XIV 
PARK AND CEMETERY 
The subject is classified as follows: 
History and distribution; hybrid rhodo- 
dendrons; rhododendron bibliography; 
tender or obsolete varieties; varieties of 
doubtful hardihood; the ironclad list; 
propagation ; cultural requirements ; a 
bit of history; American evergreen spe- 
cies ; other evergreen species ; Azaleas ; 
the Mountain Laurel. 
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The Gibson Company, of Portland, 
Ore., has been organized to design, 
build, and furnish crematoria and co- 
lumbaria, and to manufacture and sell 
bronze cinerary urns, niche fronts and 
memorial tablets. Frank B. Gibson, 
manager of the company, has had a 
long experience in designing and build- 
ing crematoria, and has recently built 
and equipped crematory plants at Port- 
land and at Denver, Col. The firm is- 
sues an illustrated book descriptive of 
their work and invite correspondence. 
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The following catalogs have been re- 
ceived : Swain Nelson & Sons, Chi- 
cago, nurserymen and landscape garden- 
ers, send a handsomely illustrated 
wholesale catalog and price-list of hardy 
trees, shrubs and vines; tree and shrub 
seeds, Otto Katzenstein & Co., Atlanta, 
Ga. ; wholesale trade list. Spring, 1906, 
Thomas Meehan & Sons, Dreshertown, 
Pa. ; “Red tag trees,” catalog of the 
Phoenix Nursery Co., Bloomington, 
111. ; hardy trees, shrubs and plants, 
catalog of the Peterson Nurseries, Chi- 
cago; No. 4 of “Hoosier Pump Poet,” 
from Flint & Walling Co., Kendallville, 
Ind. ; Everything for the Lawn, Lawn 
Formation and Care, Peter Henderson 
& Co., New York. 
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In the advertisement of the Anchor 
Post Iron Works, the little trade mark 
of the anvil and hammer and tongs was 
last month printed upside down, and it 
is due this firm to acknowledge that the 
error was ours. It appears on all of 
the company’s advertising and makes a 
very striking symbol. 
Popularity proven by repeated orders. 
Plenty of A-1 references and recom- 
mendations. 
Only metallic Park Basket that is light 
and easy to handle ; still not subject to 
breakage in handling about the grounds. 
Has deep corrugated inside can, remov- 
able for emptying contents. 
Park,Cemetery and Improvement Boards 
send your address and receive description, 
etc., in detail. 
THE STEEL BASKET CO. 
CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA 
How to Plan the Home Grounds. 
BY SAMUEL PARSONS. JR. 
EX'SUPT. OP PARK84 NEW YORK CITY. 
C ONTAINS 27 chapters of Suggestive 
Text, profusely illustrated. Good 
advice on the Selection of Home 
Grounds — Site of House — Roads and 
Paths — Dawns — Flower Garden s — 
Trees — Shrubs — Plants — Vines — Resi- 
dential Parks, Fences, Bridges and 
Summer Houses — List of Plants for 
General Use on Home Grounds — Parks 
and Parkways — Churchyards and Cem- 
eteries — City and Village Squares — 
Railroad Station Grounds. Size 5x7}4 ; 
249 pages. Biudiug, cloth. Price, $1.00 
R. J. HAIGHT, 
324 Dearborn Street, CHICAGO 
Baby Rambler, H. P., H.T., T,, R., Cl., and many other 
ROSE PLANTS 
Best sorts from 234 Extra strong; own 
and 4-inch pots; roots; fine condi- 
grown by experts; tion; true labels; 
in new houses, free liberal count; care- 
from all diseases. _L ful packing; judi- 
Free booklet. Vyi cious shipping. 
ClHf I F F n I F f LORAL compamyA 
L L LU L L vspRiNqricLDoHio- J 
The Cyclopedia of 
American Horticnltnre 
NO LIBRARY 
is complete without this indispensable 
record of North American Horticulture 
By Prof. L. H. Bailey of the Col- 
lege of Agriculture of Cornell Uni- 
versity, assisted by William Miller 
and many expert cultivators and botan- 
ists. 
Special attention has been paid to the 
ornamental trees, shrubs, etc., and the 
needs of those interested in landscape 
gardening, or forestry. 
Illustrated with over 2,000 Original 
EngravUigs. In Four Volumes. 
F*rlce ^:20. 
cA prospectus, specimen pages, etc., Iptll 
be sent free on request. 
Sold on Easy Payments 
R. J. H /\ I O HT. 
324 Dearborn St. CfllCAQO 
Cemetery 
Interment Record 
and Lot Book. 
A perfected system for recording 
the essential particulars regarding 
each interment and for accurately 
locating the position of every 
grave. The most thorough and 
satisfactory system of Cemetery 
Records ever published. It em- 
braces the best features of the 
records used in the leading Amer- 
ican Cemeteries. Printed on heavy 
paper, and substantially bound in 
different sizes. 
R. J, HAIGHT, 334 Dearborn St., Chicago 
Ornamental Trees. tSHrubs. Etc. 
IVe Have a large and fine stocR of Alder, European; Birch, European, White and Weeping; Elms, 
American, White, English and Scotch; Hackberry; Judas Tree; Maples, Ash Leaved, Sugar or hard, and 
Weir’s Cut Leaved; Mountain Ash; European and Oak Leaved; Popular, Balm of Gilead, Carolina, Lombardy 
and Silver Leaved; Tulip Tree; Willow, Laurel Leaved and Gold Bark; Camperdown Weeping Elm, and a 
general assortment of Shrubs, particularly Altheas, Calycanthus, Cornus Florida, Deutzias assorted, Elders 
Golden and Cut Leaved; Honeysuckles Upright and Climbing; Hydrangea Grandiflora, Lilacs Purple and White, 
Philadelphus, and assortment of choice named kinds; Snowballs, Snowberries, Spirea Van Houttei, Weigelias, etc. 
Our complete Catalogue mailed on Application. 
PHOENIX NURSERY COMPANY 
I4I8 PARK STREET BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS 
Six Hundred Acres — Established 1852 J 
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