PARK AND CEMETERY. 
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The “planting plans” of the land- 
scape architects are not always con- 
fined to plantings of nursery stock. 
Landscape Architect Howard Evarts 
Weed, of Chicago, was recently given 
a list of all the living and dead mem- 
bers of the Kilpatrick family of Ne- 
braska with their relationships and 
commissioned to provide an adequate 
place of rest for them in a plot of 
ground 100 feet square, comprising 
twelve average lots in the cemetery 
ajt Beatrice, Neb. The bodies were 
removed to this cemetery from the 
country. The accompanying plan 
shows the arrangement of the graves 
and the planting of trees and shrubs 
on this lot. 
It is seldom that one lot owner 
has as much space as this and seldom 
that he has the wisdom to employ 
expert service for beautifying it. Mr. 
Weed has made a unified and pleasing 
landscape composition of it without 
unduly separating it from the rest 
of the grounds. The lots have been 
laid out to suggest to a certain ex- 
tent the “family tree,” and one monu- 
ment, placed in the center of the plot 
is well set off and secluded by heavy 
plantings of shrubbery. 
The accompanying reproduction of 
the plan speaks for itself and shows 
the details of the planting. It will 
bear close stud}^ 
AN UNUSUAL PLANTING PLAN 
PLANTING PLAN FOR CEMETERY LOT 100 FEET SQUARE. 
Howard Evarts Weed, Landscape Arch. 
CHEMISTRY OF FERTILIZERS 
{Concluded) 
Nitrate of soda contains from 15 
per cent to 16 per cent of nitrogen. 
It dissolves in water like common 
salt. It is better to apply.it in small 
quantities, often, as the plants require 
it, so as to prevent loss. Nitrogen 
is a slippery element and some of it 
will get away from us in spite of all 
we can do. It is the most expensive 
and its effect is more, apparent than 
with potash or phosphoric acid. 
It is not good business to try and 
create a store of nitrogen in the soil. 
Nitrogen in the form of nitrates 
are valued at ISJ^c per pound. _ 
Sulphate of ammonia is obtained 
from the manufacture of illuminating 
gas. It should be nearly colorless 
and contains about 20 per cent of ni- 
trogen. It is soluble, but does not 
act as quickly as nitrate of soda. Ni- 
trogen in the form of ammonia salts 
is valued at 17l4c per pound. 
The supply, of guanoes is nearly ex- 
hausted, so I will not dwell on it. 
I have found an analysis of oak 
leaves which will give a little idea of 
the value of leaf mould as a fertilizer. 
They contain 8 per cent nitrogen, fig- 
ured at 20J^c per pound, which at the 
value placed on organic nitrogen 
found in blood, meat, fish, etc., is $3.28 
per ton; potash, 14 per cent, valued 
the same as in ashes, is 22c per ton, 
and phosphoric acid, 35 per cent, fig- 
ured as reverted at 4k2C per pound, 
equals 31c per ton. The total value 
then would be $3.81 per ton. These 
figures are not definite, as the analy- 
sis varies with different leaves, etc. 
The humus is also valuable, and as 
the leaves must be raked in parks and 
cemeteries, I believe it is more eco- 
nomical to compact them than to 
burn them. If burned, they leave un- 
sightly spots on the avenues. 
In many of the states the law re- 
quires a guaranteed analysis to be 
printed on the bag containing com- 
mercial fertilizers, and the manufac- 
turer is liable for any deficiency. This 
analysis often gives a wide range, as 
from 6 per cent to 10 per cent, but 
of course only the lower figure is 
binding. 
Complete fertilizers contain all 
three elements of plant food, but in 
various proportions. They are usual- 
ly made up of one or more of the 
chemicals described and any refuse 
that contains the plant food elements. 
Hair, bone, hoof and leather waste 
contain much nitrogen, but they are 
so slowly decomposed that they arc. 
of little value. 
During the year 1908 the Alassa- 
chusetts Agricultural Experiment Sta- 
tion analyzed 318 samples of complete 
fertilizers. The average retail price 
was $36.20 per ton, and the average 
commercial value was $25.81, 
The commercial values were fig- 
ured according to a scale of prices 
for the different elements which was 
agreed vtpon by representatives of the 
experiment stations of New England 
and the Middle States, after a care- 
ful study of the prevailing prices in 
large cities in these localities, and are 
the ones I have given in describing 
the different chemical compounds 
used as fertilizers. I also find from 
a study of the report of the Massa- 
chusetts station that in many cases 
the same brand of fertilizer is sold for 
a different price in different parts of 
the state. E. G. Bartlett. 
