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PyVRK AND CEMETERY 
TOPICAL INDEX TO CURRENT LITERATURE 
An Index to articles appea ring in current issues of leading magazines and periodicals on Gardening, 
Forestry, Civic Improvements and kindred subjects. 
Subscriptions -will be received for any magazine or periodical at club rates -with Park and Cemetery, 
R. J. HAIGHT, PUBLISHER, 324 DEARBORN ST,, CHICAGO 
PUBLICATIONS INDEXED THIS MONTH AND ABBREVIATIONS. 
Garden Magazine (G. M.), $1.00 year; 
single copy, 10c. 
Country Life in America (C. L. A.), 
$3.00 year; single copy, 2oc. 
Floral Life (P. L.), 50o year; single 
copy, 10c. 
Florists’ Exchange (F. E.), $1.00 year; 
single copy, 5o. 
Forestry and Irrigation (F. I.), $1.00 
year; single copy, 10c. 
Forest Leaves (P. Leav.), $1.00 year; 
single copy, 10c. 
Civic Improvement, Home Grounds. 
Improvement Association, A, of Jack- 
sonville, Fla. F. L. Aug. 'o6. 
Old Home Week, by T. F. Anderson. 
Ulus. N. E. M., 34:673-85. Aug. 
’06. 
Rustic Garden Seats, by Phebe W. 
Humphreys. Ulus. F. L., Aug. ’o6. 
Steel Highways, Beautifying The. 
(Improvement of B. & M. Ry.), by 
F. W. Rane. Ulus. F. I., 12:336-4. 
July ’06. 
Parks, Cemeteries, Public Grounds. 
Greenhouse Construction, The Real 
Thing In, by Leonard Barron. Ulus. 
G. M., 4:20-2. Aug. ’06. 
Trees, Shrubs and Plants. 
Bulbs for August Planting, by T. 
McAdam. Ulus. G. M., 4:27-8. Aug. 
’06. 
Obituary. 
Henry J. Latshaw, a pioneer of 
Kansas City, and formerly City Fores- 
ter there, died June 10, of uraemia. 
He had been in poor health four 
years. For the last year he had been 
seriously ill and spent several months 
in a sanitarium in Boulder, Col. Mr. 
Latshaw was born in Paris, Ontario, 
in 1835. He studied civil engineering 
and was graduated with high honors. 
His first employment in that profes- 
sion was in building the Jackson & 
Savannah railroad, a part of which 
was later operated by the Chicago, 
Burlington & Quincy. In the cam- 
paign of i860 Mr. Latshaw, an en- 
thusiastic supporter of Stephen A. 
Douglas, made speeches in many 
parts of Illinois and also edited the 
Fulton County Ledger. When the 
Civil War began Mr. Latshaw with 
Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll, recruit- 
ed and organized the Eleventh Illi- 
nois cavalry. President Lincoln made 
him assistant quartermaster with the 
rank of captain in 1862. He went to 
Kansas City in 1865 and was for 20 
years in the grain and elevator busi- 
Gardening (Gard.), $2.00 year; single 
copy, 10c. 
Horticulture (Hort.), $1.00 year; single 
copy, 5c. 
New England Magazine (N. E. M.), 
$3.00 year; single copy, 25c. 
Campanulas, Some Tall, by John 
Thorpe. F. E., 22:68. July 21, ’06. 
Conifers, The Ten Best Hardy, by 
Jno. W. Duncan. Ulus. G. M., 
4:17-19. Aug. ’06. 
Forests and Parks, by Mira L. Dock. 
F. Lear, 10:150-2. Aug. ’06. 
Forest Trees for Planting — -VIII, The 
White Elm. F. I., 12:334-6. July ’06. 
Forestry Problems That Confront Us, 
by S. B. Elliott. F. Lear, 10:147-5. 
Aug. ’06. 
Orchid Seedlings, by Edgar Elvin 
Hort. 4:103. Aug. 4, ’06. 
Reforesting Sand Hills. Gard., 14:321. 
July 15, ’06. 
Wild Flowers for Special Conditions, 
by Wilhelm Miller. Ulus. C. L. D., 
10:350. July ’06. 
ness there. He resigned the office of 
City Forester in 1904. It was thought 
by many of his friends that this last 
position gave him more pleasure than 
any he ever had held. He loved trees 
and flowers and studied them con- 
stantly. His energy was remarkable 
and unflagging in the prosecution of 
teamsters and others who hitched 
their horses to the trees. He was al- 
ways present in court, no matter how 
many continuances were granted, to 
see that the guilty driver was proper- 
ly punished. He never ceased to urge 
the planting of trees and having ob- 
tained them he made it his business 
to see that they were cared for. 
Reports, Etc., Received. 
Bulletin of the New York Botanical 
Garden, Vol. 4, No. 13, contains: Con- 
tributions to the Flora of the Bahama 
Islands, by N. L. Britton; New Ameri- 
can Carolline Algae, by M. Foslie and 
M. A. Howe; Revision of the N. 
American Vernonieae, by H. A. Glea- 
son; and The Chareae of N. America, 
by Chas. B. Robinson. 
The first of the series of bulletins 
of the American Association of Park 
Superintendents to be reprinted in 
pamphlet form appears under date of 
June, 1906. It is devoted to the sub- 
ject of “Floral Decorations in Parks 
and City or Village Squares,” and 
contains many valuable .contributions 
from the members on this subject. 
Publisher’s Notes. 
The preliminary program of the 
22nd annual meeting and exhibition 
of the Society of American Flor- 
ists and Ornamental Horticultul- 
turists to be held at Dayton, Ohio, 
August 21-24, announces among other 
interesting features: Prize essays on 
“The Best Method of Marketing the 
Product of the Wholesale Plant and 
Flower Grower;” Teaching Horticul- 
ture in the Public Schools,” by E. V. 
Hallock. of New York; “The Ideal 
Private Gardener and His Work,” by 
F. E. Palmer, Brookline, Mass. 
A recent issue of the South Bend, 
Ind., Times contains a long descrip- 
tive article about Riverview Cemetery, 
explaining the modern law plan of 
cemetery management, and telling of 
the work of Superintendent John G. 
Barker in improving the grounds. 
Such contributions are always of great 
value in educating the public in mod- 
ern methods of cemetery manage- 
ment. 
A course in horticulture was in- 
stalled in Cornell University last win- 
ter and there were fifteen students 
registered in it. The aim is to make 
the work as practical as possible with 
a view of equipping the student for j 
actual orchard, garden or greenhouse [ 
management work. Principles are i 
taught, but the practice work is the j 
most important. The course is open j 
to men and women. The facilities i 
at the College of Agriculture are be- ! 
ing rapidly improved and when the I 
new College buildings are completed ' 
next year the work will go forward ! 
with greatly increased enthusiasm and 1 
satisfaction. Persons desiring infor- j 
mation regarding this course should j 
apply to the Department of Horticul- | 
ture. College of Agriculture, Cornell < 
University, Ithaca, N. Y. j 
The Berger Mfg. Co., Cincinnati, 0 ., j 
manufacturers of galvanized cast iron | 
grave and lot marks, report that : 
these marks are in high favor I 
with many cemeteries, and they have j 
been especially successful in introducing j 
them to new customers this season. 
William A. Peterson, of the Peterson | 
Nursery, of Chicago, is making an ex- 
tended tour of Europe. 
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