PARK AND CEMETERY. 
POR/'VERL'i' THE nODEHN CE/nETER'i'. 
A Monthly Journal Devoted to Parks and Cemeteries. 
R. J. HAIGHT, Rublistier, 
334 Dearborn Street, CHICAGO. 
Subscription $i,oo a Year in Advance. Foreign Subscription $1.25. 
VoL. V. CHICAGO, MARCH, 1895. No. i. 
CONTENTS. 
EDITORIAL I 
♦WASHINGTON PARK, CHICAGO 2 
^CEMETERY OF SPRING GROVE, CINCINNATI, O 4 
♦YUCCAS AND GRASSES 7 
PROPOSED PARK SYSTEM FOR ESSEX COUNTY, N. J.... 8 
'THE GROTTO, FOREST HILLS CEMETERY, JAMAICA 
PLAINS, MASS 9 
'CEMETERY GREENHOUSES-WHEN, WHERE, .AND HOW 
TO BUILD. Ill ■ II 
ROLLING COUNTRY 13 
NELUMBIUMS 14 
♦FROZEN FOUNTAIN i4 
PARK NOTES 15 
CEMETERY NOTES x6 
FAMILY RIGHTS IN THE BURIAL PLACES OF THE DEAD 17 
CORRESPONDENCE 17 
CEMETERY REPORTS 18 
PUBLISHER’S DEPARTMENT 
♦Illustrated. 
S INCE the decision has been made known to 
our subscribers to enlarge the scope of this 
paper under the title of P.ARK AND CEMETERY, 
quite a number of them have expressed, in very 
gratifying terms, their approval of the change. The 
superintendents of our leading cemeteries, general- 
ly, have for a long time recognized the fact that the 
requirements for the cemetery, apart from the bur- 
ial of the dead, are very largely those of the park. 
The work of The Modern Cemetery has been that 
of the dissemination of progressive ideas in ceme- 
tery management, the outcome of which should re- 
sult in the transforming the gloomy and forbidding 
graveyards into burial parks, for such our cemeter- 
ies should be. 
M ore often than otherwise the rural cemetery 
is practically the village park, the obliga- 
tion upon the community, therefore, to make 
this as attractive as possible should be apparent. 
It is gratifying to note the awakening to this neces- 
sity, and the growing activity in the work of clear- 
ing up and beautifying the village burying ground. 
A n excellent suggestion is conveyed by the Na- 
tional Sculpture Society, in their announce- 
ment of its forthcoming Second Annual Ex- 
hibition to be held in the American Fine Arts So- 
ciety’s Building, New York City, May 7, to May 
23, next. It says: “In connection with the display 
of sculpture will be an exhibition of Landscape 
Gardening, after designs by Nathan F. Barrett, 
landscape engineer, and Thomas Hastings, archi- 
tect. The purpose of this exhibition is to show the 
possibilities of combining sculpture with flowers 
and plants in both natural and formal gardening 
and interior decoration.” It is well said that “the 
country is being dotted over with memorial build- 
ings and statues on pedestals, in most of which 
structures a lamentable lack of taste and of knowl- 
edge is felt to exist.” And most of our so-called 
statuary consists of soldiers’ monuments, very large- 
ly stereotyped in form and style, while sculpture 
as one of the highest forms of Art, finds little re- 
cognition or encouragement at the hands of the 
American people to- day. 
I N this connection, the time is very opportune to 
impress upon the attention of Park Commission- 
ers and officials, the desirability of including in 
the requisites pertaining to Park improvement, ideal 
sculpture, to be appropriately and intelligently dis- 
posed in park schemes, looking to the surroundings 
to emphasize the value of the work of Art, and the 
work of Art to improve the surroundings. 
Ideal statuary is not necessarily nude, classical 
figures; it is quite possible to treat most of the sta- 
tues of our noted citizens and leaders in an ideal 
way, especially those whose services have been 
rendered to the community in the cause of higher 
development. The park systems of many of our 
large cities surprise foreign visitors, but the absence 
of anything to show the art development of the peo- 
ple is equally astonishing. 
There can be no question as to the advantages 
to be gained by adding to our parks beautiful sta- 
tuary. It is a sure indication of the intelligence of 
our citizenship, will raise the ethical values of our 
parks beyond calculation, will arouse the dormant 
art instincts of our people, and moreover, will be an 
important factor in raising the standard of Ameri- 
can Art. 
T he conflict of the professions appears to have 
been mildly waged again in the prosecution 
of the Harlem Speedway scheme in New 
York. Without going into the details of this par- 
ticular instance, more than to note that the ques- 
tion of precedence seems to be between the land- 
scape architect or designer, and the City Engineer, 
it is to be noticed that where the press has discus- 
sed the matter, it has been on the same old preju- 
