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VOL. VII. CHICAGO, 
AUGUST, 1897. No. 6. 
CONTENTS. 
EDITORIAL — Convention of Association of I American 
Cemetery Superintendents— Small Parks 125 
INSTRUCTIVE 1 PARKS AND 'CEMETERIES 126 
THE CONVENTION OF CEMETERY SUPERINTENDENTS 
AT CINCINNATI 127 
EXCERPTS FROM THE 'DOG-EARED NOTE BOOK OF A 
TRAVELER’AND OBSERVER 127 
’THE PETER COOPER MEMORIAL, NEWi YORK ICITY i 2 9 
THE PARKS OF NEW YORK CITY i3o 
’BLOODY ANGLE, OR HIGH WATER MARK, GETTYS- 
BURG i 32 
MEDICINAL PLANTS i33 
’GARDEN PLANTS, THEIR GEOGRAPHY, XXI i3 4 
’OFFICE BUILDING, RIVERSIDE CEM ETERY, ; NORRIS- 
TOWN, PA. -GARDENS OF THE BIBLE 136 
’HARLEIGH CEMETERY, CAMDEN, N. J i38 
’FAMOUS MONUMENTS OF BERLIN 140 
CHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH AND GRAVEYARD, ALEX- 
ANDRIA. VA 142 
’A FOLIAGE BED: AT WEI iJ BURG, SWITZERLAND-SOME 
HANDSOME MICHIGAN ANNUALS 143 
NOTES 1 44 
CEMETERY TOPICS 145 
SOME COMMERCIAL WOODSlOF AUSTRALIA i46 
PARK NOTES 147 
CEMETERY NOTES 148 
CORRESPONDENCE-LEGAL i49 
PUBLISHERS', DEPARTMENT i5o 
’Illustrated. 
HE convention of the Association of Ameri- 
can Cemetery Superintendents to be held in 
Cincinnati, O., September 14, 15, 16 and 
17, is an annuaUevent, the influence of which has 
been a telling one since its organization some ten 
years ago. It is only necessary to recall the condi- 
tions of our cemeteries at that time, and compare 
them with the improved conditions of to-day to 
realize that a revival of interest and an intelligent 
understanding of the true requirements of the ceme- 
tery has been the stimulus to bring about so 
apparent a reformation. And to the Association of 
Cemetery Superintendents must be credited an im- 
portant share of the result. Some of the best re- 
sults of association as a principle have been mani- 
fested in the career of this association, and the field 
of its work was such that the interchange of opin- 
ion, the discussion and corelation of practice, and 
the mutual acquaintance and consequent respect for 
diverse opinion which it has brought about, has 
tended to create a sort of harmonious concert of ac- 
tion in cemetery work in all parts where the direct 
influence of the association has been experienced. 
Progress in modern cemetery work has been made 
easier and the problems involved shorn of their dif- 
ficulties by the multiplied intelligence brought to 
bear upon them. But the potent factor in this 
progress, and in which, however, the association 
also shares, is the increasing public recognition of 
its duty towards the depositories of its dead. It is 
very gratifying to note from so many sources the 
interest now being manifested in cemetery affairs 
by the general public, for this means brighter pros- 
pects for the superintendent, more sympathy with 
his work, and the care of burial places a pleasure 
rather than an irksome necessity, throughout the 
land. It would be well for the coming convention 
to consider the question of stimulating general in- 
terest in the cemetery. Much has been done, but 
much has to be done. The literature distributed 
should not be of the waste paper order, but should 
carry enough attractiveness to warrant its care at 
least for a time, and the investment therein would 
be a rich one. But the preliminary programme for 
the coming meeting given in another column sug- 
gests that progressive development is still active, 
and that the discussions on the topics proffered will 
result in renewed activity in the good work of 
cemetery improvement. 
T HE question of small parks in the congested 
districts of our larger cities is becoming a 
vital one, engaging the attention of all inter- 
ested in the general welfare. It is difficult of belief 
that in large cities there should be found numbers 
of children who have scarcely ever seen the grass, 
or know what it is to revel in its cool enticement, 
but the workers in the slums assure us that such 
instances are common. It is scarcely credible but 
for the authority, and the question of small parks, 
therefore, becomes an obligatory one on the com- 
munities involved. In point of fact, while the diffi- 
culties in certain situations seem insurmountable, 
the older cities, notably New York and Philadel- 
phia, are adding to the number of such breathing 
spaces annually, and the attention of Chicago is 
now so forcibly drawn to the matter, that its mayor 
has declared publicly that he will exert all his influ- 
ence to inaugurate a scheme of improvement so 
vital in its influences. In all large cities there are 
numbers of small areas, no matter of how limited 
an extent, which might be transformed into pleas- 
ure spots. Many of the intersections of diagonal 
streets afford opportunities, at comparatively small 
expense for possible damages, for establishing 
small parks and playgrounds, and the fear of oppo- 
