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Association of American Cemetery 
Superintendents. 
O. C. SIMONDS, “Graceland," 
Chicago, President 
G. W. CREESY. “Harmony Grove," 
Salem, Mass., Vice-President. 
F. EURICH, Woodlawn, Toledo, O., 
Secretary and Treasurer. 
The Tenth Annual Convention will be 
held at St. Louis, date to be announced 
later. 
Publisher’s Department. 
Notice TO Subscribers. If this no- 
tice is marked with a blue pencil it indi- 
cates that your subscription to Park 
AND Cemetery has expired and a renew- 
al of same is solicited. 
The Board of Trustees of Riverside 
cemetery, Cleveland, O., intends erecting 
a new stone office building during the 
year, and Mr. J. C. Dix, the superintend- 
ent would like to be favored with sketches 
and particulars from his brother superin- 
tendents of the latest and most desirable 
details of such cemetery buildings to 
guide him in the preliminary work. 
Cemeteries should entertain more earn- 
estly the business proposition of helping 
to circulate Park and Cemetery among 
their officials and lot owners. The cemeter- 
ies which have taken this course have 
proved it a good investment. The edu- 
cational influence of such literature is of 
inestimable value in emphasizing the ne- 
cessity of improvement and encouraging 
the desired assent. 
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The following adopt the above plan: 
Woodmere cemetery, Detroit, Mich.; 
Hillsboro cemetery, Hillsboro, O.; Edge- 
wood cemetery, Nashua, N. H.; Oakland 
cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.; Highland Park 
Cemetery Association, Kirksville, Mo. ; 
h'orestdale cemetery, Holyoke, Mass.; 
Woodlawn cemetery, Toledo, O.; Maple- 
wood cemetery, LuVerne, Minn.; Forest 
Hills cemetery, Boston, Mass., Graceland 
cemetery, Chicago, 111 .; Forest Lawn 
cemetery, Omaha, Neb.; Woodlawn 
cemetery, Dayton, O.; Cedar Hill ceme- 
tery, Newark, O.; Evergreen cemetery. 
New Haven, Conn ; Oakwood cemetery. 
Red Wing, Minn.; Ulnchsville cemetery, 
Ulrichsville. O.; Elm Grove cemetery, St. 
Mary’s, 0 .;Fairmount cemetery, Newark, 
N. J. ; Cathedral cemetery, Philadelphia, 
Pa; Glendale cemetery, Akron, O.; 
Greenwood, cemetery, Zanesville, O. 
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The following from an ex-trustee of a 
cemetery is to the point: “It is my opin- 
ion that no person should permit himself 
to imagine that he can be of the best use 
on a cemetery board without availing him- 
self of the aid your paper furnishes. I- 
think, too, that cemetery boards would do 
well to make use of such a periodical to 
communicate with their lot owners. Is it 
not human nature to fall in with what is 
found in the newspaper, rather then take 
the suggestion (rather deemed dictation) 
of a neighbor, who may be regarded as set 
up in a little authority. If that which is 
going on in the cemetery is in accordance 
with what the newspapers say is “the way 
they are doing now,” the whole matter is 
settled. We are in style — the board is on 
the right track — the kicking subsides.” 
The tenth annual meeting of the Asso- 
ciation of American Cemetery Superin- 
tendents will be held in St. Louis some 
time in September. Mr. R. D. Boice, of 
Geneseo. 111 ., one of the executive com- 
mittee, is interesting many ofthe cemetery 
officials in the neighboring cities on the 
forthcoming convention. 
received. 
History of Wildwood Cemetery, Win- 
chester, Mass. Sixth Annual Report of 
the cemetery commissioners, Wildwood 
Cemetery, to Dec. 31, 1895. 
Report of the Board of Trustees of The 
Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N. Y., 
for the year 1895 . 
The Kensico Cemetery, New York, An- 
nual Report to the Lot Proprietors for the 
year 1895, with Rules and Regulations. 
■ Twenty-eighth annual Report of the 
Trustees of the proprietors of Forest Hills 
Cemetery, February, 1896. 
Twenty-fourth annual Report of the 
Board of Park Commissioners of San 
Francisco, for the year ending June 30th, 
1895. 
From Daniel J. Marsh, Park Commis- 
sioners Report for 1894, Springfield, Mass. 
This report is a worthy example of such 
literature besides being abundantly illus- 
trated with fine half tones, it contains lists 
of the flora of the parks, with botanical 
names, classified in colors; a list of the 
animals and birds in the zoological section 
and of the wild birds, etc., that make 
their homes temporarily or otherwise in 
Springfield parks. This is a report that 
serves a broad educational purpose. 
From Win. T. James, Supt, particulars 
concerning Flushing cemetery. Flushing, 
Long Island, and details of methods of 
securing perpetual care fund. 
Mr. J. Y. Craig, superintendent of For- 
est Lawn cemetery, Omaha, Neb., has 
prepared plans for the improvement on 
the lawn plan of Forest Hill Cemetery, 
Norfolk, Nebraska. 
Treasurers report for 1895, of Prospec 
Cemetery Association, Vergennes, Ver- 
mont. An appeal is made to the lot own- 
ers both for perpetual care and annual 
care, in order that the cemetery may be 
kept in good order. 
Rules, Regulations and suggestions to 
monument builders and lot owners. 
Pueblo Cemetery Association, Pueblo, 
Colo. 
Rules and Suggestions to lot owners and 
monument builders, Fairmount Cemetery 
Association, Denver, Colo. 
Twenty-third Annual Report of the 
Board of Trustees and list of members of 
the Fairmount Park Art Association, Phil- 
adelphia for 1S95. Contains a list of the 
works of art of the association; a report of 
the twenty-third annual meeting held 
April 29, 1895, and a list of members. A 
short biographical sketch and portrait of 
the famous french sculptor, Antoine Louis 
Barye . 
Annual reports for 1895, City of Cam- 
bridge, Mass. Park Department. The 
City of Cambridge park reports is another 
instance of where the authorities believe 
in making such reports of permanent 
value and interest. Having large engi- 
neering problems in connection with the 
park care and development, these are 
carefully reviewed and illustrations given 
of important features. 
A new insecticide, safe, convenient and 
effective in protecting trees is what is 
known as “Dendrolene.” It was origina- 
ted at the New Jersey Experiment Station 
and is recommended by Prof. Smith. It 
is an effectual remedy against tree borers, 
canker worms, and other such destructive 
pests, and is harmless to the tree. The 
field for an effective remedy is a large one, 
as all know the constant work and unre- 
mitting care necessary under ordinary con- 
ditions to fight the insect life which preys 
upon our fruit and other trees and shrubs. 
Dendrolene is applied around the trunks 
in some cases, and about the branches in 
others, and proper application as directed 
will be an active and efficient preservative 
against the destructive effects of such 
forms of insect life. 
The Spraying of Plants. A Succinct 
Account of the History, Principles 
and Practice of the Application of 
Liquids and Powders to Plants for the 
Purpose of Destroying Insects and 
Fungi. By E. G. Lodeman, Cornell 
University. MacMillan & Co. , 66-5th 
Ave., New York; Chicago, A. C. 
McClurg & Co. Price $1.00. 
This is another of the valuable series of 
works, issued in cheap and convenient 
form, of the Rural Science Series? 
