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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
born at Athlestone Falls, East Lo- 
thian, in 1828. He acquired his earl- 
iest knowledge of practical floricul- 
ture as a gardener’s helper on the 
estate of Lord Abercrombie, near 
Sterling Castle. At 16 he was at- 
tached to the estate of the Duke of 
Athole at Dunkel in Berthshire. He 
came to the United States in 1853. 
After spending a few months in Phil- 
adelphia he journeyed to Washing- 
ton, where he was offered the post of 
chief gardener of the then new botan- 
ic gardens. He has occupied that 
position ever since. The Smith col- 
lection of the works of Robert Burns 
and the historical, biographical and 
critical literature bearing upon that 
Scotch poet is said to be the most 
extensive in the world. Mr. Smith 
began his collection many years ago. 
It embraced nearly 1,000 volumes and 
completely filled the walls of two 
rooms in the cottage. Mr. Smith is 
survived by his aged wife, who is an 
invalid. 
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St. Paul, Minn., lost a valuable citi- 
zen and Oakland Cemetery Associa- 
tion an active and able trustee by the 
death of George C. Power, president 
of the Second National Bank of St. 
Paul, who died from heat-failure in 
a crisis of pneumonia at his residence 
in St. Paul on the afternoon of July 4. 
Mr. Power was born in Burlington, 
la., in 1858, and was brought to St. 
Paul by his parents when four years 
old. He was educated at the public 
schools of that city, leaving the high 
school at 15 to go into the Merchants 
Modern Park Cemeteries 
By HOWARD EVARTS WEED, M. S., Landscape Architect 
A New Text Book on Modern Cemetery Planning and Management. 
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