PARK AND CEMETERY. 
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OBITUARY 
Olaf Benson, the landscape gar- 
dener who laid out Lincoln park, Chi- 
cago, died at his summer home at 
Higman Park, Benton Harbor, Mich., 
August 17. Mr. Benson was ap- 
pointed superintendent of Lincoln 
park in 1865 and held that position for 
seventeen years. He was 72 years 
old and is survived by a widow and 
six children. 
REPORTS, ETC., RECEIVED 
Second annual report of the Mis- 
souri State Board of Horticulture; il- 
lustrated book of 324 pages, contain- 
ing complete reports and papers of 
the two meetings of the year. W. 
L. Howard, Columbia, Mo., is sec- 
retary. 
The fourteenth annual report of the 
Forestry Commissioner of Minnesota 
for 1908 is an interesting illustrated 
book of forest conditions in Minne- 
sota, and a summary of what has 
been accomplished in forestry work 
in European countries; 160 pages. 
The New York State Department 
of Agriculture has issued an emer- 
gency bulletin on the Blister Rust of 
Pines, and the European Currant 
Rust, published as Horticultural Bul- 
letin No. 2. 
The Department of Agriculture at 
Washmgton has recently issued “Dis- 
eases of Deciduous Forest Trees,” by 
Hermann Von Schrenk and Perley 
Spaulding, an 85 page illustrated book, 
as Bulletin No. 149 of the Bureau of 
Plant Industry; “The Timber Supply 
of the U. S.,” Circular 166 of the For- 
est Service, and “Education for Coun- 
try Life,” Circular 84 of the Office of 
Experiment Stations-. 
Rule Book of Mount Tamalpais 
Cemetery, San Rafael, Cal., and de- 
scriptive circular of the underground 
flower vases used by that cemetery. 
Rule Book of Spring Hill Cemetery, 
Danville, 111. 
CATALOGS, ETC., RECEIVED 
A. G. Spalding & Bros. Co., 
Chicopee, Mass., send a handsomely 
illustrated catalog of playground ap- 
paratus, showing many styles of out- 
door and indoor play machinery for 
parks and playgrounds; also booklet, 
“Playtime.” 
“Road Preservation with Tarvia,” 
handsomely printed illustrated book- 
let. 
Wild Bros. Nursery Co., Sarcoxie, 
Mo.: Peonies, Irises, and ■ Hardy 
Stock for Fall Planting. 
E. J. Shaylor, Wellesley Farms, 
Mass.: Wholesale Peony List. 
Summer and Autumn Florists’ 
Bulbs: Arthur T. Boddington, 342 W. 
14th St., New York City. 
“HERBICIDE” 
exterminates weeds. 
One application will 
keep walks and drives 
clean for at least two 
years. 
Reade Manufacturing 
Company 
Reade Building Hoboken, N. J. 
I 
have 
made a 
specialty 
of growing 
Privet for fif- 
teen years, and am 
now offering the lar- 
gest and best stock I 
have ever grown. There 
is no doubt about the stock 
pleasing you. I am growing 
to SELL. Let me quote 
prices before you order. 
C. A. BENNETT, Box 64, Robbinsville, N. J. 
TREES 
SHRUBS 
1000 Kim 2 1o 4 in. 
10000 Barberry Thunbergi 12 to 18 in. 
2000 Barberry Thunbergi 18 to 24 in. 
2000 Viburnum Opulus 3 to 4 ft. 
2000 Crimson Rambler 2 year. 
3000 Dorothy Perkins 2 year. 
1000 Prairie Queen 2 year. 
5000 Spiraea Van Mouttei 3 to 4 ft. 
1000 Spiraea Van Houttei 2 to 3 ft. 
2000 Red Snowiieri y 2 to 3 ft. 
3000 Purple Barberry 3 to 4 ft. 
60000 Black Locust Seedlings. 
150000 Hardy Border Plants. 
“THE QUALITY STOCK’’ 
The above is only a small part of our 
surplus. Send today for our special 
Price List of everything used in Park 
and Cemetery Planting. Get our price 
before ordering. 
AURORA NURSERIES 
Aurora, 111. 
Fall Planting 
September — October — November 
p„ Double Chinensis; order now. 
r cUUlca 2 to 5 eye divisions. Splendid 
varie' ies for Parks, Cemeteries. Large or 
small grounds. Our list of 90 varieties for 
Fall Planting;, now ready. Ask for it. All 
the best ones including the latest varieties. 
PlilnYpg Field-grown Hardy Phlox in 
1 111UAC9 20 best varieties, fine assort- 
ment of colors. 
I German. 8 best varietie.s. Japan, 
iribcb 6 best varieties. Spanish, 5 best 
varieties. 
Yucca S-year clumps. 
Price list free. 
Address 
The Frank H. Wild Floral Co., Sarcoxie, Mq 
p^YACINTHS, Tulips, 
Narcissus, Crocus and 
all other Holland bulbs. Lil. 
Harrisii, Lil. Formosum, Lil. 
Longiflorum, Long. Mult., 
Long. Mult. Giganteum and 
Purity Freesias. California 
bulbs of all kinds such as 
Erythroniums, Calochortus, 
Fritillarias, Calla Elliottiana, 
Calla /Ethiopica and Oxa- 
lis. Japan Iris, Japan Lilies, 
Spiraeas, Paeonies and the 
largest assortment of miscel- 
laneous bulbs in America. 
Place your orders while 
we have the stock to offer. 
Don’t wait till the last mo- 
ment. 
Catalogue ready now. 
Get it in any event. We 
mail it free. 
J. M. THORBURN 
^ CO. 
33 BARCLAY ST.. NEW YORK CITY 
The Hoosier Cement Burial Vault Molds 
All Steel, no wood to shrink, swell and warp. always 
ready, without repairs and good for a lifetime. Rest 
cement proposition known, 500 per cent PROFITS. 
Telescopes and adjusts for making twenty sizes of 
sinks, bath-tubs, tanks and vaults with circle cor- 
ners, preventing cracks. Corners strongest portion 
of walls. 
Agents Wanted. For particulars address 
BALL & BROOKSHIER, Patentees & H't'rs, Thorntown, Ind. 
