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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
that has been used as such for fifteen years, shal 
not be subject to sale or execution on any judg- 
ment to taxation, to dower, nor to compulsory parti- 
tion; but land so appropriated and set apart as a 
private burial ground shall not be so exempt if it 
exceed in value the sum of fifty dollars. 
Sec. 3580. The trustees, directors or other 
officers of any cemetery company or association, 
whether incorporated or unincorporated, may ap- 
point as many day and night watchmen of their 
grounds as they deem expedient; such watchmen, 
and all superintendents, gardeners, and agents of 
such company or association stationed on the 
grounds, may take and subscribe, before any mayor 
or justice of the peace in the township where such 
grounds are situate, an oath of office similar to the 
oath required by law of constables; and up- 
on taking such oath such watchmen, superintend- 
ents, gardeners, and agents shall have, exercise, and 
possess all the power of police officers within and 
adjacent to the cemetery grounds, and may arrest 
on view all persons engaged in violating the by- 
laws, rules, or regulations adopted by such trus- 
tees, directors, or other officers, or laws of this state 
in reference to the protection, good order, care, 
and preservation of cemeteries, and the trees, 
shrubbery, structures and adornments therein, 
and bring such persons so offending before the 
mayor of justice or the peace within such township 
to be dealt with according to law. 
Sec. 3582. The receipts and income of such 
company or association, whether derived from the 
sale of lots, from donations, or other wise, shall be 
applied to the payment of the purchase of such 
lands, to the laying out, preservation, protection, 
and establisment of the cemetery, and the avenues 
within the same, to the erection of such buildings 
as may be necessary and to the general purposes 
of such company or association; no debts shall be 
contracted in anticipation of future receipts, except 
for the original purchase of the land, and laying 
out, inclosing, and embellishing the grounds, and 
the avenues therein; and no part of the proceeds of 
lots sold, or any of the funds of any such com- 
pany or association, shall ever be divided to its 
stockholders or lot owners, but all its funds shall be 
exclusively for the purpose of the company or as- 
sociation, as herein above specified, or invested in 
a fund the income of which shall be used and ap- 
propriated as aforesaid. 
The botanic gardens of the Jardin des Plantes, 
Paris, include some seventy acres. The plants are 
all labeled. Red labels denote medicinal; green, 
alimentary; yellow, for ornamental purposes; blue 
for art and black for poisonous plants. 
The Minneifolis, flinn,. Parks. 
A great deal of attention has been given for 
some years past to the development and improve- 
ment of the park system of Minneapolis, Minn., as 
might be expected of this enterprising city. Indeed, 
such a term may be applied to the whole state 
which from the time that its possibilities were com- 
prehended by its public spirited inhabitants, has ex- 
hibited a progressive advance not rivaled by any of 
its sister states of the union. 
The general policy of park improvements for 
Minneapolis was originally suggested by Mr. H. 
W. S. Cleveland, a well-known landscape engineer, 
and lay upon these lines: the clearing of the terri- 
tory; the opening and construction of roads and 
paths, and bridges when necessary; the planting of 
trees and shrubs; and in floral decoration of selected 
areas of limited extent. 
The principal parks and their areas are as fol- 
lows: Calhoun Terrace, 20.50 acres; Columbia 
Park, 166.20 acres; East River Bank Parkway, 
80. 50 acres; Fairview Park, 20.82; Glenwood Park, 
5,710 acres; Hiyata Park, 10.30 acres; Interlachen 
Park, 25.50 acres; Lake Harriet Boulevard, 408 
acres; Lake of the Isles Park, 154 acres; Logan 
Park, 10.80 acres; Loring Park, 36.06 acres; Lyn- 
dale Park, 61.26 acres; Minnehaha Park, 125.25 
acres; Minnehaha Parkway, 172 acres; Powderhorn 
Lake Park, 52.26 acres; Riverside Park, 19.78 
acres. 
The above together with a number of Smaller 
parks and parkways include a total of nearly i,553 
acres. A large amount of this is necessarily far 
from what it will be in the future, and besides, the 
problem of diverse vegetation becomes quite a dif- 
ficult one in our higher range of territory, necessi- 
tating continued study and experiment. This point 
is being taken care of in order to introduce a larger 
variety of trees and shrubs, to secure that diversity 
of landscape effect which is the aim of advanced 
ideas in this department of art. But Minneapolis 
possesses certain features of park development more 
lavishly than is general, — her remarkable provis- 
ion of lakes and lakelets; and in consequence of the 
comparative extremes of her climate, they become 
popular features both in summer and winter. Tem- 
porary warming houses are provided at several of 
the parks in the winter for the skaters, and bathing 
is an established summer recreation for that season. 
The illustrations given herewith explain them- 
selves. That of a scene in Minnehaha Park, presents 
the charm of a waterfall not only beautiful and 
unique in itself, but enveloped in all the glamor with 
which history and literature invests it. Nothing 
should be done here except to preserve the natural 
beauty, assist nature in her efforts, and provide, as 
