XII 
PARK AND CEMETERY. 
Cemetery Reports. 
West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadel- 
phia, Pa., has just issued a handsome 
booklet on the subject of endowments and 
bequests, which affords the information 
necessary to an understanding of the sev- 
eral details involved. It describes the care 
given to the lots under the several heads 
and presents some beautiful suggestive 
illustrations of lots on the cemetery 
grounds. 
The sixty-fifth annual report of Swan 
Point Cemetery, Providence, R. I., to De- 
cember 31, 1912, has been issued and is as 
interesting as usual. It reports the adop- 
tion of the plan of the Messrs. Olmsted 
Bros., Boston, for the lay-out of the new 
part of the cemetery, between the Swan 
Point road and the boulevard. A large 
amount of work in caring for the trees, 
and destroying destructive insect pests, was 
carried out, and nearly 65,000 square feet 
of roads and avenues were constructed 
during the year. The cash receipts for 
the year were $1 67,777.33, which included 
sales of lots, $31,415.50; labor and ma- 
terial. $18,535.22; tomb rent, $1,210.50. 
The expenditures were $52,065.58. This 
included : Labor in the cemetery, $27,- 
196.95 ; labor in the greenhouse, $1,635.41 ; 
labor, teamsters and hostlers, $4,456.35 : 
trimming and repairing trees, $2,891.62. 
The perpetual care and bequest fund is 
$478,736.82, and the permanent fund $147,- 
555.48. Average number of men employed, 
63; interments, 308; total to date. 18,672. 
Number of lots under perpetual care, 
2,345 ; under annual care, 439. The pam- 
phlet also contains the Act of Incorpora- 
tion; By-Laws of the Corporation; Rules 
and Regulations; Forms of Deeds, Trans- 
fers, Bequests, etc., and a catalogue of 
proprietors. 
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Modern Park Cemeteries 
By HOWARD EVARTS WEED, M. S., Landscape Architect 
A New Text Took on Modern Cemetery Planning and Management 
The author discusses every phase of cemetery affairs in which he has 
been assisted by Mr. Wm. Salway, Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, O., 
Mr. Wm. Falconer, Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburg, Pa., Mr. James Currie, 
Forest Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis., and Mr. M. H. West, Landscape 
Architect. The list of Contents and Illustrations which follow will convey 
some idea of the scope of this latest and most valuable contribution to 
cemetery literature. 
Contents — Cemetery History and Burial Customs in America; The 
Organization and Ownership of Cemeteries; The Proper Location for a 
Cemetery; The Cemetery Plan; General Construction Work; Road Con- 
struction; Landscape Development; The Superintendent and His Duties; 
Mausoleums, Monuments and Headstones; Rules and Regulations; Per- 
petual Care Fund; Cemetery Records; The Cemetery Buildings; Charges 
for Lots and General Services; The Improvement of Old Cemeteries 
Cremation; Cemetery Law; Cemetery Literature and the A. A. C. S. 
Illustrations — Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio; A Too Com- 
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Plan of; Sections A and B; The Old Style Plan; Topographical Survey; 
A Water Effect is Always Pleasing; A Mausoleum Poorly Designed; A 
Mausoleum Properly Placed; A Monument Badly Placed; A Monument with 
Proper Setting; Natural Boulder Monuments: Chapel and Waiting Room; 
Evolution of New England Cemetery; Park Scene, Galt, Ontario; Arrange- 
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