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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
ADAMS MONUMENT, ROCK CREEK CEMETERY, 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 
Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Sc. 
exhibits and talking over arrangements for the after- 
noon’s sightseeing. 
A convenient reception room opening of¥ the 
banquet hall was used for the display of exhibits. The 
Champion Chemical Co., of Springfield, Ohio, exhib- 
ited the Baker Burglar-Proof Burial Vault, and pedes- 
tals for carrying the casket during chapel services, and 
had a representative there to explain the devices. A 
representative of Wood, Stubbs & Co., Seedsmen of 
Louisville, Ky., was also present and distributed souve- 
nir pocketbooks to the members. An interesting demon- 
stration of the workings of the “Cincinnati” Lawn 
Mower was given the next day at Glenwood Cemetery 
by Wm. Pabodie, secretary of the Cincinnati Mower 
Co., of Wyoming, Ohio. The “Cincinnati” is a new 
machine, which is claimed to have a number of dis- 
tinctive improvements and has undergone favorable 
tests in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati. Theo. F. 
Wilson, of Washington, also exhibited an explosive 
alarm device for protecting grave vaults, at the last 
day’s session at Mt. Vernon. 
After luncheon, Messrs. Painter and Parkinson and 
the other members of the local committee took the Con- 
vention in charge and started on the rounds of the pub- 
lic buildings, which formed the chief part of the sight- 
seeing program. The White House, the first point of 
interest to be visited, was found in process of renova- 
tion, preparatory to the President’s return, but the party 
was conducted through, and found much to interest 
them in the handsome historic portraits of former Pres- 
idents and ladies of the White House, and in observing 
the decorations and furnishings of the various apart- 
ments. The building of the State, War and Navy De- 
partments and the United States Treasury, nearby, 
were examined with the aid of the official guides, who 
conducted the visitors through the departments in the 
Treasury and explained the workings of each. 
The pilgrimage to the Washington monument closed 
the day’s tour. Some of the members went up to the 
top to enjoy the famous view of the city, a few of the 
braver ones walked down, and some of those whom the 
hot weather was beginning to affect contented them- 
selves with resting in the shade of the huge structure 
and exchanging reminiscences and stories about its 
history and construction. 
The afternoon session at the hotel opened at four 
o’clock with an address by Dr. B. T. Galloway, chief 
of the Bureau of Plant Industry of the Department of 
Agriculture, who gave an interesting account of the 
work of his Bureau. The Department of Agriculture 
is spending about $6,000,000 a year in investigations, 
the horticultural part of which is under the supervision 
of the Bureau of Plant Industry, and costs about a 
million dollars a year. One of the lines of work of 
particular interest is the importing of new trees, grains 
and shrubs, from all parts of the world by representa- 
tives of the Department. A study of plant diseases has 
been carried on for’ four years and a laboratory is main- 
tained in St. Louis, devoting its entire time to the dis- 
eases of timber, including forest trees, as well as park 
and lawn trees. Many of the tree diseases are due to- 
improper pruning and the investigators are making 
special effort to find methods of improving this work. 
Other injuries noted were caused by leaking of gas 
pipes in streets, improper feeding of the trees and mu- 
VIEW IN GREEN MOUNT CEMETERY, BALTIMORE. 
SHOWING USE OF ASPHALT BLOCKS. 
