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Annual reports or extracts from iheyn^ historical sketcheSy 
descriptive circularSy photographs of improvements or dis- 
tinctive features are requested for use iti this department. 
State Cemetery cAssodation Meetings. 
The New England Cemetery Association held its annual 
meeting Monday, February 12, in the New American House, 
Boston, thirty-two of the fifty-four members being present. 
The secretary reported increase in membership and funds 
during the year, six meetings having been held. 
F. M. Floyd, superintendent Evergreen Cemetery, Port- 
land, Me., was elected president; Geo. F. Standley, superin- 
tendent of Beverly Cemeteries, Beverly, Mass., vice-presidenc 
and Wm. Allen, assistant superintendent Mount Auburn 
Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass., was re-elected secretary- 
treasurer. 
After the dinner a valuable and interesting paper was read 
by Mr. John Farquhar on “Shrubbery and Herbaceous Plant- 
ing in Cemeteries,” which is promised for publication at a 
later date. 
J. H. Morton, of Boston, read a paper on “Grasses and 
Fertilizing,” a subject which furnishes food for endless but 
instructive discussion. 
Wm. Allen read a paper on grading and regrading, which 
was followed by discussion. 
The meeting was full of interest from opening to close, at 
10:15 P- ni. 
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The third annual meeting of the Illinois Association of 
Cemeteries will be held at Bloomington June 26-27, head- 
quarters at Illinois Hotel. The opening session will be at 
2:30 o’clock Tuesday, June 26, either at the hotel or at the 
Bloomington Cemetery office, to be announced later. There 
will be sessions Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning 
and a drive Wednesday afternoon. Program will be given 
later. 
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Getting Rid of Dandelions. 
A Kansas cemetery superintendent writes for information 
concerning the best method for getting rid of dandelions, 
which, he says, are one of the greatest pests on the grounds. 
In response to this question. Superintendent David Woods, 
of “Homewood,” Pittsburg, and H. Wilson Ross, of Newton 
Centre, Mass., say to cut them out by the roots. Mr. Ross 
adds: “Other methods of using acids, etc., take just as much 
time and give no better results.” 
Superintendent Frank Enrich, of “Woodlawn,” Detroit, 
says : “I am of the opinion that, generally speaking, we 
can’t get rid of them entirely on large areas. We dig out 
large quantities annually, endeavor to keep them in check 
somewhat by constant mowing, but have given up the idea 
of ever getting entirely rid of them.” 
John M. Boxell, superintendent “Oakland,” St. Paul, 
writes : “In my experience, the best way to get rid of dande- 
lions is to remove the plants by cutting the roots three or 
four inches below the surface with an asparagus knife, and 
allow none to go to seed within the grounds. If not cut deep 
enough, they will sprout up again with several heads instead 
of one.” 
In a bill recently passed by tbe Virginia legislature, pro- 
viding for additional cemetery area for Norfolk, Va., an 
amendment was added allowing action for damages by per- 
sons whose property has been injured by the location of a 
cemetery near it. 
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On petition of the funeral directors and ministers of the 
city the Spring Hill Cemetery Association, Danville, 111 ., has 
decided to discontinue Sunday funerals,- except where it 
conflicts with the rules of the Health Department. 
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Mount Hope Cemetery, Chicago, is making use of souvenir 
post cards to advertise the beauty of its grounds. One of the 
cards is reproduced herewith. The views are printed in 
colors, with a sentence or two beneath in fac-simile hand- 
writing calling attention to s6me feature of the cemetery, 
inviting visitors to the grounds, or giving direction for reach- 
ing them. 
SOUVENIR • POST CARD USED BY MT. HOPE CEMETERY, f 
CHICAGO. 
A recent isue of the Wilmington (N. C.) Messenger, con- 
tains an interesting historical account of Oakdale Cemetery, 
which has developed into one of the finest in that section of 
the country, under the care of Superintendent Timothy Don- 
lan, who has been in charge of the grounds since 1862. The 
cemetery has recently acquired some land for extensive im- 
provements. * * * 
On Jan. i. 1872, Ebenezer Drake placed in the Maine Sav- 
ings Bank at Portland the sum of $50, a gift to the Maple 
Grove Cemetery Association of Mechanic Falls. This sum 
was to remain there until with its earnings it should amount 
to $100,000. It has now been thirty-four years, and the 
amount has increased to over $200. One of the directors was 
curious to know • when this money would be available, and 
computing he found that in 153 years more, or about the 
year 2059 this sum will have reached the required amount 
and will be at the disposal of the association. 
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The Department of Health of the State of Pennsylvania 
has adopted the following regulation : 
“Except by special permission from the Department of 
Health, no interment of any human body shall be made in 
any public or private burial ground unless the distance from 
the top of the box containing the coffin or casket be at least 
five feet from the natural surface of the ground, except where 
solid rock or water may be encountered. Then the distance 
from the top of the box containing the coffin or casket shall 
be not less than four feet from the natural surface of the 
ground ; and with the further exception that still-born chil- 
dren and children less than four years of age, dead of any 
diseases other than anthrax, cholera, diphtheria, leprosy, 
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