PARK AND CEMETERY, 
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feet by 24 feet. It is so arranged that in connection 
with a large bay window, at south end, it may be 
used for funeral purposes. The building was de- 
signed by Mr. James F. Post, architect. 
; , Thq cemetery is owned by the lot owners and 
governed by a board of seven directors elected by 
th^ra. Every owner of a 400 foot lot is entitled to 
a, YjOte in all matters pertaining to the welfare of 
the property, The directors serve without pay and 
all revenue is expended on the cemetery. 
In respect to his regulations in the cemetery Mr. 
Donian says: To some they appear harsh, as most 
rules will sometimes, but a superintendent may edu- 
cate his lot owners if they have cause to place confi- 
dence in him, and only by carrying out the rules 
will he be supported and respected by them. 
JAPAN LILY DISEASE. 
A most interesting set of experiments has been 
undertaken at the Kew laboratories with reference 
to the very serious disease of the finer Japan lilies. 
The remedies recommended are given below, and 
are interesting chiefly because well known and but 
little used. I think Lindley pointed out more than 
fifty years ago that a solution of corrosive sublimate 
“1 to 1,000 or 1 to 1,500,” or even weaker, was 
certain destruction to most forms of microscopic 
cryptograms. But it requires the greatest caution in 
the using. It is quite as corrosive as it is called, and 
cannot be placed in the hands of careless people. It 
is instructive to observe that after all the “experi- 
ments” such well tried remedies as petroleum and 
lime wash hold their own. jf. MacP. 
“The lily bulb disease is caused by a parasitic fungus called 
Rhisopus necans. The fungus cannot penetrate the unbroken 
tissues of the bulb, but gains an entrance through wounds, more 
especially broken roots. The amount of evidence forthcoming 
indicates that the bulbs are not diseased until after they are re- 
moved from the ground. The shores of Rhizopus necans are 
killed by a short immersion in a / per cent solution of corrosiva 
sublimate or of salicylic acid. Neither of these substances has 
any injurious effect on living bulbs, provided they do not remain 
in the liquid for more than fifteen minutes.” — G. Massee in Kew 
Bulletin. 
FORESTRY ON THE VANDERBILT ESTATE, 
BILTMORE, N. C. 
The importance of Forestry, as it is called, in the care 
of timber lands, is a subject that has been lamentably 
neglected by the ruling powers of this great country, not- 
withstanding that every other civilized nation long ago 
realized the necessity of cultivating the knowledge for 
its own economic development. But the legislatures of 
the timber states are rapidly awakening to the matter, 
and it is gratifying to note that on the magnificent estate 
of Mr. Vanderbilt, at Biltmore, N. C., a Department of 
Forestry has been established, to manage its forests upon 
a practical basis, and in manner that will afford the best 
of all experience for other sections of the country, for 
ample means are at command to ensure immediate suc- 
cess, and present the data gathered in practical form. 
The following extract from “North Carolina and its 
Resources,” a volume recently issued by the Board of 
Agriculture of that state, affords some interesting infor- 
mation: “On the Biltmore estate, the endeavor has 
been to carry out only those principles of forestry which 
apply as well to the government forests, or those owned 
by a lumbering firm. Forestry that does not pay is no 
forestry at all; hence, many methods which are consid- 
ered of first importance in the forests of France and 
Germany are denied to us, for the simple reason that 
forestry in this country is still in its infancy. 
“The Forest Department of the estate has under its 
charge about 110,000 acres of wood lands, a much larger 
tract than is usually assigned to any one forester. These 
wood lands are divided into two distinct parts; the first 
containing 10,000 acres, lies almost entirely in the 
mountains, and is known as Pisgah Forest, so called 
from Mt Pisgah which has an elevation of over 5,000 
feet. These two forests cannot be treated upon the 
same system. In Biltmore Forest the main object has 
been to increase the value of the growing stock, to pro- 
tect the more valuable from the faster growing species, 
and gradually to secure an even aged wood, which is 
important, as it facilitates the management of the for- 
ests in a great degree. Before Mr. Vanderbilt bought 
Biltmore Forest, most of the large timber trees had been 
cut down, so it was decided, as there was a good sale in 
fire wood in both Biltmore and Asheville, to grow only 
trees for fire wood. The forest was composed almost 
entirely of oak and pine. The pine is a much faster 
growing tree than the oak, and the oak is the more val- 
uable of the two, hence something had to be done to 
help along the oaks. This was accomplished by either 
giving the oaks a start in their youth, by sowing them in 
distinct groups, or by cutting back the pines when 
threatening to over-top and kill the oaks. A sufficiently 
dense covering must be kept at all times, i 1 order that 
the soil may not deteriorate. 
“Pisgah Forest has never been lumbered out. Here 
the timber has reached a large size, and the Forest De- 
partment is growing only timber trees, as it would not 
pay to bring fire wood from so great a distance. 
“The amount of timber which shall be cut in Pisgah 
Forest each year, and the same holds good for the 
amount of fire wood in Biltmore Forest, is fixed by what 
is known as the ‘sanctioned annual yield.’ This is the 
amount of wood that is added to the tree each year, and 
from this we are able to find the amount of wood added 
to the whole forest each year. If we cut no. more than 
this our forests will surely not be diminished.” 
An idea of the length of time that has elapsed since 
Queen Victoria last visited Ireland can be had by a 
look at the oak tree she planted at Muckross, Killarney. 
The big tree also gives one a notion of the queen’s age, 
for it is venerable indeed, and the entire royal house- 
hold could be sheltered beneath its wide-spreading 
branches. 
