PARK AND CEMETERY. 
rOF^MERL^' 'I I1G /nODERN CC/nETER\’. 
A Monthly Journal Devoted to Parks and Cemeteries. 
R. J. HAIQHX, Rublishier, 
334 Dearbopn Street, CHICAGO. 
Subscription $1,00 a Year in Advance. Foreign Subscription $1.25 
VOE. V. CHICAGO, AUGUST, 1895. No. 6. 
CONTENTS. 
EDITORIAE qi 
LANDSCAPE GARDENING 9 z 
*FRANKL 1 N PARK, POSTON 93 
♦MEMORIAL CHAPEL, UNION CEMETERY, FAIR HAV- 
EN. CONN.-ROADS 96 
*FERN HOUSE, HORTICULTURAL HALL, FAIRMOUNT 
PARK, PHILADELPHIA 98 
CEMETERY ACCOUNTING 99 
♦SWAN POINT CEMETERY, PROVIDENCE, R. 1 100 
*GREENHOUSES-HOW TO BUILD. VIII )oi 
GOOD BEQUESTS— TRUSTEES OF CEMETERY PERSON- 
ALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR NOTES 702 
RIGHT OF ADMINISTRATOR TO BUY PLACE OF BUR- 
IAL-CONTRACT OF PURCHASE MUST BE IN WRIT- 
ING-CARE OF FOREST TREES io 3 
♦FRAGMENT OF A MONUMENT IN ITALIAN CEMETERY io 3 
EPITAPHS 104 
THE CEMETERY SUPERINTENDENTS’ CONVENTION.... 104 
PARK NOTES io 5 
CEMETERY NOTES 106 
RULES AND REGULATIONS-CORRESPONDENCE 107 
EXTRACTS-PUBLISHER'S DEPARTMENT 108 
♦Illustrated. 
O N another page will be found the program of 
the Ninth Annual Convention of the Associ- 
ation of American Cemetery Superintend- 
ents, to be held at Richmond, Va., next month. 
The work of the meeting may be gleaned from the 
program, and it will be observed that many valu- 
able papers are to be read. The effect of the work 
of this association is apparent throughout the coun- 
try, a fact which is appreciated by many cemetery 
associations who appropriate funds for the expenses 
of their superintendent at these annual gatherings. 
This should be the policy of all progressive ceme- 
teries, for it is a paying one, and from the fact that 
the meeting this year at Richmond, brings it within 
reach of the principal cities of the south, it should 
stimulate interest among cemetery officials in that 
section. 
A n excellent idea is suggested in the annual 
report of the trustees of Public Reservations 
of Massachusetts, a body incorporated by the 
State to acquire, maintain, etc., beautiful and his- 
toric places and tracts of land within the common- 
wealth for the enjoyment of the public. It is the 
dedicating of beautiful natural or historic places 
under perpetual trust to the people as memorials to 
the departed or to perpetuate great names. Such 
benefactions would obviate the necessity of costly 
monuments, and would serve a purpose wider by 
far than any monument per se could possibly serve, 
and would in all human probability outlast any 
thing the most lavish expenditure could secure. The 
gift so suggestive was that deeded to the corpora- 
tion above named in memory of a daughter and 
named after her Virginia wood. This property is 
situated in Stoneham, and is an inherited grove of 
forest trees, — a quiet natural picture worthy of 
permanent preservation. 
A MEETING is about to be held in Syracuse, 
N. Y. , consisting of the representatives of 
the various cemeteries of Onondaga County, 
for the purpose of organizing a county cemetery 
association, whose object shall be the improvement 
and care of cemeteries and the preservation of val- 
uable historical records relating to these cemeteries. 
A constitution has been drafted for action at the 
meeting. The clause in the proposed constitution 
governing the objects of the association is as fol- 
lows: “The objects of this association shall be the 
historical preservation of printed and manuscript 
records of county cemeteries; the collection, use and 
preservation of a central cemetery library; the pres- 
ervation of graves and memorials of pioneer set- 
tlers; the care of the graves and monuments of sol- 
diers; the collection and dissemination of information 
as to the best methods of organizing, caring for and 
improving cemeteries; and awakening a proper 
public sentiment in regard to these and kindred 
memorials of our buried dead.” Eurther details are 
given, but suffice it at present to say that, there are 
points in the proposition worthy of high commend- 
ation, and a possibility of working out in detail 
ideas, the library idea for instance, in such a county 
scheme which would be practically impossible in 
any other manner. It may be expected that great 
good to the cemeteries and communities of Onon- 
daga county will result from this move. Mr. VV. 
W. Newman, the promoter of this scheme, informs 
us that Prof Bailey is to address the forthcoming 
meeting. 
N othing denotes the march of progress more 
positively than the increased attention given 
to the health and comfort of the masses, and 
