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PARK AND CE/AETERY 
Publishers’ Department. 
Park Commissioneis and Cemetery 
trustees are requested to send us copies of 
their reports. 
Photographs and descriptive sketches of 
interesting features in parks and cemeter- 
ies are solicited from our readers. 
Park and Cemetery wants the names 
of every park and cemetery official or em- 
ployee who would be likely to be interest- 
ed in this paper. To the many subscrib- 
ers who have sent in such list of names, 
we return our thanks. There are many 
more that we should hear from. 
Subscribers are again reminded that we 
want brief notes on any feature of park or 
cemetery work that will be of general in- 
terest. Park and Cemetery is the only 
publication of its class and earnestly so- 
licits the co-operation of subscribers in 
making it a help to all identified with 
such work. 
Rev. John F. Corcoran of New Haven, 
Ct., suggests having a department in 
Park and Cemetery devoted to 
^‘Cemetery Accounting” in which forms 
used in every day business may be pub- 
lished. The suggestion is a good one and 
will receive attention. 
Mr. Joseph Meehan of Philadelphia, 
whose name is familar to our readers is 
now in Europe. While abroad he will 
gather notes for Park and Cemetery. 
Contributions have been received from 
B. Chaffer, Syracuse, N. Y., H. L. Bur- 
-dick, Tomah, Wis., and J. C. Craig, 
'Omaha, Neb. 
Notice to Sub^ribers. If this not- 
ice is marked with,^.bltie 'pencil it indi- 
cates that your subsciSption to Park and 
Cemetery has expired and a renewal of 
same is solicited. 
Received. 
The annual report of the Board of 
Park Commissioners, Omaha, Neb., for 
1894. Including recapitulation of Park af- 
fairs since the organization of the Park 
iBoard in 1889. Contains several half tone 
illustrations. 
Fourth Annual Report of the Board of 
Park Commissioners of the City of St. 
Paul, Minn., March i, 1894, to March i, 
1895. With maps and half tone illus- 
trations. 
Act of Incorporation, By-Laws, Rules 
and Regulations, etc.. Grove Hill Ceme- 
tery, Shelbyville, Ky. 
Annual report, Edgewood Cemetery, 
Nashua, N. H., for 1894. 
Map and views of Sleepy Hollow Cem- 
.etery, Tarrytown, N. Y. 
Bulletin 90, April 1895. Cornell Uni- 
versity Agricultural Experiment Station. 
HoricuTural Division. The China Asters 
with remarks upon flower beds. On the 
subject of China Asters this pamphlet 
contains information useful and unques- 
tionably reliable, and is an excellent 
guide both to the selection of the seed 
and cultivation of the plant. 
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It is understood that arrangements for 
the ninth annual convention of the Asso- 
ciation of American Cemetery Superin- 
tendents are progressing satisfactorily. A 
number of excellent papers will be read. 
Mr. J. R. Harper of Richmond, Va., 
where the convention is to be held is en- 
deavoring to interest southern cemetery 
officials. Superintendents desirous of be- 
coming members of the association should 
address, Mr. Frank Eurich, secretary, 
Woodlawn Cemetery, Toledo, O. 
The Lynn, Mass., Item compliments 
Supt. Wm. Stone on the beautiful floral 
display and well kept condition of Pine 
Grove cemetery. Two rock gardens and 
a tastefully arranged lily pond are attrac- 
tive features. An ornamental bed at the 
entrance consists of a large maltese cross 
with an hour glass in the center. On the 
arms of the cross are appropriate words 
from Longfellow. 
A writer in The May Flower x&com.- 
mends using moth balls to exterminate 
moles. The balls should be partially cov- 
ered with tin foil as a preservative and 
placed where the moles are likely to 
travel. 
Randalls Iron solvent for removing 
iron rust and other stains from granite is 
said to be very effective. 
Ellwanger & Barry call especial atten- 
tion this month to the Wichuraianarose. It 
is peculiarly adapted to cemetery planting 
and has already been introduced in many 
places. 
The address of the Delamater Iron 
Works is now 467 West Broadway, New 
York City, instead of 87 South 5th avenue 
as heretofore . 
The Belle City, M’f’g. Co., of Racine, 
Wis., whose ad. appears in another column, 
are putting specials wheel with tires 
inches wide, on their combination Water 
and Truck carts, when preferred. 
Armrican Gardening; will celebrate the 
month of Roses by a special edition devot- 
ed to Roses, profusely illustrated. The 
valuable issue will be supplemented by a 
lithograph in 1 1 colors of one of the new 
roses. A copy will be mailed to any of 
the readers of Park and Cemetery who 
may apply lor it by addressing: American 
Gardening, P. O. Box 1697, New York. 
PRESS NOTICES. 
For tlie past four years Park and Cem- 
etery has proved a welcome visitor to all 
engaged in cemetery work, under the 
name of The Modern Cemetery, and 
has been the acknowledged medium of dis- 
seminating progressive ideas in cemetery 
management. At the present time park 
and cemetery work are so closely com- 
bined that the name of this publication 
indicates its mission, and will prove a 
source of valuable information to park 
commissioners as well as cemetery offi- 
cials . — Daily Register, Newburgh, N. Y. 
Park and Cemetery is a magazine 
which certainly would be a boon to all in- 
terested in this especial work as well as to 
any one who is a lover of nature. — Brigh- 
ton, 111 ., News. 
I get many useful suggestions from its 
pages. 
C. A, Noble, Supt. 
Catskill Rural Cemetery, 
Catskill, N. Y. 
I am glad you have made the change 
from The Modern Cemetery to Park and 
Cemetery, it is a great improvement. 
C. S. Bell, Supt. 
Lexington Cemetery, 
Lexington, Ky. 
I like your new name, and am much 
pleased with contents. Many items of in- 
terest and much information is to be gain- 
ed by its perusal. 
Henry Thompson, Supt. 
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, 
Toronto, Ont. 
Ornamental Gardening. 
SOLLY’S BOOK of PLANS 
Contains ove. 100 Pesigiis of 
Caipet and Ornamental Flower Beds. 
Eacli design is drawn on a scale and is ac- 
companied by a key, showing what plants 
should be used. A valuable book for ceme- 
tery superintendents and landscape archi- 
tects. Mr. Solly, the author, is a landscape 
gardener, with 36 years’ experience. The 
book is 8x10 Inches, substantially bound. 
Retail price, $3.00; with Park and Ceme- 
tery for one year, 9S3.50. 
R. J. HAIGH'T, PubllKlier, 
334 Dearborn St., Chicago. 
