PARK AND CEMETERY. 
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IMPROVEMENT WORK AT CEDAR RAPIDS CEMETERY 
Linwood Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, la., 
has made good progress in modern devel- 
opment of its grounds in the past few 
years under the efficient direction of Su- 
perintendent Frank W. Stolba, and the 
views here show some evidence of the 
careful attention given the grounds. 
The old residence of the superintendent 
formerly stood where the entrance shown 
in one of our pictures is located, and a 
fine new residence has been built at a cost 
of $3,000 for the superintendent in an- 
other part of the grounds. This is a mod- 
ern building of cement construction. A 
new tool house has also been built, the 
total cost of new construction being about 
$3,500. 
The displays of tulips, salvias, cannas and 
asters in large beds are among the most in- 
teresting features of the grounds to vis- 
itors, and these displays have been freely 
commended in the local press. A bed of 
8,000 tulips was a special show feature 
last spring, and one of our pictures shows 
a planting of asters covering 1,200 square 
feet. 
The creditable development of Linwood 
is due, in a very large measure, to the ac- 
tivity of Lew W. Anderson, with whom 
it has become a labor of love. 
Linwood Cemetery was started in 1840 
as the burial ground of -the family of 
Thomas Gainer, remaining a private insti- 
tution until 1881, when the Linwood Ceme- 
tery Co. was organized under the laws of 
Iowa with a charter for 1,000 years, with 
right renewal. The tract comprises forty- 
five acres, and overlooks the city, affording 
a view almost unsurpassed from any other 
point of vantage. During the active ad- 
ministration of Mr. Anderson, who is 
treasurer of the company and of the “per- 
petual care fund,” many handsome im- 
provements have been made. 
NEW ENTRANCE TO LINWOOD CEMETERY, CEDAR RAPIDS, IA. 
1,200 SQUARE FEET OF ASTERS AT LINWOOD CEMETERY, CEDAR 
RAPIDS, IA. 
AT WORK IN LAWN CARE SECTION 
LINWOOD CEMETERY. 
IMPROVING NEW SECTION, HOMEWOOD CEMETERY 
Homewood Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa., 
has issued one of the finest of the hand- 
some illustrated cemetery books that has 
recently come to our notice. It is a model 
of fine printing and illustration and con- 
tains many beautiful pictures of the 
grounds similar to the one shown here and 
much suggesting and interesting matter 
pertaining to the improvement of the cem- 
etery and the care of the grounds. 
The lot sales in Homewood last year 
amounted to a total of $74,236, and foun- 
dations to the value of $6,465 were built. 
The returns of the greenhouse department 
amounted to $8,799.90, and the pay-roll of 
the day men for the year amounted to 
$25,376.60. There were 488 interments dur- 
ing the year, making a total of 18,405. 
Ten acres of land were bought during the 
year at a cost of $91,800, and $9,000 was 
expended in new grading operations. One 
of the most interesting improvements in 
the way of grading yet made on the 
grounds is the transformation of Fern Hol- 
low, a waste tract that is being converted 
into one of the handsomest sections in the 
cemetery. Fern Hollow was an old river 
bed, running through the cemetery, that 
was considered waste property. When fin- 
ished the work will mean that a hill about 
a quarter mile away, that was too steep to 
make good cemetery lot land, will be so 
graded that it will command the highest 
price in the cemetery, and the earth 
removed, will grade this ravine, or 
old river bed, so that about sixty acres 
will be made available, besides giving one 
of the most picturseque drives in the city. 
An incline gravity railway is used to move 
the dirt, and Superintendent William Al- 
len reports that this equipment is giving 
perfect service. 
Under the head of “Best Plans for Lay- 
ing Out and Ornamenting Cemeteries,” Mr. 
Allen gives some very good advice to lot 
owners, from which we quote as follows : 
“Happily for our cemetery, we have in time 
forbidden ail inclosures — and tbe corporation en- 
gages to keep the lot permanently in good order — 
the lot, not the structures placed on the lot. Thus 
we have provided for an open, landscape appear- 
ance, and a complete sward, free from litter and 
weeds. We have provided, also, for all necessary 
prunings — and the suppression of all unsightly 
overgrowth of trees and shrubs; and the subject 
of tree planting is left to the judgment of the 
managers and officers. Thus we have completely 
