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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
ever, an uninterrupted succession may be obtained 
from the time 
the snow drifts 
retreat till the 
month of roses is 
at hand. 
First come 
the snowdrops 
and crocuses, 
often peeping up 
in the midst of 
snow and ice. 
Of the former 
one can scarcely 
have too many, 
their modestly 
drooping heads 
at once sugges- 
tive of purity 
and peace. The 
crocuses, though 
more showy, 
are not gaudy. 
White ones are 
especially adapt- 
ed to this situa- 
tion; the variety 
Biflora — white, 
delicately pen- 
ciled with 
dark near 
base of peri- 
anth — is also 
pleasing; 
some of the 
lavenders and purples are exquisitely marked 
and rich without being gay, and all colors blend 
well together. The Mammoth Yellow is the 
earliest, as well as the most profuse bloomer, its 
golden blossoms making a charming combi- 
nation with the white varieties. 
For those desiring the blues there are the 
Chionodoxas and the Scillas, with colors so in- 
tense and so peculiarly their own as to render 
them most effective when grown in masses re- 
mote from other flowers. 
All of the above die down at the approach 
of the first warm days, hence offer no obstruc- 
tion to the lawn mower. 
Then come the hyacinths, wafting sweet 
odors from their delicately tinted bells. Some of 
the tulips, which follow in their wake, have a 
soft, subdued coloring which renders them pleas- 
ing for cemetery decoration; the single varieties 
are greatly to be preferred, possessing an ele- 
gance and grace lost by their more elaborately 
equipped sisters. Silver Standard, carmine flaked 
with white, and J. Van Delf, white with lemon eye 
and anthers, are among the best. 
Ornithogalum umbellatum, commonly known as 
Star of Bethlehem, is admirably adapted to ceme- 
tery planting, either in conventional designs or as 
a border plant. And if Memorial Day is sunny it 
rarely fails to observe the occasion by unfolding its 
snowy, star-like petals. This plant, too, soon dies 
down, and even if its leaf blades are clipped a few 
times before the bulbs fully ripen the plant is not 
affronted by this rude approach of the lawn mower, 
while the remnants of its grass-like leaves are not 
so conspicuous as to disfigure the lawn surface. 
The bulbs of the hyacinth and tulip are a little 
slow in maturing, hence the large leaves would be- 
come unsightly as they turn yellow. These should 
be planted in pots, which can be removed when the 
season of bloom is over. Bessie L. Putnam. 
BURIAL PLACE OF TWO AMERICAN GENERALS. 
In one corner of Montgomery Cemetery, Nor- 
ristown, Pa., is the tomb of the late General Win- 
field S. Hancock. In another portion of the ceme- 
tery, overlooking the Scuylkill River, is buried the 
late General John F. Hartranft. 
The tomb of General Hancock is of poorly con- 
structed sandstone which is fast fading into decay. 
GEN. WINFIELD S HANCOCK TOMB. 
MONUMENT TO GEN HARTRANFT. 
