232 
PARK AND CE/nETERY 
Publisher’s Department. 
Notice to subscribers, If this not- 
ice is marked with a blue pencil it indi- 
cates that your subscription to PARK AND 
Cemetery has expired and a renev'al of 
same is solicited. 
Mr. Charles Nichols, Supt. Fairmount 
Cemetery, Newark, N.^J , from whom all 
like to hear, writes: What has become of 
Messrs. Barker, Salway, Stone and others 
who from time to time in the past have 
contributed articles to Park and Ceme- 
l ERY? What can be done to stir them 
up? 
Mr. Timothy Donlan, Supt., Oakdale 
Cemetery, Wilmington, N. C., writes de- 
tailing his disastrous fire which destroyed 
the lodge. This building which was old, 
was used as office and waiting room, and 
chapel. The loss included some very val- 
uable papers, plats of other cemeteries, 
many of which cannot be replaced. New 
quarters are being provided and Mr. Don- 
lan will be very glad to receive from his 
brother superintendents such maps, plats, 
views of cemetery buildings and cemetery 
literature they can spare. 
Mr. J. A. Pettigrew, formerly superin 
tendent of Lincoln Park, Chicago, and 
recently in control of the Milwaukee 
Parks, has been appointed Commissioner 
of Public Parks of Brooklyn, N. Y. Mr. 
Pettigrew will undoubtedly make his 
mark on the Brooklyn Parks. 
In the short sketch of the life of Mr. 
Robert Douglas, given in our publisher’s 
column of January issue, it was stated that 
Mr. Douglas had retired from business. 
He writes: “This is a great mistake, for 
I am more heavily in the Nursery busi- 
ness than formerly, and have not thought 
of retiring.” 
William Falconer, Editor of Garden- 
and so well known in connection 
with Dosiris, the beautiful gardens of C. 
A. Dana, Glencove, L. I., N. Y., has been 
appointed superintendent of the park sys- 
tem of Pittsburgh, Pa. This is an excel- 
lent appointment and reflects credit on 
the wisdom of the Pittsburgh authorities. 
received. 
A very handsome pamphlet is that is- 
sued by the officials of Ivy Hill Cemetery, 
Philadelphia, Pa., to call attention to the 
attractions of this cemetery as a burial 
place, and in which a synopsis of the by- 
laws, and rules and regulations is also 
given. The photogravure illustrations are 
excellent, representing many views in the 
cemetery. 
P'rom H. W. Crawford, Secretary, An- 
nual Report of the Fair Haven, Conn., 
Union Cemetery Association, for the year 
1895. The report contains, in the reports 
of the several officers, very interesting mat- 
ters in relation to the erection of the Sold- 
iers’ Memorial Chapel, a beautiful build- 
ing, designed for permanency, and con- 
taining memorial windows, and other fea- 
tures dedicated to the memory of the de- 
parted. 
By courtesy of officials of the Cam- 
bridge, Mass., Cemetery, copies of the 
annual report of the Cemetery Commis- 
sioner’s for the year ending Nov. 30, 1895. 
From Wm. S. Egerton, Supt., Annual 
Reports of the Treasurer and Superinten- 
dent to the Commissioners of Washington 
Park, Albany, N. Y. 
From Benj. R. English, Sec’y.: Annual 
report of the Directors of the Evergreen 
Cemetery Association, New Haven, Conn. 
From Geo. H. Hazzard, Commissioner, 
Minnesota Commission State Park, St, 
Paul, Minn., Complimentary tickets to 
lectures in the interests of Interstate 
Park and advance copies of first lecture on 
“Public Parks and Reservations,” deliver- 
ed by Mr. Frank H. Nutter, Landscape 
Engineer, at Taylors’ Falls, Minn., Feb. 
5th. The Stationery of the Commission 
is embellished by views of several of the 
prominent features of the park. 
Plant Breeding, being five lectures 
upon the Amelioration of Domestic 
Plants, by L. H. Bailey. New York, 
Mac Millan & Co.; Chicago, A. C. 
