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park: and CEyAETERY 
Seasonable Hints for Cemetery Super= 
intendents. 
Procure the best of lowering 
straps, which will save more or 
less trouble, of frequent occur- 
rence, at the grave. 
Have the graves protected with 
heavy plank for the carriers to 
pass over, and there will be no 
•danger of a cave in of the grave. 
Always have your tools in per- 
fect order, sharp, and put away 
in a clean condition, to prevent 
rust. ■ Give special care to the 
putting away of lawn mowers, 
-clean them well and they will do 
better work in the spring and last 
longer. They will draw lighter 
and the parties using them will 
get over the ground with much 
greater ease. 
The filling of the grave while 
the friends of the deceased are 
standing by should be avoided 
unless ordered otherwise. It 
■causes unnecessary strain on the 
mourners. 
In order to keep flowers on the 
grave in all kinds of windy 
weather, wire staples of all sizes 
should be made, and used freely 
to pin them to the ground. 
Graves should not be mounded 
too high — ^just enough to allow 
for settling. The best of sods 
should be used and the graves 
well stamped to retain their 
proper shape. 
This is a good time to finish up 
all the odds and ends of cemetery 
work, which may have got behind 
■through the extra work upsetting 
the usual order of things. Clean- 
ing up the grounds, burning rub- 
bish, looking over the ground to 
ibe able to plan further improve- 
iments, and many other things that 
the practical eye will suggest. 
Items. 
Publisher’s Department. 
Notice TO SUBSCRIBERS, If this not- 
ice is marked -with a blue pencil Tt indi- 
cates that your subscription to Park and 
CEMSXERW h’as expired and a renewal of 
same is solicited. 'v 
Park Commissioners 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 lists 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 
snch work. 
Mr. Robert Waring, superintendent of 
the Tyrone cemetery, Tyrone, Pa., has 
issued a notice to the delinquents of his 
cemetery calling for the immediate pay- 
ment of principal and interest on both 
burial lots and single graves, on penalty of 
forfeiture and they “wall, as heretofore, be 
resold or used for single graves. Being in 
want of the cemetery’s funds 'we cannot 
extend the time longer, and no lot is con- 
sidered sold until full payment is made.” 
RECEIVED. 
Perils of Premature Burial. A 
public address delivered before the mem- 
bers of the legislature at the capitol, Al- 
bany, N. Y. Jan. 25, 1871, by Dr. Alexan- 
der Wilder, with an introduction by the 
author. Dr. William Tebb, of “The Recru- 
descence of Leprosy and Its Causation,” 
and an Appendix. London: E. W. Al- 
len, 4 Ave Maria Lane, 1895. The sub- 
ject is being received with much force in 
England, as well as in this country, and 
Dr. Tebb, to whom we are indebted for 
this pamphlet, is working to the end of 
radical reform in procedure of burial, etc. 
American Gardens and Gardening, 
Newport Series, Newport, R. I., October, 
1895: Lucius D. Davis. This is the first 
issue of a series of monthly numbers dis- 
cussing the gardens of Newport, R. I., de- 
signed eventually to form a simple volume. 
Subscription price ¥2 per year. 
Personal. 
Mr. Bellett Lawson, Chicago, is en- 
gaged in laying out a new cemetery in 
Des Moines, Iowa. 
A. W. Hobert, superintendent of Lake- 
wood cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn., has 
prepared plans for East Linwood ceme- 
tery, Boone, Iowa. 
Mr. D. C. Johnson has been elected 
local superintendent of Clifton Park, Balti- 
more, Md. Mr. Johnson has been con- 
nected with the Clifton estate for many 
years. 
Mr. Robert Scrivener, superintendent 
of Cedar Hill cemetery, Hartford, Conn., 
writes: “I was pleased to see the item in 
your valuable paper, ‘Guild of Kew Gar- 
deners.’ I have my diploma for the two 
years of 1871-72. There were several I 
knew came to America, and 1 would be 
pleased to hear from or meet them.” 
Testimonials. 
R. J. Haight: — Please find enclosure for 
subscription to Park and Cemetery. 1 
look for and welcome it, with its useful in- 
formation, renewing us. All of the pleas- 
ant memories of the many we have met 
at the annual meetings, and the combin- 
ing of parks with the modern cemetery, 
makes it worthy of a large circulation. 
Robert Scrivener, Sup’t. Cedar Hill, ceme- 
tery, Hartford, Conn. 
R. J. Haight: — My best proof as to how 
greatly I appreciate your paper will be my 
check herewith enclosed for another year. 
I think all persons interested in parks or 
cemeteries should have it. 
E. Clarence Simon, Harrisburg, Pa. 
Interment Record and Lot Book. 
' .This system is thought to embrace the best features of the most popular forms of burial records now in use 
and may be adapted to large or small cemeteries. The Interment Record gives all of the necessary inform- 
ation in regard to the deceased, and the Lot Book locates every grave, so that it can be readily found at 
any time. The books are printed on heavy paper, substantially bound and furnished in different sizes, de- 
;pending upon the requirements of the cemetery. 
R. J. HAIGHT, Pub., 334 Dearborn St., Chicago. 
