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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
tended tour of inspection of parks and 
cemeteries in the principal cities in East- 
ern Canada and in several of the United 
States. Mr. Iwerson's trip was taken at 
the suggestion of the Calgary Industrial 
and Department Society for the purpose 
of getting ideas in city planning and 
beautifying. The itinerary included Win- 
nipeg, Minneapolis, St. Paul, La Crosse, 
Chicago, Milwaukee, Buffalo, Toronto, 
Ottawa and Montreal, where the parks 
and cemetery men and professional land- 
scape architects whom Mr. Iwerson 
had time to visit accorded him a cor- 
dial welcome. Calgary is growing 
more rapidly than any city in the 
northwest, and its foremost citizens 
are imbued with the proper spirit to 
begin right in their plans for its de- 
velopment to meet its great future. 
Ed. A. Kanst, for the past twenty-two 
years assistant landscape gardener of 
the South Park system Chicago ten- 
dered his resignation to take effect Jan- 
uary 1, 1912. The South Park Commis- 
sioners presented Mr. Kanst with a 
handsomely engrossed copy of resolu- 
tions accepting the resignation and ex- 
pressing their appreciation of his ser- 
vices. Mr. Kanst will engage in business 
on his own account. 
James Burns, the successor of the late 
Gen. Noble Warwick, superintendent of 
the National Cemetery at Keokuk, la., 
has assumed his duties, having recently 
reached his new post from Grafton, W. 
Va., where he was in charge of the Na- 
tional Cemetery at that place. 
George W. Olinger, a Denver, Colo,, 
north side undertaker, and a member of 
the Park Board, suggests that a part of 
the money expended for small outlying 
parks should be spent on the establish- 
ment of a municipal cemetery, sO' im- 
proved that the very poor deserving 
people might have a beautiful last rest- 
ing place. Mr. Olinger is quite sincere 
in this e.xcellent proposition, being 
known to set aside a part of his income 
to provide free funerals for the de- 
serving poor. 
OUR NATIONAL CEMETERIES 
{Concluded from page 785) 
and Stripes to the halls of the Mon- 
tezumas. It has an area of two acres 
and is the only cemetery established 
prior to the civil war. 
Of the 359,000 soldiers and sailors 
interred in the national cemeteries, 
the graves of 152,000 are marked “un- 
known.” Over 9,000 of the total are 
the bodies of confederates, and who 
can say that they do not sleep peace- 
fully beside their former foes? 
Soldiers of the revolution, of the 
war of 1812, of the Mexican war, of 
the Civil war, of the war with Spain, 
and of many minor conflicts — all have 
found a final resting place in the na- 
tional cemeteries. A special disin- 
terring corps has been maintained by 
the government for bringing home 
the remains of soldiers who died in 
Cuba and the Philippines. In 1908, 
for example, 147 bodies were brought 
home from the Philippines, of which 
number ninety-three were delivered 
to friends or relatives, while the rest 
were reinterred in national ceme- 
teries. 
Back Number Wanted 
WANTED — One copy Park & Ceme- 
tery, April, 1911, to complete a file. W. 
H. M., Care Park & Cemetery, 440 So, 
Dearborn St., Chicago. 
Ornamental Iron Fence 
Cheaper and more durable than wood. Over 100 patterns 
for Lawns, Churches, Cemeteries, Public Grounds, etc. 
Ornamental Wire and Iron Fence, Farm and Poultry 
Fence. Write for our large catalogue before buying. 
Ask about our special offer. We Can Save You Money. 
THE WARD FEPiCE CO., Box 1»89» Becatar, Ind. 
Native Plants and Trees 
in Carload Lots 
Rhododendron Maximum, Kalmia Latifolia (Mountain 
Laurel), Azalea Nudiflora, hemlocks. Pines and Ferns, 
all sizes. Cut Evergreens in Bales for Cemetery and 
Decorating Purposes. 
C/C. CURTIS, Grower and Collector 
Callicoon, Sullivan County, N. Y, 
Dlwanger & Barry’s 
Trces 
Shrubs 
Roses and Plants 
are known and planted everywhere. 
Leaders for 70 years. Booklet free. 
MOUNT DOPE NURSERIES, Rochester, N.Y. 
Dreer's Grass 
Seeds for 
Cemetery Use 
are specially prepared for that purpose. Pro- 
de utchat deep, rich color and hardy growth 
so necessary in all parks and cemeteries. 
Cleaned and recleaned — dependable. If you’ve 
used them you know. Write us before buying. 
HENRY A. DREER 
714 Chestnut St., PHILADELPHIA 
A Block of European Linden at Andorra Nurseries 
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For the Best Results 
Plant the Best Stoek 
During the Convention ot the Association of 
American Cemetery Superintendents in Phila- 
delphia last summer, the visitors expressed their 
pleasure at seeing the quality and quantity of 
stock we are growing. 
For Spring Shipment we have a large assort- 
ment in large arid small sizes. 
Andorra Nurseries 
WM. WARNER HARPER, Prop. 
Box P. Chestnut Hill, Phila. 
