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method of planting prevents materi- 
ally the encroachment on the lawn 
and gives the roses every chance to 
grow. Borders of boxwood and simi- 
lar modes of embellishment of graves 
are discouraged. 
The cemetery was fortunate in se- 
curing a tract of land with a heavy 
growth of eucalyptus, these protect- 
ing the young and tender trees and 
shrubs that will ultimately displace 
the gums. The natural beauties of 
the location have been enhanced by 
the planting of many varieties of foli- 
age, the continued care of the lawn 
and soil, the construction and oiling 
of substantial stone roadways and the 
expert landscape development. 
Mounds are restricted to four 
inches in height, and all foundations 
are built by the cemetery. 
Mausoleums may be constructed, 
with the permission of the trustees, 
only on lots sold with that especial 
privilege. The designs must be ex- 
ceptionally good and the construction 
solid, practical and thorough. It is 
recommended that the receptacles be 
not less than seven feet, six inches 
long, thirty-two inches wide, and 
twenty-six inches high, allowing inter- 
ments to be made separately, and 
closely sealed with an inner or double 
shutter. From each receptacle a lead 
drain pipe must lead to the earth be- 
neath. 
All foundations for monuments 
must be at least as wide and as long 
as the base stones resting on them. 
A preliminary outline of the pro- 
gram for the annual meeting of the 
Association of American Cemetery 
Superintendents in New York city 
September 14, 15 and 16, has been 
prepared, and while details are not 
yet arranged and are still subject to 
change, the order of events will be 
about as follows: 
Headquarters will be at the Hotel 
Astor, Broadway and 44th street, and 
the convention will be opened by an 
address of welcome, delivered prob- 
ably by the Mayor of Greater New 
York, responded to by one of the of- 
ficers of the Association, followed by 
the president’s address, reports of the 
secretary and treasurer, communica- 
and must not project above the surface 
of the ground. All foundations must 
extend as low as the bottom of the 
grave. The area of foundation for 
monument must not exceed 4 per cent 
of the area, on lot containing 200 
square feet or less; nor more than 
3 per cent of area on larger lot. Only 
one monument is permitted on a fam- 
ily burial lot, and that must be in the 
center of the lot, except on lots of 
irregular shape, when the superin- 
tendent shall determine. No monu- 
ment, headstone or vase, and no por- 
tion of any vault above ground, shall 
be constructed of other material than 
cut stone or real bronze. No arti- 
ficial material will be permitted. The 
trustees wish, as far as possible, to 
discourage the building of vaults, be- 
lieving with the best landscape gar- 
deners of the day, that they are gen- 
erally injurious to the appearance of 
the ground, and unless constructed 
with great care are apt to leak, and 
are liable to rapid decay, and in the 
course of time to become unsightly 
ruins. Therefore, no vaults will be 
permitted to be built except on lots 
sold with that especial privilege. The 
designs must be submitted to the 
trustees, and will not be approved 
unless the structure would, in their 
judgment, be an architectural orna- 
ment to the cemetery. 
E. B. McPherson is superintendent 
at the cemetery, and H. H. Noble is 
managing director. The city offices 
are in the Union Square Building. 
tions, general business, various papers 
on subjects of importance and inter- 
est to the members of the association. 
The second day will be devoted to 
visiting the New York city park sys- 
tems and Woodlawn Cemetery, to- 
gether with luncheon and general 
discussions of interest. 
The third day will include a visit ■ 
to the Brooklyn park system, an ad- 
dress by the superintendent of the 
park department, luncheon, and a visit 
to Green-Wood Cemetery. 
The program, of course, is subject 
to change at the discretion of the 
committee, who are endeavoring to 
make the convention as interesting 
and as beneficial as possible. 
The local committee in charge is 
composed as follows: W. C. Grassau, 
“Green-Wood,” Brooklyn; Fred R. 
Diering, “Woodlawn,” New York; C. 
M. Chamberlain, “Mt. Olivet,” Mas- 
peth, L. I., and J. H. Cunningham, 
“Calvary,” Long Island City. 
Western members will be interested 
to know that the trunk line railroads 
are giving a tourist rate from Chi- 
cago to New York and return for 
.$25.50, good until October 1. 
OHIO AT SANDUSKY 
The Association of Ohio Cemetery 
■Superintendents and Officials held the 
best meeting in its history at San- 
dusky, June 23 and 24. All of the 
subjects on the program were well 
presented and brought out interesting 
and helpful discussion. The meetings 
are increasing in interest and a larger 
number of new members were taken 
in this year than in any previous 
year. 
The first session opened with an 
address of welcome by William L. 
Fiesinger and the response by H. A. 
Church, of Urbana. Reports of of- 
ficers were submitted, showing a suc- 
cessful year for the association, com- 
mittees were appointed and adjourn- 
ment taken for dinner. 
The afternoon session was held in 
the chapel at Oakland Cemetery. It 
preceded an inspection of the ceme- 
tery and a visit to the Ohio Soldiers’ 
and Sailors’ home. 
At the evening session, two papers 
were read, one by Frederick Green, of 
Cleveland on “Grave Digging,” and 
another by John Perrin, of Toledo, on 
“The Seven Rs — Refractory Relatives 
Require Resolute Reasonable Re- 
straining Rules.” 
The final session was held in the 
Cedar Point opera house Thursday 
morning. The convention adjourned 
sine die at noon and devoted the re- 
mainder of the day to recreation. 
These new officers were elected: 
President, E. A. Sloan, Marion; vice- 
president, L. L. Cline, Dayton; sec- 
retary-treasurer, G. C. Anderson, Sid- 
ne3^ 
The association voted to meet next 
in Canton, O., the third week of June, 
1910. 
The feature of the morning’s dis- 
cussion was a general condemnation 
of the bargain store plan of selling 
the patent concrete mausoleums. Sev- 
eral companies have agents canvassing 
small towns and selling the patent 
rights in these structures to local 
agents. The cemetery men declared 
that most of them were cheaply built. 
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