PARK AND CEMETERY. 
POR/AERLV THE /nODERN CE/AETER'i'. 
A Monthly Journal Devoted to Parks and Cemeteries, 
R- J. HAIGHT, Hublislier, 
334 Deartaopn Street, CHICAGO. 
Subscription $i,oo a Year in Advance. Foreign Subscription $1.52 
CONTENTS. 
EDITORIAL 127 
COUNTY PARKS 128 
*LILY PONDS AT LINCOLN PARK, CHICAGO 129 
“TROPICAL HOUSE, FAIRMOUNT PARK, PHILADELPHIA, i3i 
*THE MONUMENTAL CEMETERY, MILAN, ITALY 132 
GARDEN AGRICULTURE 134 
'CONVENTION NOTES 136 
TAXATION OF CAPITAL STOCK CEMETERY COMPANY- 
VALUATION OF LAND FOR PARK PURPOSES-A NEW 
WISCONSIN CEMETERY LAW i39 
EPITAPHS 140 
PARK NOTES 14. 
CEMETERY NOTES i42 
♦CEMETERY ACCOUNTING III i43 
PUBLISHER'S DEPARTMENT i44 
“Illustrated. 
A mong the important deficiencies which for- 
eigners visiting our shores notice soon after 
arrival, is the lack of those public conven- 
iences which they have been accustomed to find in 
most European cities of importance. And while 
this is true of the cities as such, it is equally so as 
regards our parks and cemeteries, wherein as a rule 
mere apologies take the place of what should con- 
stitute important features in their design and man- 
agement. One of the first thoughts in connection 
with the park and cemetery should be that of pro- 
viding for the comfort of visitors and owners, and 
while the necessity does not present itself so force- 
fully in small areas, where the office or lodge can 
be made to serve the purpose, in larger tracts am- 
ple provisions for toilet necessities should be con- 
sidered absolutely necessary, and the public esteem 
of the place will be enhanced to no inconsiderable 
degree by such provision. 
I T is a matter of frequent comment that a great 
improvement is taking place in the artistic val- 
ue of the memorials being placed in our ceme- 
teries. This was to be expected as a natural se- 
quence to the prosecution of the modern ideas of 
cemetery management. The fact is the beauties 
now being unfolded to the lot owners of many of 
our cemeteries, improve the mind and bring it into 
accord with higher conditions. This creates a more 
refined taste and awakens the dormant love of beauty 
and order which undoubtedly lies ready for the awak- 
ening in every human soul. The old ideas connected 
with the cemetery pass away, and it becomes a pride 
and a pleasure to help contribute to the beauty of 
a place wherein an undying interest must, under 
healthy moral conditions, continue. Assuming that 
there is a suggestiveness in such views, what has 
been so often argued in these columns finds further 
emphasis, — the necessity of bringing the lot owner 
to a perfect understanding of and acquaintance with 
all that pertains to the cemetery, and fosteing an 
enthusiasm for higher forms of improvement toward, 
which human nature, properly directed, naturally 
turns. 
T he suggestion of the Council Committee of 
Philadelphia, appointed to visit the small 
parks, that a forester should be employed, 
one that is educated in the care and knowledge of 
trees, brings to mind the attention given by foreign 
governments to this subject, and the efforts being 
made by our own of the same general tendency. 
With the commercial spirit so rampant among us, 
it is the work of years to sufficiently concentrate 
public thought on any subject, however important 
it may be, that conflicts with trade interests, until 
a danger line is reached and a halt is imperative. 
So it is, that much of our vast domain having been 
denuded of its forest growth for commercial pur- 
poses, such changes in natural conditions have re- 
sulted, that a department of our government has 
been at work for some time examining into this 
very serious question, and the time is rapidly ap- 
proaching, when the subject must be taken up as a 
leading question by the states interested. 
T here is nothing more surprising in the rapid 
development of the times than the breadth to 
which educational ideas and necessities have 
extended. There would appear to be scarcely a 
branch of any profession or trade, that has not 
been deemed worthy of more extended research and 
knowledge, and which has not occupied the atten- 
tion of the appropriate school or college. Take for 
instance the old time gardener, and see how as his 
work enlarged, its necessities required more re- 
finement and knowledge and the landscape man be- 
came necessary. And to meet the increased and 
ever increasing knowledge required to prosecute the 
