PARK AND CEMETERY. 
rOR/AERLY THE /MODERN CE/AETERY. 
A Monthly Journal Devoted to Parks and Cemeteries- 
R. J. HAIGHT, Rublisher, 
334. Dearborn Street, CHICAGO. 
Subscription $i.oo a Year in Advance. Foreign Subscription $1.52 
VoL. VI. CHICAGO, MAY, 1896. No 3. 
CONTENTS. 
EDITORIAL 251 
ORNAMEMTAL PLANTING FOR PARKS AND PUBLIC 
GROUNDS, II 2S2 
»THE CUSTER BATTLEFIELD CEMETERY 254 
SANITATION IN BURIAL 255 
ADOLPH STRAUCH'S MONUMENT 256 
*A FRENCH MEMORIAL 257 
^SPRING FLOWERING TREES AND SHRUBS 258 
'GARDEN PLANTS’-THEIR GEOGRAPHY, VII 262 
LEGAL 263 
RULES FOR RECEIVING TRUST FUNDS-CORRES- 
PONDENCE 264 
PARK NOTES 265 
CEMETERY NOTES 266 
PUBLISHERS DEPARTMENT 267 
*Illustrated. 
T he advent of spring naturally draws attention 
to the outdoor requirements and duties which 
face us year after year, and nowhere perhaps, 
does outdoor work demand more prompt considera- 
ion than in the cemetery. There is no time to lose, 
under the best conditions, on account of the short- 
ness of the season in our northern latitudes; but as 
the length of the season is practically arbitrarily 
determined by Decoration Day, cemetery superin- 
tendents have to use every exertion and avail them- 
selves of every opportune incident to ensure the 
best possible appearance of the properties under 
their care in readiness for the observance of the day, 
and the crowds of visitors who annually participate. 
And it is not only the labors incidental to lands- 
cape gardening that are involved in the preparation 
for memorial day, but spring exercises its benificent 
influence on everybody, and leads the thoughts of 
those interested to the burial lot. This, and the fixed 
date . of the day to be observed, has brought about 
the custom of ordering monuments so as to have 
them set and the lots made presentable for this 
particular occasion. The effect of this condition 
of things is to make the months of April and May 
the busiest of the year, not only for the cemetery 
superintendent but for the monument dealers also. 
However, the compensation lies in the fact that 
the conditions being quite universal, our cem- 
eteries become objects of interest and beauty at 
the time when nature is at her best, and that the 
beautiful sentiment hovering about the practice of 
bedecking the graves of the nation’s dead, finds its 
harmonies in the peace and rest which hallow the 
surroundings, notwithstanding the tendency of the 
crowd's is to despoil rather than to respect the 
beautiful conditions about them. 
A rbor day is a growing institution, to the 
observance of which, however, increasing at- 
tention should be paid. Its exercises might 
with advantage be extended, and not only one tree, 
as is often the case, but a number of trees in desir- 
able localities be included in the program. Quite 
a number of our states recognize the day and the 
several governors issue proclamations for the oc- 
casion. In some portions of our vast domain, 
comparatively few trees are to be found; others, 
which, within but a few years were covered by 
dense forest growths, have been denuded, for 
commercial purposes, owing to a laxity in our laws 
on this important question. In either case a liberal 
and general observance of the institution would in 
a very few years create new conditions, adding 
beauty and comfort to treeless vistas and enhancing 
property values in a rapid ratio. Especially valu- 
able to our village parks and cemeteries could labor 
day be made, and it would be a very businesslike 
proposition for the management of such properties 
to emphasize the governor’s proclamation, by ad- 
dressing their local schools, other institutions and 
cemetery lot owners to practically observe the day 
by planting a tree or shrub, under expert guidance, 
and directions. If such an effort were made, how 
soon would our village common and graveyard put 
on a better appearance, and create a more respect- 
