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the purposes for which they were created. 
There must be no contract work about the erec- 
tion of it. The durability of the house will depend 
largely upon the pains taken in doing the work, 
upon the quality of the paint, oil and putty used 
and the faithfulness with which every detail is at- 
tended to. The points which are always slighted 
by the building contractor, are the very ones of 
most importance to the life of greenhouse struc- 
tures. 
In the succeeding articles we shall discuss that 
part of the work to be done on the ground, omit- 
ting largely the detail which is so completely des- 
cribed and illustrated in the circulars of the mills, 
which make a specialty of greenhouse wood work, 
and is so fully shown in the plans they are always 
ready to furnish. 
Willis M Rudd. 
Shrubs for Cemeteries. 
The few varieties of '“Shrubs for Cemeteries” 
mentioned in an article under that heading in the 
Modern Cemetery for November are unquestion- 
ably well adapted for certain kinds of planting 
where natural effects are desired, and abundant 
space for shrubs of spreading habit. In many of 
the finer cemeteries, however, where space is valu- 
able and but very little room left for planting 
adornment, smaller growing shrubs than the Al- 
theas and Elders are requisite, and are also much 
more effective. 
From the large number of perfectly hardy orna- 
mental varieties there is no difficulty in selecting 
shrubs that will be much more effective in flower 
and foliage. 
The purple Plum (Prunus Pissardii) is unquest- 
ionably a very effective hardy plant for color effects, 
especially when grown on plum stock, closely 
pruned, and kept in compact form either as a speci- 
men or in groups. The Purple Filbert (Corylus 
atropurpurea) is also very effective as a red or crim- 
son- leaved shrub, and the foliage being very much 
larger than any of the other hardy shrubs of this 
color, is very effective in contrast. The Purple Ber- 
berry (Berberis atropurpurea) can be grown more 
compact, hence may be preferable for many loca- 
tions. 
Of the smaller growing Shrubs especially desir- 
able for fine ornamental planting Andromeda flori- 
bunda, the hardy Azaleas, Berberry Thunbergii, 
Mountain Laurel (Kalmia latifolia,) Mahonia aqui- 
folia and the new variegated Yucca are especially 
good and can be advantageously included in any 
plantings where quality is the first consideration 
rather than size. All of these are usually more ef- 
fective planted in masses or groups by them- 
selves, or in beds or borders of other shrubs. 
The fine hardy Rhododendrons are always most 
effective and appropriate, and with proper treat- 
ment there is no difficulty in growing them in 
most places with perfect success. 
Viburnum Plicatum, the beautiful Japanese 
Snowball, can also be advantageously included in 
every list of fine shrubs; as also Hydrangea pani- 
culata grandiflora, both as dwarfs (bush form) and 
standards. These standards are quite new but can 
be grown as successfully as the ordinary bush Hy- 
drangeas, and will undoubtedly take the place of 
standard Roses to quite an extent for certain kinds 
of planting. Besides the advantage of being d de- 
cided novelty, they are perfectly hardy, bloom free- 
ly and transplant readily. 
The well-known California Privet, grafted on 4 
to 5 feet stocks and grown as standards are also ef-. 
fective. The hardy Japanese Maples should not be 
overlooked. There is no more beautiful hardy tree 
or plant known than a good specimen or bed of the 
finer varieties of these beautiful shrubs. Fortunate- 
ly the most effective of these Japanese Maples are 
the hardiest, and such varieties as Atropurpureum, 
Sanguineum, Scolopendifolium, Ornatum, etc., will 
succeed well with ordinary treatment in many, if 
not most, situations in this climate. 
Those who have not given this subject special 
consideration can hardly appreciate the opportunit- 
ies for improvement of cemeteries by the proper 
use of all this finer planting material now available 
at reasonable prices, and the MODERN CEMETERY 
will accomplish a great amount of good in bringing 
out from time to time the best thoughts and exper- 
iences of various subscribers and correspondents on 
this important question. 
Fred. W. Kelsey. 
There are a couple of bills in the legislature of 
Minnesota relating to cemetery matters, and in which 
the cemetery officials of St. Paul and Minneapolis 
are interesting themselves. One is to expedite the 
settlement and make certain the ownership of cem- 
etery lots after the death of the first holder. Sup- 
erintendent Hobart, of Lakewood, Minneapolis, 
is of opinion that the lots should descend by stat^ 
ute to the direct heir to be him held in trust for the 
other heirs. The other bill is to enlarge the land 
holding power of cemetery associations in the large 
cities. Under the present statute, as it now exists, 
180 acres is the limit, which frequently imposes in- 
convenient restrictions on the larger cemeteries. 
There is an activity now apparent in many 
parts of the country, looking to the remedying of 
defective legislation in relation to our cemeteries. 
There is much to be done in this direction. 
