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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
citizens could give no history of it 
more than that 50 years ago the two 
trees were both about as large as a 
man’s leg. 
The ‘'Recreation Bulletin,” published 
by Municipal Athletic Association, 6 
Beacon street, Boston, Mass., will af- 
ford considerable inspiration towards 
trying what walking and other athletic 
exercises may do in maintaining health 
combined with much pleasure in the ef- 
fort. A copy may be secured for per- 
usal by inclosing a 2-cent stamp to the 
above address, and the ‘‘Bulletin” will 
give many suggestions applicable to 
other cities and localities besides Bos- 
ton. 
We have pleasure in recording the 
receipt of an invitation to the twenty- 
third annual banquet given by the Mis- 
souri Botanical Garden to gardeners. 
Florists and Nurserymen provided for 
in the will of Henry Shaw. It was held 
this year at the Washington Hotel, St. 
Louis, on December 13th. This is an 
annual occurrence of very great inter- 
est to those associated with plant life 
and industry, and yearly emphasizes the 
wisdom of the departed philanthropist. 
Experience is the best teacher. E. 
G. Mendenhall, horticulturist, Kin-> 
mundy, 111., says he has saved valu- 
able trees by using Elastic Pruning 
Paint. It is harmless to the wood, 
and is useful in preventing decay, cur- 
ing fungus growth, etc. Mr. Menden- 
hall has been secretary-treasurer of 
the Horticultural Society of Southern 
Illinois twenty-six years and has had 
a wide experience with both shade and 
fruit trees. 
OBITUARY. 
We regret to announce the death of 
Mr. Peter Oliver Sharpless, whose 
name, in connection with his 40 years’ 
of trusteeship of Marion Cemetery, 
Marion, O., has often appeared in these 
columns. He died suddenly early one 
morning, last month, of paralysis of the 
heart, seated in his buggy near his home 
in Marion, on the point of driving off 
alone into the country-. Mr. Sharpless 
belonged to the seventh generation from 
John Sharpless, who, with his famliy, 
came over from England with William 
Penn’s colony. He was born on May 
16, 1834, in Columbia county, Pa., and 
came to Marion in 1844, and beginning 
to work in 1848, he remained in suc- 
cessful business in Marion, with an 
interim of six years from 1857 to 1863, 
which was passed in Richland county, 
until his retirement in 1901. The de- 
lights of his life appeared to be the 
Marion Cemetery, to which he devoted 
much of his time, and in which he had 
been the commanding figure. In 1857 
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