VI 
PARK AND CEMETERY 
of education; from 1877-78 he was a 
member of the board of supervisors. It 
was through the efforts of the doctor 
that beautiful Oak Ridge Cemetery of 
Springfield largely owes its existence 
and its national reputation as the final 
resting place of Abraham Lincoln. Dr. 
Wohlgemuth has been a member of the 
cemetery association since 1864, and 
most of that time its president. In 1882 
he l^ecame one of the organizers of the 
Farmers’ National Bank and has always 
been a member of its board of directors, 
and has been identified with every 
movement for the city’s advancement. 
Of all the public enterprises that ap- 
pealed to him, the development of Oak 
Ridge Cemetery was probably his chief 
ambition. He lived to see it grow into 
one of the most beautiful and best kept 
cities of the dead in the middle west. 
His later years he has devoted almost 
exclusively to this work, which was a 
labor of love with him. He had trav- 
eled extensively and made a thorough 
study of most of the leading cemeteries 
of this country. 
* * * 
A. L. Griffith, for the last six years 
superintendent of Union Cemetery, Co- 
lumbus, O., died October 27, from can- 
cer of the stomach. Mr. Griffith was 
65 years old and came to Columbus ten 
years ago from Monroe County, He 
was confined to his bed only four days 
before his illness became serious. He 
leaves a widow and five children. 
Reports, Etc., Received. 
The third annual report of the So- 
ciety for the Protection of New Hamp- 
shire Forests contains much interesting 
information about the proposed national 
forest reserve in the White Mountains, 
which is soon to be brought to the at- 
tention of congress, and other valuable 
matter pertaining to New Hampshire 
forestry. Some of the subjects consid- 
ered are as follows: Forest Work in 
New Hampshire; Notes on the Red 
Spruce; Starting a White Pine Forest; 
Insects Injurious to Spruce and Pine; 
Forest Laws in New Hampshire; and a 
report of the annual meeting of the 
society and a list of its members. 
The Society of American Florists has 
issued its annual volume, containing the 
proceedings of its 21st annual conven- 
tion, held at Washington, D. C., in 
'August. It contains the complete steno- 
graphic report of the meeting, the list of 
members and officers. 
Grand View Cemetery of West La- 
fayette, Ind., has issued a neatly illus- 
trated book, containing introductory in- 
formation about the cemetery, rules and 
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