 
The landscape and lawn plan seems to be fully established 
as the favorite system on which to make and operate cemeteries. 
The idea seems to have originated in J. C. Loudon, who wrote a 
series of letters a short time before his death in 1843 to the 
Gardeners' Magazine^ on the ‘‘Principles of Landscape Garden- 
ing and Landscape Architecture as applied to Cemeteries, and 
the Improvement of Church Yards.” The letters are well worth 
reading, for he advanced many valuable ideas, and yet some 
that at the present stage of progress would be considered absurd. 
The main principles are in harmony with what is generally con- 
sidered as the best method of making and maintaining cemeter- 
ies. He gave a brief description of the London cemeteries, also 
those of this city at that time, and mentioned the fact that “he 
was received with the greatest civility and attention from the 
superintendents, and at the respective offices every information 
was given.” Few men ever did more or stood higher in his pro- 
fession than J. C. Loudon. His writings are studied and consi- 
dered an authority for the best ideas on Landscape Architecture. 
With such a preceptor, and his own experience, the cemetery 
superintendent can justly take courage. Fifteen years ago you 
could count on your two hands all the cemeteries in this country- 
working on the lawn plan. To-day all new cemeteries are laid 
out in that way, and nearly all new additions to old cemeteries 
are being formed on those principles. The evidence we have 
assures us that all efforts are approved; let us then take courage, 
