PARK AND C EM E T E R Y. 
XI 
Lake Shore, is president of the asso- 
ciation. 
PERSONAL 
Robert J. Gilmore has been elect- 
ed superintendent of cemeteries of 
Lowell, Mass., to succeed S. S. May- 
berry. Mr. Gilmore was formerly in 
the employ of the freight department 
of the Boston & Maine Railroad. 
There were 53 applicants for the posi- 
tion. 
George Seymour, of Cleveland, re- 
cently did some important work in 
moving large trees in Elyria, O. Mr. 
Seymour has been doing this work for 
sixteen years, and reports a smaller 
percentage of loss than when he was 
in the nursery business, selling smalt 
trees. He recently handled a hundred 
trees for New York City, the smallest 
of which was six inches in diameter, 
with a loss^ of only nine trees. 
J. A. Weeks has been appointed 
sexton of Crown Hill Cemetery, Ex- 
celsior Springs, Mo. 
Theodore W. Danforth was recently 
appointed Tree Warden of Gardner, 
Mass. 
John F. Barrett, for many years su- 
perintendent of Wooster Cemetery, 
O., has resigned on account of ill 
health. His successor has not yet 
been named. 
Edwin D. Marsh has been elected 
superintendent of Amherst Cemetery, 
Amherst, Mass. 
PARK IMPROVEMENTS 
{Concluded y^roin Page 7) 
Max Pfaender, nurseryman and 
landscape gardener of New Ulm, 
Minn., has prepared plans for the im- 
provement of a six-acre park at Tracy, 
Minn., which is to be planted and 
improved this spring. 
The Joint Improvement Association 
BEAUTIFY HOME GROUNDS 
With Hardy Perennials or Old-Fashioned Flowers 
J. T. Lovett, 1?? Little Silver, N. J. 
Peonies, Iris, Phlox, Col- 
umbines, Hollyhocks.Fox- 
gloves, Canterbury Bells, 
Chrysanthemum's, P o p - 
pies. Asters, Daisies, Day 
Lilies, Anemones, Pinks, 
Sweet Williams, etc. Over 
1000 varieties to select 
from. Once planted al- 
ways planted; increasing 
in beauty from year to 
year and require no added 
cost with but little care. 
They yield an abundant 
supply of choice cut flow- 
ers for the house as well as 
embellish the garden and 
lawn from early spring 
until late autumn. 
My catalog of Hardy Pe- 
rennial Plants, Shrubsand 
Vines is a beautiful book 
of 70 pages. It gives full 
cultural instructions and 
low prices, is copiously il- 
lustrated and mailed free. 
The finest and most helpful catalog of the kind ever published In America 
%or Cemeteries 
and Parks 
The Best Made 
The Reservoir supplies the plants with mois- 
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Not necessary to water plants oftener than 
once in ten days. 
We make nearly 100 styles ranging in price 
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Walbrid^e (SI Company, 
The Original Patentees and Makers 
Buffalo, N. Y. 
Baker’s Waterproof Grave 
Linings and Earth Covers 
furnish the neatest and best decora- 
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Gladiolus Brenchleyensis 
THE BEST SCARLET GLADIOLUS FOR OUTDOOR PLANTING 
Fine, healthy bulbs, true imported stock: 
Per 1000, $10.00 Per 10,000, $80.00 
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