PARK AND ce:me:.te:ry 
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beautiful for the old vain dream of big- 
ness, to a society in one of the second- 
class cities that has 3,000 members.” 
(Modern Civic Art; G. P. Putnam's 
Sons; price $3.00.) 
“Civic Associations and the Press,” is 
the title of a bulletin, issued by the 
Press Department of the American 
Civic Association, of which Frank 
Chapin Bray, of Chicago, is chairman. 
It gives practical and specific methods 
for improvement workers to get their 
work before the newspapers, and will be 
found a valuable aid to securing pub- 
licity for improvement work. 
The Jewell Nursery Co., of Lake City. 
Minn., has offered $2,000 in prizes for 
new fruits, $1,000 for a new seedling 
plum, and $1,000 for a cherry, as re- 
cently announced to Northwestern hor- 
ticulturists through the Minnesota State 
Horticultural Society. Mr. C. M. Lor- 
ing, of Minneapolis, has also offered a 
prize of $100 for a seedling plum, and 
the society has offered $1,000 for a 
hardy, late-keeping apple. 
The Massachusetts Civic League in 
its annual report shows substantial 
progress along all the lines of worl< 
covered by its committees, especially in 
the matter of Legislation and Town and 
Village Betterment. In its work of or- 
ganizing public sentiment concerning 
charitable and reformatry interests, and 
in the agitation of measures of social 
improvement it has had the active co- 
operation of the women’s clubs, the 
State Conference of Charities, The Con- 
sumers’ League, The Massachusetts 
Forestry Association, and the village im- 
provement societies of the state. The 
Committee on Town and Village Bet- 
terment divides its work into three 
phases: (i) Co-operation in the de- 
velopment of local social and charitable 
institutions and serving as a central bu- 
reau of information and suggestion; (2) 
maintenance of a lecture exchange ; and 
(3) arranging and conducting an annual 
conference of village improvement so- 
cieties and other organizations known 
as the Massachusetts Conference for 
Town and Village Betterment. 
TRADE PUBLICATIONS, ETC. RE- 
CEIVED. 
Howard Evarts Weed, Landscape Ar- 
chitect, Railway Exchange Building, 
Chicago, issues some very convincing, 
well written and neatly printed little 
booklets describing his work to pros- 
pective customers. “The Home Beauti- 
ful” tells of the landscape architect’s 
work in beautifying the home grounds, 
and the following sub-heads will give 
some idea of its contents : “Checker- 
board planting vs. an open-center lawn ; 
Rhododendron catawbiense (true species) 
(Mount Mitchell, highest mountain peak east of the Rockies, in the distance.) 
Hig^hlands Nursery 
nearly 4,000 feet elevation in the Carolina Mountains. The home of 
Hardy Rhododendrons, and the finest Native American ornamental plants. 
Carload shipments for Pqrk and Cemetery planting a specialty. First 
and largest Nursery of Native Plants in America. Halftone catalogues. 
Estimates made promptly. Wholesale. 
HA.R.I.AN P. KELSEY, Prop. 
BEACON BUILDING, 6 Beacon Street 
w e n t i e 1 Y e s. r O S t O i:^ , OSS. 
A. Full Lrine of 
VASES AND SETTEES 
Height, 35 inches; Diameter, ISinche; 
Capacity of reservoir, 41^ gallons. 
Special price only if cash accompan- 
ies order, S7.50. Catalog on application. 
THE KRAMER BROS. F'D^YCO. 
Dayton, Ohio. 
FRANK H. NUTTER 
Landscape Architect and Engineer 
710 Sykes Bldg., MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. 
Advices, Sketches, Designs or fiull Work 
ing Plans for Cemeteries, Parks, and Pub- 
lic or Home Grounds. Surveys made if re- 
quired. Correspondence solicited. City 
Park Engineer. 
CARTS 
OF Many Patterns 
SPRiNKLERS 
AND 
WATE^ANKS 
Park and Lawn 
Settees 
12 different and hand- 
some designs. All up 
to date and best of 
their kind. 
HOBSON & CO. 
Manufacturers 
Office, 33 State St. 
New York 
Grooved and Bolted 
Slate Grave Vaults 
CLEAN. STRONG. DURABLE. 
All sizes kept constantly in stock. Can 
ship at short notice. Special Attention given 
to Catacomb and Structural Work. Write for 
prices and particulars to the manufacturer. 
THE BANGOR SLATE CO,, Bangor, Penn. 
Always mention Park and Cemetery 
Slato GireL\j& Vaults 
are imperishable, proof 
against dampness, ghouls, 
rodents and reptiles. Can be 
put in place by ordinary 
workmen. 
J. B. KLI/WES 
Philadelphia, Pa. 
Grave Covers, Headstones, Posts and Markers. 
Send for Illustrated Price List. 
