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PARK AND CE:ME:T£RY 
Charles Beck, the veteran florist and 
landscape gardener of the Soldiers’ 
Home, Dayton, O., died March 19. Mr. 
Beck was for 35 years the florist and 
gardener at the Soldiers’ Home, and he 
is largely responsible for the beauty of 
the gardens, parks and conservatories 
of that place. He was considered one 
of the finest landscape gardeners in the 
country. He was born January 2, 1827, 
at Schwartzenfels, Germany, and came 
to America in 1847. In 1849 he came 
from Rochester to Cincinnati, engaging 
in the florist business. In 1856 he was 
married to Miss Louise Schnicke, whose 
father was the superintendent of the 
Protestant Orphan asylum in Cincinnati. 
They went to Dayton in 1861 and had 
resided here ever since. 
Personal. 
Herbert J. Kellaway, landscape archi- 
tect, has moved his office from Newton 
Center, Mass., to the Ford building, 15 
Ashburton, Boston, Mass. Mr. Kell- 
away was for 14 years with the firm of 
Olmsted Bros. 
At the recent election of officers of 
the Pine Grove Cemetery, Lynn. Mass., 
Mr. William Stone was re-elected su- 
perintendent for the year 1906. - Mr. 
Stone was appointed in October, 1886. 
and has been in continuous service 
since. 
William Best has been reappointed for 
his fifth term as commissioner of the 
South Park system of Chicago. This 
gives him 20 years of continuous ser- 
vice in the park system, the longest rec- 
ord in the city. He is a strong advocate 
of the merit system, to which a share 
of the excellent condition of the south 
parks is due. 
Mr. T. W. Bolam, connected with 
the Department of Cemeteries. Sunder- 
land, England, has made application for 
membership in the Association of Amer- 
ican Cemetery Superintendents and will 
probably have a paper to be read at the 
Detroit convention of the association. 
Publisher’s Notes. 
Ellwanger & Barry of Rochester, N. 
Y., have received their annual order 
from the Massachusetts Highway Com- 
mission for 4,000 shade trees, to be 
planted along the highways of that 
State. This is the third year that a like 
order has been received. The order 
calls for American elms, various kinds 
of maples, oaks and willows. 
The Massachusetts Agricultural Col- 
lege held a “school garden institute” 
at Horticultural Hall, Boston, April 21. 
Henry S. Adams spoke on “How Suc- 
cessful School Gardens are Managed,” 
and F. A. Waugh on the “Selection of 
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