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of some kind, preferably branches of ever- 
green, to keep the leaves from blowing 
away during the winter. Uncover in the 
spring, as soon as the frost is out of the 
ground. Theo. Corteu, 
Gardener, Graceland Cemetery. 
Chicago, 111. 
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In regard to planting and maintaining 
myrtle graves, we have to say that in the 
climate of Pennsylvania, and, the writer 
expects, in Ohio, Indiana and Illinois — 
certainly in Pennsylvania — plant the myrtle 
in good soil, about five rooted plants in a 
group, in May or June. The writer would 
use five groups wide, about two and one- 
half inches apart, fifteen groups long, four 
inches apart to a grave. Weed during the 
summer, a little pulverized compost or 
sheep manure the first winter and third 
winter, and weeding and intertwining of 
stems. 
The West Laurel Hill Cemetery Co. 
A. L. Smith, Treasurer. 
Philadelphia, Pa. 
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Collecting for Annual Care. 
Where assessments are made for annual 
care of lots, what is the best method of 
collecting? — B. A., 111. 
Regarding assessments for care of lots, 
would say that the success of collections 
would entirely depend on the conditions 
and what agreements or arrangements had 
been made at the time of the sale of the 
lots and the method of collecting would de- 
pend on this. If the lots are sold with 
the understanding that annual payments 
are to be made, and lot owners refuse to 
pay, I do not see any other way except to 
discontinue the care after two or three 
years and charge that amount to the lot 
for collection before another interment can 
be made on the lot. Bills should, of course, 
be mailed annually, or more often, so that 
the lot owner may not have any excuse to 
say that he did not know anything about 
the account. I find that a majority of lot 
owners pay their annual bills when ren- 
dered for the first few years after be- 
reavement, but as time goes on, their in- 
terest is not so great and they are liable to 
be neglectful. Thomas Wallis, 
Superintendent, Rosehill Cemetery. 
Chicago, 111. 
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Promoting Perpetual Care Sales. 
What is the best way to advance the 
sale of perpetual care lots? — L. M. C., O. 
I take it that the question is entirely 
separate from that of obtaining such pro- 
visions after a lot is sold and that the per- 
petual care spoken of is the perpetual care 
of individual lots, called endowment, as 
distinguished from the general perpetual 
care of cemetery, as a whole. My experi- 
ence and observation convince me that 
nothing will advance the idea so much as 
the actual maintenance of a section or sec- 
tions to be sold strictly under perpetual 
care, providing such is not already being 
done. I find that seeing is believing, and 
to be able to show the results obtained by 
the application of this idea is the strongest 
argument in its behalf. T. H. Little, 
Asst. Sec., Mt. Hope Cemetery Assn. 
Chicago, 111. 
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Plans for Parks. 
One of our customers is interested in the 
laying out of a small park in a city in the 
South, and has asked us to obtain for him 
some good book or series of photographs 
and designs on the subject of parks or 
formal gardens, and we beg to inquire 
whether you publish any of this nature. — - 
, Engineer, N. Y. 
We do not know of any book or collection 
of pictures showing how to design or lay 
out a park. Your customer should have 
the advice and assistance of an experienced 
landscape architect in planning or laying 
out park grounds of any size. Any of the 
landscape architects who advertise such 
service in Park and Cemetery would be 
able to give him expert assistance. 
WELL PLACED SCULPTURED CEMETERY MEMORIAL 
The Ludeke Memorial at Fairview, N. 
J., illustrated herewith, is one of the 
most original and interesting forms of the 
handsome sculptural memorials of which 
we have shown a few distinguished exam- 
ples in these pages. The architectural 
form, the sculpture and the setting of the 
memorial have been wrought with fine ar- 
tistic feeling and harmony of parts. The 
memorial is the work of Ulrich H. Eller- 
husen, the New York sculptor. The bases 
and flower boxes are of Barre granite and 
the die, with its delicate relief carving, of 
Tennessee marble. The work is 7 feet 6 
inches high by 6 feet 9 inches wide. The 
die was executed by Mr. Ellerhusen him- 
self. The carving of the marble he did in 
the open, with the work facing southwest, 
as is the finished memorial. Though care- 
fully pointed from his plaster model, in 
finishing he emphasized or reduced details 
as the outdoor light demanded, so that 
when the stone was put in place he had 
precisely the same effect that he had se- 
cured on the plastilina model in his studio. 
The relief is only 1)4 inches high and has 
been handled with unusual skill in securing 
strong character and light and shade ef- 
fects. The granite work was accurately cut 
after the sculptor’s drawings and all the 
work erected by William Luckhardt, of 
West New York, N. J., one of the oldest 
men in business there. The view of the 
rear of the memorial and lot illustrated 
shows the handsome landscape setting of 
the memorial, which was the subject of 
careful study by the sculptor. A really fine 
picture of cemetery landscape gardening has 
here been secured. The lines of the walks 
on the gentle slope, the bushes and trees 
form a restful ensemble, emphasized rather 
than marred by the simple lines of the 
grave. The background is formed by a 
round bed of small trees, around which a 
double ring of plots are arranged, the 
Ludeke plot forming a section of the inner 
ring, bordered by the two sidewalks and 
marked in the rear by the festoon-shaped 
REAR VIEW OF LUDEKE MONUMENT, SHOWING LANDSCAPE SETTING. 
stone. This picture shows the layout of 
the whole plot and the monument proper to 
better advantage than any absolute front 
view could, for when one arrives at the 
latter point of view the eye naturally cen- 
ters on the relief. The planting, done un- 
der the sculptor’s direction by H. Bluetgen, 
a local gardener, includes the flowers and 
boxwood trees in the bases and on the 
flowerbed, in front by two bushes. Two 
horizontal bars of flowers fill wide space in 
foreground. The color schema on the grave 
is low in tone, not interfering with the 
formal arrangement of flowers (begonias 
and geraniums), which harmonize in color 
with the Tennessee marble, give the plot a 
cheerful appearance and echo the horizontal 
lines of sidewalks and flower-box bases. 
