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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
The fragrant white flowers of the Syringa are 
well known and are produced in profusion every 
year, even by neglected plants. The same is true 
of the fluffy plumes of the Smoke tree, which 
retain their beauty lor weeks. The contrast be- 
tween the numerous bright red branchlets of each 
plume and the feathery mass they support, together 
with the neat, bright green foliage, forms a combi- 
nation that should make it welcome in park, ceme- 
tery and lawn planting, while its adaptability for 
use with cut flowers gives it additional value to in- 
dividuals, F. C. S. 
A DRINKING FOUNTAIN, CHELSEA, MASS. 
Winnisimmet Square, Chelsea, Mass., is to un- 
dergo improvements this season, to the amount of 
some $io,ooo. Two years ago a large fountain was 
erected from funds of the Stebbins bequest, and 
this structure only made apparent the necessity for 
a more developed improvement of the large trian- 
gular space about it, created by the angles of the 
several entering thoroughfares. 
The main improvement now includes the mak- 
ing ol park-like enclosures, one on either side of 
the main fountain, to be devoted to flowering plants 
and shrubs, while the so-called square is to be also 
embellished by four Venetian masts 40 feet high, 
permanently set in ornamental bases,, and carry- 
ing rings of electric lights by night and banners or 
flags by day. 
In the extreme end of one of the parks, the 
drinking fountain illustrated herewith will be set. 
The basin and columns will be of granite, 
the columns supporting wrought iron scrolls 
carrying a lantern containing electric lights. 
The improvements when completed will set oft 
to great advantage the surrounding buildings and 
tend to make Winnisimmet Square an attractive 
feature of Chelsea. Messrs. Walker & Kimball, 
architects, are the designers of the improvements. 
NEW FORM OF MEMORIAL MONUMENT. 
Knowing the inclination of PARK AND CEME- 
TERY toward beauty of landscape rather than piles 
of granite and marble, I have desired to make a 
monument for my own lot that to some extent would 
not have the appearance of a monument, yet mark 
the spot where those dear to me lie, and be also of 
use to those who visit the spot in the future. 
The accompanying illustration displays the idea 
which, as will be readily understood, is capable of 
many modifications as to derail. 
Our parks are supplied with rustic seats or 
benches that must be moved when the lawn is mown, 
otherwise an extra amount of labor is expended in 
cutting the grass beneath them. 
In the modern cemetery rules we find the iron 
or wire seats ruled out, hence we have a beautiful 
lawn with inviting shade, but no place to rest, un- 
less we take a seat upon the sod, which may be wet 
perhaps with the morning dew, or from a recent 
shower. 
Many visitors who come to the cemetery desire 
to linger and pass an hour or more near the spot 
made sacred to them personally, and the sense of 
appreciation of those moments is greatly enhanced 
