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to the lot owners and to provide plants for the decor- 
ation of the cemetery grounds. Their business 
amounted to between $8,000 and $9,000 a year, 
which was almost exclusively confined tO’ the lotholders. 
H. Wilson Ross, of Newton Center, Mass., reported 
that the greenhouse at Newton Cemetery w^as running 
at a loss. The majority of the plants raised were for 
the ornamentation of the entire grounds and lot- 
holders were not encouraged to plant flowers except 
in certain locations. 
Second Day, Wednesday, September 20th. 
The morning of the second day the sightseeing was 
taken up where it left off the day before. Mr. George 
H. Brown, Landscape Gardener of Public Grounds, 
met the party at the greenhouses and showed the 
visitors through his model establishment, where some 
of the finest carnations, roses, and chrysanthemums in 
the country are grown. Many of the best of these 
as well as the strawberries grown under glass in the 
winter, are for use at the White House. 
The Bureau of Engraving and Printing immedi- 
ately adjoining where all the paper money of the 
government is printed was next visited. The party 
was divided up into small groups and in charge of com- 
petent guides, were carefully showm the workings 
of every department — from the first printing of the 
money through all the processes until it is packed 
into steel boxes and sent to the Treasury Department 
under a guard of six heavily armed men. 
Proceeding down the Mall, the beautiful park area 
which stretches from the Washington Monument to 
the Capitol, the next stop was made on the grounds 
of the Department of Agriculture, where Dr. Gallo- 
way took the visitors in charge. The well-equipped 
greenhouses, beautiful trees, and the successful plant- 
ing of the Department received high commendation. 
One of the most interesting sights here was the fa- 
mous avenue of Ginkgo biloba, the only one in the 
country, which was planted many years ago by the late 
Wm. Saunders. The Smithsonian Institution and the 
Botanical Garden were the other points of interest 
visited on the leisurely journey down the Mall. At the 
Capitol the party dispersed, some returning to the 
hotel and some remaining to see the Capitol. The 
Library of Congress, which was on the program, 
was postponed until evening and informally visited 
then in order to get the magnificent effect of the lights 
in addition to the wonderful structural beauties of the 
interior, which are not surpassed anywhere in the 
world. 
At two o’clock in the afternoon special cars were 
boarded for the business session in the chapel of Glen- 
wood Cemetery, where a picture of the group was 
taken. The session was opened with prayer by Rev. 
Thomas C. Ea.ston, who also delivered an interesting 
address in which he touched on many subjects per- 
taining to cemeteries. He commended the Society for 
its work as an organization and noted the modern 
tendency toward cremation, which he said would never 
utterly supplant the cemetery. The practice of locat- 
ing modern cemeteries outside the limits of large 
cities is regarded as a modern necessity and for sani- 
tary reasons it is advisable to close all cemeteries in 
towns or cities. He quoted several instances of dan- 
ger to health from cemeteries located in thickly settled 
communities. The adornment and progressive man- 
agement of cemeteries had advanced rapidly and in 
striking contrast to this the neglected condition of the 
Congressional Cemetery in Washington, was verv 
much deplored by the speaker, who also said a strong 
word for more simplicity and less display at funerals. 
The report of the Committee on Credentials showed 
a list of thirty-five new members, whose names are 
given on another page. New members were asked to 
step to the front of the hall and were introduced to the 
convention. A telegram of greetings from the Gar- 
deners and Florists Club of Boston, and a letter from 
R. J. Haight, of Park and Cemetery, were read and 
ordered placed on file. 
The election of officers resulted in the usual pro- 
motion of the vice-president to the office of president. 
The nominees w^ere unanimously elected and the new 
officers are as follows : President, Edward G. Carter, 
Superintendent “Oakwoods,” Chicago; Vice-President, 
J. C. Cline, Superintendent “Woodland,” Dayton, 
Ohio; Secretary-Treasurer, Bellett Lawson, Superin- 
tendent “Paxtang,” Paxtang, Pa.. 
The paper on “Water Supply,” by A. W. Hobert, 
of Minneapolis, was next on vhe program, but INIr. 
Hobart was not present and a paper from Mr. C. 
Coyle, Secretary of the Dublin Cemeteries, Dublin, 
Ireland, giving a brief historical account of the ceme- 
teries of Great Britain, was read by Mr. Scorgie. 
Previous to 1830 nearly all interments w’ere made in 
the burial grounds of churches, large cemeteries being 
few. A considerable number of tbe larger cemeteries 
ai'e operated on joint stock principles, paying rates of 
interest varying from two to six per cent. Owing 
to the very limited area for cemeteries in the 
three kingdoms there is not much room left 
for embellishment. The number of interments made 
annually in cemeteries of note, ranges from four hun- 
dred to six thousand. In the County of London there 
are 362 burial grounds, of which 41 are churchyards 
and cemeteries still in use. The other 312 are de- 
scribed as disused burial grounds, which were closed 
by order of the Council may years ago. Ninety of 
these are now laid out for public recreation grounds, 
varying in area from one-tbird of an acre to sixty- 
nine acres. The largest cemetery in Ireland is Glas- 