Me Clurg & Co. Price $1.00. 
This is another addition to the “Garden 
Craft” series, and in it Prof. Bailey, of 
Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y., pro- 
vides a large amount of thinking matter 
as well as practical information on a most 
interesting subject. The book contains 
the subject matter of various lectures by 
the author, which he has delivered ti^his 
students, but it supplies a gap in horti- 
cultural literature treating of the funda- 
mental principles involved in the vari- 
ations in the forms of plants. It treats of 
the fact and philosophy of variation; the 
philosophy of crossing plants; how do- 
mestic varieties originate; borrowed opin- 
ions; and pollinations, or how to cross 
plants. 
Catalogues. 
Phoenix Nursery Co., Bloomington, 
111 .: Catalogue of Fruit and Ornamental 
Trees,, Shrubs, Roses. Vines, Small 
Fruis, Fruit and Forest Tree Seedlings. 
R. Douglas & Sons, Waukegan Nur- 
series, Waukegan, 111 ., retail catalogue of 
fruit and ornamental trees and shrubs. 
Frederick W. Kelsey, 145 Broadway, 
New York; General catalogue of choice 
trees, evergreens, shrubs, roses and hardy 
plants. 
The Reading Nursery, Jacob W. Man- 
ning, Prop., Reading, Mass,: Catalogue 
of hardy ornamental trees, shrubs and 
vines, hardy flowers^ and large and small 
fruits. Also supplementary catalogue of 
tested novelities. These catalogues are 
profusely illustrated and botanically de- 
scribed. 
William G. McTear, Princeton, N. J., 
Descriptive price list of fine Chrysanthe - 
mums. 
U. S. Wind Engine & Pump Co., Ba- 
tavia, 111 .: Descriptive catalogue of wind- 
mills, towers, pumps, tanks and all kinds 
of fittings. 
The Cottage Gardens, Queens, N. Y. : 
Catalogue of Carnations, Cannas, etc. 
Wm. Elliott & Sons, Seedsmen, 54-56 
Dey St., New York: General catalogue 
for 1896. 
In the catalogue of Thomas Meehan & 
Sons, of Meehan’s Nurseries, German- 
town, Philadelphia, for 1896, we have an 
example of such work worthy of special 
notice. It is comprehensive, excellently 
and profusely illustrated, in which the de- 
scriptions may be relied upon for accur- 
acy, and from a botanical standpoint its 
correctness entitles it to more careful con- 
sideration than is usually accorded this 
class of literature. This, of course, might 
have been expected of Thomas Meehan & 
Sons whose reputation in the field of bo- 
tany stands high, but it is manifest that 
great pains have been taken to make the 
1896 Spring catalogue especially valuable. 
Park and Cemetery 
PRIZE COnPETlTION. 
The publisher of Park and Cemetery 
offers three prizes of Twelve (12) dollars. 
Eight (8) dollars and Five (5) dollars res- 
pectively, for the three best papers on 
the Improvement, Care, and Management 
of Village and Rural Cemeteries. The 
papers to be limited to 1500 words. 
The papers should discuss: Organization 
for Management; Methods for Obtaining 
Funds and Disbursement of same; Annual 
care and Perpetual care, etc., etc. 
The papers will be submitted to a com- 
mittee of competent cemetery officials. 
Papers should be marked with a symbol 
in place of signature, and under separate 
Cover, the identification of same should 
be sent to be used when awards are made. 
L J. HAIGHT, Publ.sher, 
334 DearDdiiiSt., CHICA&o, 
BLOOMINGTON (PHdNiA) NURSERY, 
600 ACRES. 13 GREENHOUSES. 
We offer a large and fine stock of every des- 
cription of FRO IT and ORNAMENTAL 
TREES. Shrubs, Roses, Vines, Small 
Fruits, Hedge Plants, FRUIT, and FOR- 
EST TREE SEEDLINGS Priced Cata- 
logue mailed free. Established 1852. 
Phoenix Nursery Company, 
P. 0 . Box, 1215. BLOOVlINGTON, ILL, 
