PARK AND CEMETERY. 
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VIEW IN CEMETERY, -AQUATICS IN THE FOREGROUND. 
preservation of the cemetery to after generations, 
an aggressive policy has been steadfastly maintained. 
The local press has been invoked, attention is called 
to it on all correspondence and business communi- 
cations, continual reminders and arguments in 
printed form are pressed upon lot owners not yet so 
protected, and a constant effort is kept up to pre- 
sent the important question before lot owners as well 
as their friends. 
The cemetery is also an object lesson in this di- 
rection. Lots under care bear a ticket which reads 
“under superintendents care.” This is done for two 
reasons: one that the men will not miss any that 
are under perpetual or annual care, and to which 
special attention is given regularly every week, so 
that at all times they may be presentable to 
owners and visitors. All other lots are 
mowed with a scythe about three times during the 
season. 
Even with ample funds it would be unwise, 
while the campaign for Perpetual Care is active, to 
undertake the full care of all lots, as will be readily 
understood. The success in the direction of the “Per- 
petual Care Fund’’ for Oak Grove cemetery is also 
in great measure due to the standing of the trustees 
in the community. The reputation of a cemetery’s 
officials in the local business and social world, is a 
power which cannot be overestimated; their assur- 
ance in business matters creates confidence, and 
their sympathy invites co-operation. 
There will be observed in the illustrations evi- 
dences of the presence of aquatic plants. In the 
use of such material the superintendent has met 
with marked success, and his experience in this de- 
partment of decorative work is promised for an 
early issue. 
VILLAGE IMPROVEMENTS. 
The evolution of civilization strides along at a 
rapid pace in a country like ours, enjoying the 
freedom which our form of government supplies, and 
furnished with the boundless resources of this great 
continent. Each successive stride, though many 
occur in a generation, seems to become an epoch, 
marked by distinctive advances in certain lines of 
development, until establishing a certain condition 
it may rest for a time to gather strength for another 
advance . 
At this time there appears to be a rapidly grow- 
ing attention to the external conditions surrounding 
us, looking to the betterment of villages and 
towns as regards adornment, sanitary conditions 
and the many improvements that can be made to 
