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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
tibii of Blake memorial chapel, which has been illustrated 
in these pages, and compliments Superintendent Creesy on 
the completion of his twenty-five years of service. The asso- 
ciation has recently issued an attractive four-page folder for 
mailing to lot-holders, giving reasons for placing lots under 
perpetual care. It reads as follows; 
A FEW REASONS WFIY I SHOULD PLACE MY LOT 
UNDER PERPETUAL CARE. 
1st. Because all the lots sold today are sold only with per- 
petual care. 
2d. Because I have a deep interest in the welfare and future 
preservation of our cemetery. 
3d. Because, unless I attend to this matter myself, there is 
danger that my lot may present in the future the 
same unsightly appearance that many of the old lots 
do at the present time. 
4th. Because, even if I pay yearly, yet in the end my lot is 
not endowed, and may be neglected by future gen- 
erations; it needs no argument to prove that it is 
always better to insure now by a moderate payment 
the care of the lot for all time to come. 
The endowment for your lot would be $ 
Endow before Feb. i' and this year’s grass cutting bill will 
be returned receipted. 
WHAT WE DO FOR AN ENDOWED LOT. 
1st. Keep the grass cut and top dress annually. 
2d. Returf or seed when necessary. 
3d. Clean and re-set stones when necessary. 
4th. Do everything necessary to lots except to renew stones. 
5th. Perpetually insure stones, renewing whenever it is 
necessary, under Stone Insurance Endowments. 
6th. Decorate lots or graves with cut flowers or flowering 
plants and shrubs, under Flower Endowments. 
Report of Superintendent A. D. Smith, of Mountain View 
Cemetery, Oakland, Cal., tells of the opening up of four new 
plots of ground and records 1,021 interments for the year, 
making a total of 25,134. A new receiving tomb was finished 
during the year, and 1,215 of cement curb and gutter was 
laid oi> the main drive. The trustees are considering the 
erection of a new pumping plant. The total yield of the 
hay crop was 140 tons, which yielded a net profit of $565. 
Total receipts for the year amounted to $80,951 and the ex- 
penditures $54,285. The perpetual care fund now amounts 
to $228,581, and the perpetual guarantee fund, $42,627, making 
a total of the two trust funds, $271,208. 
At the annual meeting of the Pine Grove Cemetery Asso- 
ciation, Lynn, Mass., the treasurer’s report showed the 
corporation to be in e.xccllent financial condition. At present 
it has about $47,000 in invested funds, about $1,800 in cash 
in the treasury, with a debt of about $1,900 on the receiving 
tomb account. About $40,000 is invested in Milford Water 
Company bonds and notes at 4 per cent interest — a gilt-edged 
security. 
The seventy-fourth annual report of Mt. Auburn Cemetery, 
Cambridge, Mass., shows an interesting year’s work: The 
proceeds from the sale of lots has been $8,484, which is less 
than usual ; and the same was true the previous year of 1904. 
In addition to this sum for the sale of lots, the treasurer’s 
report shows the receipt of $64,046.40 for the care of lots, 
and $1,426.75 for deposits in the receiving tombs, making the 
total receipts in this department $73,957.15. The expenses to 
prevent the ravages of the brown-tail and gypsy moths for 
the year has been $2,526.06. 
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Tarry town, N. Y., has a per- 
petual care fund of $22,000, An annual report shows much 
work done during the year. 
Waukegan Nurseries. 
Evergreen and Ornamental 
Trees, Shrubs, Vines, Roses, Etc. 
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL 
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WAUKEGAN, ILLINOIS 
SPECIAL OFFERS ON 
Hardy rnamental Stock 
G R O WN AT T H E 
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Special Prices on the following Stock 
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American Ash 
American Ash 
Birch Eup., white 
Birch Eup., white 
Birch Eup., white 
Birch Cut L,f., weep’ 
Birch Cut Lf., weep’ 
Birch Cut L(f.,weep’ 
Box Elder 
Catalpa Speciosa 
Catalpa Speciosa 
Cat.ilpa Specio.a 
Catalpa Big-. 
Catalpa Big. 
Hackberry 
Hackberry 
Maple Silver 
Maple Silver 
Maple Silver 
Maple Siberica 
8 to 10 ft. 
10 to 12 ft. 
6 to 8 ft. 
8 to 10 ft. 
10 to 12 ft. 
g S to 6 ft. 
g 6 to 8 ft. 
g 8 to 10 ft. 
10 to 12 ft. 
6 to 8 ft. 
8 to 10 ft. 
10 to 12 ft. 
8 to 10 ft. 
10 to 12 ft. 
6 to 8 ft. 
8 to 10 ft. 
6 to 8 ft. 
8 to 10 ft. 
10 to 12 ft. 
2 to 3 ft. 
Maple Siberica 
Maple Weir’s C. L. 
Mt. Ash 
Poplar Carolina 
Poplar Carolina 
Poplar Carolina 
Pi'plar Silver 
Poplar Silver 
Poplar Silver 
Po|)lar Lombardy 
Poplar Lombardy 
Poplar Lombardy 
Willow Golden 
Willow Golden 
Willow Petzoldi 
Willow Petzoldi 
3 to 4 ft. 
8 to 10 ft. 
8 to 10 ft. 
6 to 8 ft. 
8 to 10 ft. 
10 to 12 ft. 
6 to 8 ft. 
8 to 10 ft. 
10 to 12 ft. 
6 to 8 ft. 
8 to 10 ft. 
10 to 12 ft. 
6 to 8 ft. 
8 to 10 ft. 
6 to 8 ft. 
8 to 10 ft. 
Hardy Evergreens — All sizes. 
Hardy Shrubs— Assorted . 
Hardy Perennials— Assorted. 
We are making Parks and Cemeteries some very at- 
tractive Prices for strictly high grade stock boxed free 
on cars. Send for wholesale price list. Cat alogiie free 
describing all stock. Special prices on Grass Seeds. 
L. L. MAY CO. 
Nurserymen and Landscape Gardeners 
ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA 
