VIII 
PARK AND CEMETERY 
Bulletin No. 55, Bureau of Forestry. 
The conclusions and recommendations 
from this study of forest conditions in 
Northern New Hampshire are summar- 
ized as follows: »(i) Unless the forests 
are effectively protected from fire, the 
value of northern New Hampshire both 
as a summer resort, now the source of 
an annual revenue of approximately 
$8,000,000, and as a source of timber 
supply, will be seriously effected. (2) 
Safety from forest fires is impossible 
without the organization of a fire serv- 
ice. Detailed recommendations for this 
are made. (3) Conservative lumbering 
under the supervision of trained for- 
esters would pay the large lumber and 
pulp companies operating in northern 
New Hampshire better than the present 
method. (4) The conservative manage- 
ment of farm woodlots is practicable 
and greatly to be desired. (5) Forest 
planting upon denuded lands unsuited 
for agriculture promises good returns. 
(6) There should be a chief fire warden, 
who should also be State forester, who 
should maintain a State forest nursery 
for the distribution at cost of forest 
seeds and seedlings, and should bring 
about by lectures and instruction on the 
ground a better management of forest 
lands within the State. (7) Since an 
excellent opening exists for the creation 
of a forest reserve by the purchase of 
cut-over lands in the mountains, the 
adoption of a policy looking to this i« 
recommended. 
“Woodlawn,” a book with views set- 
ting forth the beauties of Woodlawn 
Cemetery, New York, is one of the 
handsomest collections of pictures to 
be found in a book of this character. 
The half-tones are finely finished, and 
artistically treated in the finest style of 
the engraver’s art. Brief notes giving 
information about the cemetery, rules 
and regulations, etc., are given opposite 
the illustrations. About one-half of the 
total area of the cemetery, 200 acres, has 
been improved, and there are now 65,- 
981 interments. 
Homewood Cemetery, Pittsburg, has 
issued a handsome 71 page book, giv- 
ing rules, regulations and general in- 
formation. It contains about 40 fine, 
full page half-tone illustrations and 
much valuable cemetery matter. “The 
Best Mode of Improving Lots” and 
“Best Plans for Laying Out and Orna- 
menting Cemeteries,” are interesting dis- 
cussions of those important questions 
giving the policy of Homewood in re- 
gard to these matters. 
Publishers Notes. 
The firm of Manning Brothers, land- 
scape architects, of Boston, composed of 
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HOOPER’S EXPANSIVE 
have been the standard of excellence for 
over 100 years. They were awarded 
TWO GRAND PRIZES at the St. 
Louis Exposition. We make a special- 
ty of 
Lawn Grass Seed 
and have always on hand the highest 
grades of every valuable foreign and do- 
mestic cultivated and natural species of 
grass. We shall be glad to recommend 
suitable kinds for any soil and situa- 
tion and Cemetery Superintendents 
who are having difficulty in getting a 
satisfactory turf are invited to consult 
us. We make special mixtures for 
steep slopes, gravelly banks, stiff 
clayey or light sandy and other kinds 
of soil. 
J. M. Thorburn & Co., 
36 Cortlandt Street 
Established 1802. NEW YORK 
N VASES 
and 
LAWN 
SETTEES 
Manufactured 
by 
McDonald 
Brothers 
108.114 
Liberty St. 
COLUMBUS 
OHIO 
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Catalogue 
RESERVOIR IRO 
Harrison Column 
Greenwood Cemetery^ Brooklyti^ N. 2'. 
Erected by the Harrison Granite Company 
ARTISTIC 
MEMORIALS 
In Granite and Bronze 
for Cemeteries and Parks 
SPECIAL DBSIQNS SUBMITTED 
For Receiving Vaults, Memorial 
Chapels, Mausoleums, Sarcophagi 
and Public a.nd Private Monu- 
ments, to be erected in anj' part 
of the United States. 
HARRISON GRANITE 
COMPANY 
Granite Works, BARRE, VT. 
Main Office, 42 E. 23d Street 
NEW YORK 
