have the sexton remove the body over into 
the pauper row. He paid. Under the laws 
of Kansas when a person buys or contracts 
for a lot in a cemetery he is deemed the 
purchaser and the body cannot be removed 
for failure to pay for the lot, but I can 
sell the balance of the lot up to within one 
foot of the body that is buried thereon. 
I do not make any contract with a person 
in buying a lot for partial payments, as the 
prices I charge are so low that anyone 
can afford to have a full lot. My lots are 
10 by 20 feet in size and they sell for from 
$10 to $50 per lot. I will enclose you a 
copy of the Rules and Regulations of 
Graceland Cemetery and I enforce the 
same with every one. Graceland Cemetery 
consists of ten acres of laid-out ground 
and ten acres of ground that can be laid 
out at any time. I wish to sell the ceme- 
tery, as I have too much other business on 
my hands and will have to let part go. I 
hold the cemetery and ground in reserve 
at $5,000. It will pay on an average 6% 
and there are no taxes in Kansas on ceme- 
teries. Graceland Cemetery, 
R. FI. Kent, Supt. 
Burlington, Kas. 
We sell lots on contract, which reads as 
follows : 
This Agreement, made this 
day of 191.. 
by and between THE LINDENWOOD CEMETERY 
and , witnesseth: 
TREE WALKS 
Among the many complex phases of park 
activities of today the newest is perhaps 
the “Walking Talk on Trees.” 
Nature study in some form has ever 
been of vital interest to man, at first as a 
PARK AND CEMETERY. 
That the said Cemetery, in consideration of the sum 
of Dollars, this day in hand 
paid to it by 
the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, and the 
payment to the said Cemetery of the further sum 
of 
Dollars in three annual payments, with interest at 
the rate of six per cent per annum, without relief 
from valuation or appraisement laws, as follows: 
Dollars on or before 191.. 
Dollars on or before 191.. 
Dollars on or before 191.. 
hereby agrees to sell, to the party of the second 
part, his heirs and assigns the following described 
burial lot, to-wit: Subdivision No of 
lot No in Section 
in the Lindenwood Cemetery, in Section Number 
Four, Township Number Thirty North, Range Twelve 
East, in Allen County, Indiana, a plat of which 
Cemetery and plats of the subdivisions of the same 
into sections and burial lots are in the possession 
of the trustees of said Cemetery,, to which plats, 
for the identification and location of said burial lot, 
reference is hereby made. 
And upon the full payment of said last sum with- 
in the time aforesaid The Lindenwood Cemetery 
agrees to convey said lot to the said 
his heirs and assigns, forever, by a deed in accord- 
ance with the form now or hereafter determined 
and provided by the trustees of said Cemetery, with 
all the privileges, and subject to all the conditions, 
restrictions and requirements contained in the By- 
Laws, Rules and Regulations adopted, or which may 
hereafter be adopted, by the trustees of said Ceme- 
tery. 
It is hereby expressly agreed and understood that 
if the said party of the second part shall refuse, 
fail or neglect to pay said sum of 
Dollars, or any annual payment of said sum within 
the time aforesaid, then all the right, title and in- 
terest of said party of the second part, his heirs 
and assigns, in and to said lot, shall cease and de- 
termine, and the said Cemetery shall have the right 
to take immediate possession of said lot and shall 
thereafter own the same as absolutely as if this 
contract had never been made, and may sell the 
same or any part thereof, and remove the* remains 
An Address before the N ew England Park 
Institute by G.M.Headle, Springfield, Mass. 
means to live, and later from a sense of 
the love and appreciation of the beauties 
and the wonders of the outdoor world as 
well. 
Besides the preservation of the plants 
359 
of any body buried therein to any other part of 
said Cemetery, and all payments made thereon or 
under this contract shall be held by said Cemetery 
as rent for the use of said lot in the meantime. 
In Witness Whereof, the said parties have hereto 
caused their names and seals to be affixed this 
day of A. D. 191.. 
THE LINDENWOOD CEMETERY. 
Bv Secretary 
[Seal.] 
We have had lot holders discontinue pay- 
ments before the lot was fully paid for, 
and in every case we have tried to bring 
about a settlement without resorting to 
harsh measures. If the purchaser can not 
pay the balance due on contract and if 
sufficient amount has been paid to cover 
the portion of lot occupied, we give a 
deed to such portion and take back the 
balance of the lot. 
In cases where the purchaser refuses to 
make payments when due, we wait until 
the holder has need to make an interment 
and then we refuse burial in the lot until 
payment of all money due on the contract 
has been made, and we find this method to 
work very well. 
We have never removed a body from a 
partially paid for lot, nor do I know of 
any instance where this has been done. 
Our attorney informs us that we could 
make such removal under the contract as 
entered into between the purchaser and 
the cemetery. Lindenwood Cemetery. 
FI. J. Doswell, Supt. 
Ft. Wayne, Ind. 
(To he con tinued.) 
THE PARKS 
and the development of the art of garden- 
ing, the park departments are taking up 
the study of the parks as the recreation 
grounds of the city. “Walking Talks on 
Trees,” of some educational value, may be 
AND TALKS IN 
CONDUCTING ONE OF THE “TREE WALKS AND TALKS” IN HARTFORD, CONN. PARKS. 
Not only trees, shrubs and planting, but grading, walks, roads and other subjects are discussed. 
