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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
Association of American Ceme' 
tery Superintendents. 
G. W. CREESY, “Harmony Grove,” 
Salem, Mass., President. 
ARTHUR W. HOBERT, “Lakewood,” 
Minneapolis, Minn., Vice-President. 
F. EURICH, Woodward Lawn, Detroit, Mich. 
Secretary and Treasurer- 
The Twelfth Annual Convention will be 
held September 13, 14, 15, at Omaha, Neb. 
The American Park and Out- Door 
Art Association. 
CHARLES M LORING, Minneapolis, Minn., 
President. 
WARREN H. MANNING, Tremont Building, 
Boston, Mass. Secretary. 
E. B HASKELL, Boston, Treasurer. 
The next meeting of the Association 
will be held at Detroit, Mich. 
Publishers’ Department? 
Park Commissioners and Cemetery 
trustees are requested to send us copies of 
their reports. 
Photographs and descriptive sketches of 
interesting features in parks and ceme- 
teries are solicited from our readers. 
The Omaha Convention of the A. A. C. S. 
Members of the A. A. C. S., who antici- 
pate having their ladies or families accom- 
pany them to the convention at Omaha, 
should notify J. Y. Craig, chairman exe- 
cutive committee, Omaha, so that suitable 
rooms can be reserved for them. This 
becomes necessary owing to the crowded 
condition of the Omaha hotels during the 
exposition. Executive Committee. 
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I n connection wi th the approaching con- 
vention of the American Association of 
Cemetery Superintendents, to be held at 
Omaha, Neb., September 13, 14 and 15, 
the executive committee have se nt out a 
circular to cemetery officials generally, 
urging the advisability of sending a dele- 
gate to the convention at the expense of 
the cemetery. The association has now 
150 members embracing nearly every state 
in the union. Among other things the 
committee says: 
“The work that the Association has 
done in the past eleven years, through 
their meetings, and their paper, ‘The 
Park and Cemetery,’ cannot be over- 
estimated. We have seen the old stereo- 
typed country burying ground which re- 
ceived merely twoor three cleanings a year, 
perfectly transformed, and this transfor- 
mation was brought about by one or more 
of the trustees, or managers, attending 
the meetings of the Association. We be- 
lieve you are desirous of making the most 
of what you have at hand, in the govern_ 
ment and development of your cemetery, 
and we know of no better way for you to 
accomplish this than to send your super- 
intendent to the convention, and that at 
the expense of the cemetery. We have 
abundant evidence that those who have 
done so heretofore have been rewarded far 
beyond their expectations. At the com- 
ing meeting there will be papers read by 
practical and experienced men on such 
topics as are constantly arising in the 
management of cemeteries, parks, etc. 
A very pleasant feature of the Cemetery 
Superintendents Convention is the ex- 
hibit of photographs, models, etc., made 
by the visitors. It is suggested that those 
who attend the Omaha Convention take 
with them photographs of entrances, 
buildings, specimen trees, shrubs and such 
subjects as will possess some practical 
value. Much of the suggestive detail i 
lost in photographs that cover too great a 
range. 
An invitation has been received from 
the Henry A. Dreer Co., of Phila delphia 
to attend the Fourth Annual Excursion 
given by that firm to the Florists and 
Gardeners of Philadelphia and vicinity to 
visit their nurseries at Riverton, N. J., on 
August 16th. This has become an annual 
outing of great interest, carried out from 
beginning to end with liberal and consid- 
erate hospitality and is always keenly en. 
joyed by the participants. 
Mr. William Lyon, the gate-keeper at 
Mt. Auburn cemetery, is probably known 
to more people of Cambridge, Mass., than 
any other man says The Press, of that city. 
•‘He has occupied his present position for 
a period dating back beyond the memory 
of most people. The superintendents have 
been changed several times since he en- 
tered the service of the corporation, and 
also many of the other officials, but Lyon 
still remains. He is one of the old stand- 
bys of the place. Winter and summer, in 
pleasant weather and in storm, he is to be 
seen daily in or about the grounds. He 
takes great pride in the neatness of the 
flower beds and lawns, and is always 
pleased to show visitors about the beautful 
grounds, pointing out all the places of in- 
terest to them. Many persons visiting this 
city in years past have carried away with 
them pleasant recollections of his kindly 
attention to them.” 
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RECEIVED. 
From F. W. Chislett, Supt. Crown Hill 
Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind. A photo- 
graph of the handsome Thompson-Starr 
monument, in the grounds. 
Rules and Regulations, Wauseon Ceme- 
tery, Wauseon, O., 1898. Illustrated with 
half tones. 
President’s Report, Allegheny Ceme- 
tery, Allegheny, Pa., June 29, 1898. 
Superintendent’s Report, Allegheny 
Cemetery, Allegheny, Pa., June 29, 1898. 
Thirteenth Annual Report of the Maine 
Agricultural Experiment Station Orono, 
Me., for the year ending Dec. 31, 1897. 
The report contains a large number of 
papers on subjects of vital importance to 
agriculture, and much that enters into the 
economy of our surroundings. The efforts 
being made at all the state agricultural 
stations to investigate into the conditions, 
welfare, and culture of valuable plant life, 
and in contrast the control of what to-day 
appears to be noxious in that domain of 
nature, is a grand feature of our general 
educational privileges. Allied to this also 
is the work on insect pests which is receiv- 
ing well deserved attention and from 
which good results are accruing. The 
present report contains an interesting 
paper on ‘‘Ornamenting Home Grounds,” 
by W. M. Munson. 
Thirty-sixth, thirty-seventh and thirty- 
eighth annual reports of the Board of Park 
Commissioners of the City of Hartford, 
Conn., for the years ending April 30th, 
1896, 1897 and 1898 respectively. These 
reports are liberally illustrated with full 
page half tone engravings. 
CATALOGUES. 
Special list No. 2. Seeds of Woody 
and Herbaceous plants collected and of- 
fered by Pinehurst Nurseries, Pinehurst, 
N. C. 
Fruitland Nurseries, Augusta, Ga. Fruit 
and Ornamental Trees, Roses, etc. P. J. 
Berckman's Company, Augusta, Ga, 
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% SITUATIONS WANTED, ETC. J 
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Wanted a position as Cemetery Su- 
perintendent, with several years’ experi- 
ence, best of references as to character 
and ability. Am now in charge of In- 
corporated Cemetery. Address American, 
care of PARK AND CEMETERY. 
Thoroughly competent Cemetery Sup- 
erintendent desires engagement. Ex- 
perienced in every particular. Satisfac- 
tory references Correspondence solic- 
ited in regard to remodeling old grounds, 
making additions, etc., “Landscape,” 
care Park and Cemetery. 
Wanted — By Englishman care of 
grounds, cemetery, park or public institu- 
tion. Experienced in all branches. 
Landscaping a specialty. Florist in 
Tennessee Centennial Exposition. Silver 
medal and diploma. First class refer- 
ences. Address with terms etc., W. F. 
Josolyne, Vernon Avenue, West End, 
Nashville, Tennessee. 
