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VOL. VIII. CHICAGO, JULY, 1898. No. 5. 
CONTENTS. 
EDITORIAL— THB OMAHA CONVENTION OF THE ASSOCIATION OF 
AMERICAN CEMETERY SUPERINTENDENTS - THE MINNEAPOLIS 
CONVENTION OF THE AMERICAN PARK AND OUT-DOOR ART 
ASSOCIATION 8, 
RESIDENCE STREETS, XI 82 
PROGRAMME OF THE TWELFTH ANNUAL CONVEN- 
TION OF THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN CEME- 
TERY SUPERINTENDENTS, OMAHA, NEB 83 
'WOODWARD LAWN CEMETERY, DETROIT, MICH 84 
THE CONVENTION OF THE PARK AND OUT-DOOR ART 
ASSOCIATION AT MINNEAPOLIS, MINN 85-' g 
*ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, KEW, III Sg 
•A PLANTING CHART OF GARDEN PLANTS 9 j 
APPRECIATION OF NATURAL BEAUTY 92 
’GARDEN PLANTS-THEIR GEOGRAPHY, XXXI g4 
THE INFLUENCE OF PARKS ON THE CHARACTER OF 
CHILDREN 95 
PLANT PROPAGATION FOR PARKS 96 
STREET TREES g6 
CORRESPONDENCE 96 
PARK NOTES 97 
CEMETERY NOTES 98 
PUBLISHER’S DEPARTMENT 99 
’’Illustrated. 
T HE programme of the Twelfth Annual Con- 
vention of the Association of American 
Cemetery Superintendents will be found in 
another column. The convention this year is to be 
held in Omaha, Neb., a fact which draws particular 
attention to this section of the country, apart from 
the interest attaching to Omaha as the site of the 
Trans-Mississippi International Exposition, which 
offers great attractions for any spare time the su- 
perintendents may find. In the march of cemetery 
improvement it should be quite an appropriate op- 
portunity that Omaha was selected as the conven- 
tion city at this time. The east is well advanced in 
the cause, the northwest is rapidly moving, and it 
is in order that the great valley states should feel 
the impulse, and join in the progressive work. The 
field of experience covered by the programme com- 
prises the principal features of cemetery develop- 
ment, from the laying out of the grounds to the de- 
tails of management, and the officials of the num- 
erous cemeteries scattered over the central states, 
cannot afford to miss such an opportunity of acquir- 
ing practical knowledge and bringing themselves up 
to the times as is offered in this Omaha convention. 
Another view of the subject is that included in the 
business proposition. Modern ideas on cemetery 
practice have been found to pay; they compel pub- 
lic recognition of the benefits derived from properly 
conducted and attractive cemetery properties; the 
latent spirit of progress in the community is given 
a new life, and hitherto unthought of improvements 
gain impetus from the higher sentiments promoted 
by the well cared for cemetery. Every cemetery 
association would be sowing seed for a bountiful 
harvest, by arranging to be represented at the 
Omaha convention of Cemetery Superintendents, 
in the persons of its superintendent and other offi- 
cials as conditions may dictate. Apart from the 
regular programme, the discussions always lead to 
the dissemination of practical experience, gathered 
from the every day duties of the foremost men in 
the calling. 
A T the meeting of the American Park and Out- 
door Art Asssociation, recently held at 
Minneapolis, the papers read were of a high order, 
their main purpose being to stimulate thought 
and action that would result in making our homes, 
school grounds, parks and streets more beautiful, 
and hence the association well deserves the support 
and encouragement of all public-spirited citizens. 
It will undoubtedly serve a useful purpose, benefit- 
ing those who attend and all those who read its 
reports, as long as it can retain the hearty co-opera- 
tion of men who devote their lives to the objects it 
has in view. At its meetings, the time should be 
mainly devoted to the reading and discussion of 
papers, and the study of actual examples of “art 
out of doors.” As soon as a considerable portion 
of the time is devoted to political matters, that is 
to the discussion of place and time of meeting, 
election of officers and changes in constitution, 
