PARK AND CEMETERY. 
Devoted to Art Out-of-Doors, — Parks, Ceme- 5 
teries, Town and Village Improvements, i- f 
I 
R. J. HAIGHT, Publisher, 
334 Dearborn Street. CHICAGO- 
T may be confidently expected that the Park and 
Outdoor Art Association which was organized 
in Louisville, Ky., on May 21, is not only an 
.ineffective step in the direction of more and better 
R. J. HAIGHT, K parks but in the general improvement of the out- 
- t of-door conditions of our homes both in town and 
Editors, y T , , 
^country. It will be the means not only of impress- 
Subscription $1.00 a Year in Advance. 
Foreign Subscription $1.25 
VOL. VII. CHICAGO, JUNE, 1897. 
CONTENTS. 
EDITORIAL— Cemetery Improvement— Louisville Conven- 
tion of the Park and Out-Door Art Association— Art 
Commissions 73 
VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT 74 
LOUISVILLE MEETING OF THE PARK AND OUT-DOOR 
ART ASSOCIATION 75 
PARK DESIGN AND PARK PLANTING 75 
‘SOME NOTABLE PUBLIC MONUMENTS UNVEILED 7S 
‘GATEWAY AND OFFICE, WOODMERE CEMETERY, 
WOODMERE, MICH So 
SOME EARLY HISTORY OF THE PARKS OF NEW YORK.. So 
‘CYPRESS LAWN CEMETERY, SAN METEO CO., CAL S2 
84 
84 
86 
88 
89 
90 
‘HERBACEOUS P.EONIES 
AN IDEAL SPOT : 
‘GARDEN PLANTS— THEIR GEOGRAPH Y-XIX 
‘PRINCE HENRY OF BATTENBERG'S TOMB 
MICHIGAN’S EARLY WILD FLOWERS 
THE TWO FOUNDERS OF MODERN GARDENING 
LAWN WEEDS 92 
‘COLUMBARIUM, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL 9 3 
*PLAZA, ALAMEDA AND PASEO IN THE CITY OF MEXI- 
CO, tl 93 
PARK NOTES 95 
CEMETERY NOTES 96 
CORRESPONDENCE-LEGAL 9/ 
PUBLISHERS' DEPARTMENT 98 
"Illustrated. 
I 
T is very gratifying to note the rapidly increas- 
ing desire to transform the old time cemetery 
into something approaching the newer ideas of 
the present day. The work of educating the com- 
munity into such a condition of mind is a matter of 
time, but it is sure to take effect sooner or later, 
and when once its influence is felt rapid progress is 
made. Nothing is more helpful in healthy rural 
life than the Village Improvement Society, and 
every community, which has intelligence enough to 
serve its best interests should organize such a so- 
ciety. The matters that come before it are ques- 
tions of life and health, to say nothing of comfort, 
and moreover for the most part are interesting, and 
well worth the consideration of every one. With 
such a society the improvemeut of the cemetery 
presents itself as a necessity, and one season can 
be made to present such changes that interest will 
surely follow and ensure permanent results. 
ing the people with the importance and high cha- 
racter of the work connected with the establishment 
7 and development of the park, but it will educate 
No. 4. them in art out-of-doors, and open to them a limit- 
' Hess field of contemplation, the reducing of which 
: ■: to a practical home adornment will tend to create 
: a new view of life. For some time past there has 
been under consideration the formation of an associ- 
ation of men educated in landscape work, after the 
manner of existing professional bodies, but the late 
lamented Charles Eliot, discussing the subject, sug- 
gested that an association should be formed on a 
broader base “A general association to be made 
up of all who desire the advancement of ‘Art Out- 
of-doors,’ including amateurs, land-owners, writers, 
park commissioners and officers, village improve- 
ment societies, foresters, gardeners ahd others in- 
terested. An organization corresponding some- 
what to the American Association for the Advance- 
ment of Science. ” That the time was ripe for the 
organization of such an association was evidenced by 
the business vim which characterized the proceed- 
ings, and the fact that the suggestions for further 
delay to perfect details were over-ruled. A per- 
manent organization was effected, officers elected 
and committees appointed for the v/ork to be ac- 
complished in preparation for the next meeting to 
be held in Minneapolis, Minn., June 22, 1898. The 
interests which such an association will promote are 
of vital importance, so closely connected is its work 
with the community, individually ana collectively ; 
and its organization effected on such broad lines 
opens its educational influences to any one desirous 
of promoting its objects and at nominal expense. 
It may be made to establish on a permanent basis 
the profession of the landscape architect or land- 
scape gardener, or whatever term may be finally 
adopted, and at the same time bring the profession 
into immediate contact with an intelligent clientele, 
wherein an inter change of thoughts and ideas will 
be mutually beneficial. 
'HE cause of good art is one of the most im- 
portant questions facing the people to-day, 
because it is not only involved in the degree 
of national taste and enlightment, but it is in large 
T 
