PARK AND CEMETERY. 
Devoted to Art Out-of-Doors, — Parks, Ceme- 
teries, Town and Village Improvements. 
R. J. HAIGHT, Publisher, 
334 Dearborn Street, CHICAGO. 
R. J. HAIGHT, 
JOHN W. WESTON, C. E., 
Editors. 
Subscription Si.ooaYearin Advance. Foreign Subscription $1.25. 
Vol. VIII. CHICAGO, MARCH, 1898. No. 1. 
CONTENTS. 
EDITORIAL— Arbor Day and its Suggestive Benefits— Per- 
petual Care in Cemeteries i 
THE NEW YORK PARKS-CANNAS AND CALADIUMS 2 
*A NATURAL SCENE, FOREST PARK, BROOKLYN. N. Y.. 2 
CEMETERY ROADS 4 
HORTICULTURAL BUILDINGS, NEW YORK BOTANICAL 
GARDEN, BRONX PARK 5 
THE TOMB OF WASHINGTON, MOUNT VERNON 6 
♦CEMETERY GREENHOUSES 7 
‘THE BIRMINGHAM, MICH., WOMEN'S CEMETERY ASSO- 
CIATION AND ITS WORK 8 
♦RESIDENCE STREETS, VII 10 
♦GARDEN PLANTS— TH HTR GEOGRAPHY, XXVII 12 
♦SOME RECENT FRENCH MONUMENTS 15 
♦MEDITATION ON MONEYWORT 15 
THOUGHTS ON CEMETERIES 16 
PARK NOTES 18 
CEMETERY NOTES-REPORTS i 9 
CORRESPONDENCE 20 
PUBLISHERS' DEPARTMENT 21 
POINTS FOR CEMETERY OFFICIALS 21 
♦Illustrated. 
M ARCH is the month of eager longing to the 
lover of outdo'or work, as it is that of in- 
tense preparation for the work to come. 
More than that, in these years of increasing educa- 
tional effort in the direction of encouraging that in- 
nate love of nature common to the human family, it 
is the month of renewed activity in that direction. 
And this is emphasized by the first proclamations 
of Arbor Day observance by the governors of those 
states, which have by legislative action recognized 
the advantages of inculcating into the minds of its 
citizens the duty of actively responding to the en- 
actment. To any sober intelligence the broader 
meaning of Arbor Day will present itself in many 
phases. Originally devised to make reparation to 
mother nature for the destructive waste and injury 
done to the people by the uncontrolled rapacity of 
the lumbermen in the wooded regions, it has ex- 
panded to promote the development of art out-of- 
doors. That is to say, that in encouraging the plant- 
ing of trees to offset the injury stated, it has included 
within its meaning the planting of trees by the way- 
side, the planting of orchards about our farms, and 
the planting of decorative trees and shrubbery about 
our homesteads. And the spirit in which the ques- 
tion has been taken up by the apostles of the bet- 
terment of our people, has been already so far- 
reaching that in many states arrangements are be- 
ing consummated that the exercises shall be made 
general to every schoolhouse in such States, and 
that both practical and theoretical work shall be 
accomplished on that day. The idea is so beneficent 
in its application, and withal so timely, that there 
should be a general inclination by every one inter- 
ested in plant life and lovely landscapes, to give 
their assistance towards promulgating the principles 
so promising of good, not only to the individual, 
but to the community at large. It is a happy fact, 
pregnant with immediate possibilities, that the edu- 
cational effort involved in Arbor Day exercises ap- 
peals to the young and to every schoolhouse, and 
that the soil into which the seed is scattered is nat- 
urally adapted to the production of a beautiful har- 
vest. But our parks and cemeteries in very many 
localities, and more or less in all localities, also 
offer practical opportunities for Arbor Day exer- 
cises. Many of them, especially in the treeless re- 
gions, are bare and dismal spots, yet only awaiting 
an Arbor Day in the minds of those interested to 
transform them into gardens. Every cemetery offi- 
cial should exercise himself to promote to the full- 
est extent Arbor Day observance, for it embraces 
suggestiveness for all conditions. It would be the 
means of beautifying the burial plot as well as creat- 
ing a deeper interest in its welfare. Why not sug- 
gest memorial trees, if there be no other work of 
the kind to be done, and an appropriate and well 
selected tree is fuller of meaning and significance in 
this age of meditation than any conventional monu- 
ment. 
T HE advantages of the “Perpetual Care” sys- 
tem which has been so strenuously advocated 
for the past few years, is at last reaching out 
to the intelligence of the masses, and numbers of 
the small cemeteries are advocating its benefits and 
incorporating its requirements in their business 
transactions. Like all other efforts in the direction 
