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PARK AND C EM ET ERY. 
THE VULCAN COMPANY :: Detroit - Michigan 
DESIGNERS AND BUILDERS OF 
ARTISTIC WROUGHT IRON GATES AND FENCES 
Settees, Reservoir Vases, Tree Guards, Litter Baskets, Trellises, Lawn Rollers, Markers, Etc. 
Ask for Catalogue No. 1100 
Wurtemberg, Germany, August 27, 
1834, and reached New York in April, 
1853. After the usual vicissitudes of 
the immigrant, he finally came to 
Hastings in 1864, when the place was 
only a backwoods village and he had 
seen and helped it grow to its pres- 
ent status as a city. He was a pro- 
gressive and enterprising business 
man and leaves an excellent record 
both in official and business life. He 
was buried in Riverside Cemetery, 
and was the last of the prominent 
German residents of Hastings. 
PARK NEWS 
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Park, and as soon as spring opens 
the working force of laborers will be 
put to work in surfacing and resur- 
facing these roads with bituminous 
concrete. The operation, it is esti- 
mated, will cost between $50,000 and 
$60,000. 
New Parks 
The officials of the Women’s Im- 
provement Club of Red Bluff, Calif., 
have had surveys made to determine 
the lines of the Duncan Hill Park 
site, recently acquired by the club. 
Soon after arrangements for the 
transfer of the property had been 
made, W. H. Irwin claimed a part of 
the land. 
The park authorities of Hamilton, 
Ont., have decided to purchase the 
Brown property for park purposes. 
Redlands, Calif., is to have another 
■city park. A. Gregory, a prominent 
orange grower, has presented a tract 
•of about five acres to the city for 
park purposes, and Taylor Brothers 
have donated a small tract adjoining 
the Gregory land. These lands are 
Between the Southern Pacific and 
Santa Fe tracks. 
A new union passenger station and 
uptown park for Normal, 111., may 
soon be a- reality, as a result of the 
efforts of the Women’s Improvement 
League for the further beautifying 
and improvement of that city. The 
railroad committee of the association 
has been quietly working on the mat- 
ter for the past seven months and has 
met with gratifying progress in its 
plan, and hopes to bring the matter 
to a head within the present year. 
Tor Cemeteries 
and Parks 
The Best Made 
The Reservoir supplies the plants with mois- 
ture by capillary attraction. 
Not necessary to water plants oftener than 
once in ten days. 
We make nearly 100 styles ranging in price 
from $6.00 to $100.00 each. 
None better made. Send for catalogue. 
Walbridge (Si Company, 
The Original Patentees and Makers 
Buffalo, N. Y. 
If the efforts of the Verona, N. J., 
Civic League to have a bill providing 
for an appropriation of $100,000 for 
the proposed Verona Lake Park 
adopted by the present Legislature 
are successful, and the Essex County 
Park Commission takes favorable ac- 
tion on the project, the chain of parks 
that now exists in this county will be 
increased by the addition of a very 
charming spot. 
TRADE PUBLICATIONS 
RECEIVED 
“The Proper Care of Lawns” is a 
handsomely illustrated little booklet 
that offers some practical hints on 
taking care of the lawn, and is also 
a catalog of the “Velvetlawn” grass 
seeder, and the “Waterweight” lawn 
roller manufactured by Velvetlawn 
Seeder Co., Springfield, O. 
Spring 1912 catalog of the Phoenix 
Nursery Co.. Bloomington, 111. 
“Little Trees for Big Plantations,” 
catalog of the American Forestry 
Co., South Framingham, Mass. 
Wholesale Trade Price List of 
Gladioli, 1912, from E. E. Stewart, 
Rives Junction, Mich. 
Spring 1912 catalog of Strawberry 
Plants and Other Small Fruits from 
Flansburg & Potter, Leslie, Mich. 
Spring 1912 catalog of Kelsey’s 
Rhododendrons, Azaleas and Other 
Hardy Native American Plants from 
Harlan P. Kelsey, Salem, Mass. 
The Kelly- Springfield 
Road Roller Company 
Springfield, Ohio 
Steam Road Rollers 
All Types All Sizes 
Send for Catalog 
Archias 1912 seed catalog; Archias 
Seed Store, Sedalia, Mo. 
Catalog and Price List, 1912, from 
the Northboro Dahlia and Gladioli 
Gardens, Northboro, Mass. 
Hill’s 1912 catalog and Planting 
Guide for Evergreens, from D. Hill 
Nursery Co., Dundee, 111. 
Henderson’s Farmers’ Manual for 
1912, from Peter Henderson & Co., 
New York City. 
