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park: and cemetery. 
for proper and legal reasons it should be discontinued 
and the license withdrawn, and the bodies of the 
dead are to be removed, it must be done decently, 
only after due notice to the party entitled, if 
known, and such notice can be given. 
$1,700 is, however, too much to be allowed for 
damages, the court thinks, for moving the body of 
a child from one cemetery to another, on account 
of the discontinuation of the former as such, with- 
out notice first having been given to the parent to 
remove it. 
Rules for Receiving Trust Funds. 
The following are the rules for the receiving of 
trust funds by the Lowell Cemetery Corporation, 
Lowell, Mass: 
1. That the treasurer be authorized to receive, 
and give the depositor thereof a receipt for any 
sum of money that may be deposited with the trus- 
tees of this corporation for the care of any particu- 
lar lot, to be expended in the manner directed by 
the proprietors of the same, the lots to be credited 
with the amount and debited whenever an expend- 
iture is made. 
2. That when the sum so received be fifty 
dollars or more, it shall be deposited with the other 
trust funds in some one or more of the institutions 
for savings in the city of Lowell, or loaned to some 
city or town in the County of Middlesex, prefer- 
ence being always given to the city of Lowell, and 
the income thereof be annually credited to the lot. 
3. That all moneys received for the purpose 
above expressed shall be kept and managed as one 
fund — the income thereof to be divided annually 
and carried proportionally to the credit of each lot 
entitled thereto. 
4 . That the treasurer be required to report at 
every annual meeting of the corporation the names 
of all persons who shall have made such deposits, 
the outlay made on the respective lots for the year 
then expired, and the balance then standing to the 
credit of the same. 
5. Owners of lots can secure the perpetual 
care thereof by the payment of the sum designated 
by the corporation, the amount being decided by 
the size of the lot. 
6. In no case will a trust fund for perpetual 
care be accepted until the lot is put in condition as 
satisfactory to the superintendent. 
7. The Trust Fund regulations shall in all 
cases be assented to by the person making applica- 
tion before deposit is received. 
The legislature of Massachusetts has authorized the expendi- 
ture of $1,500,000 by the metropolitan park commission. Bos. 
ton. Two bills were acted upon, one for a $i,ooo,cco loan, 
vrder which the great Charles River Park, in Newton, is expect. 
ed to be laid out, the other $1,000,000 was for the specific “con- 
struction of roadways and boulevards.” This was cut down to 
$500,000 on the argument that while park reservations are for 
the advantage of the whole community, the boulevards are for 
the immediate community. 
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To get nd of weeds, says the Minnesota Horticulturist, they 
must first be prevented ripening their seed, and then the plant 
itself must be eradicated. Where it is possible, they should be 
pulled; if small, keeping them cut off will eventually kill them. 
•^/©orre^pondence.I^ 
Mr. Asa R. Taber, secretary and superintendent Maplewood 
Cemetery, Springville, N. Y., reports an excellent plan for as- 
sisting lot owners to decide npon locations of graves on their lots 
when interments are to be made. The lots in the cemetery are 
nearly uniform — 10' X 20', 20' X 20' and 20' X 24'; some are cir- 
cular. Rubber stamp diagrams are made of the several sizes, 
which are subdivided into divisions of one square foot by dots. 
These he uses in the record book, and also when a party calls at 
the office to have a grave opened, a stamped diagram of the lots 
is handed to him to take to the family or friends, so that a locat- 
ion can be decided upon and the diagram returned to the office 
for the sextons use. These rubber diagrams are found to be very 
useful in many ways, for instance in locating monuments. 
Drainage. 
In a preceding number were sketched a few principles 
which the writer considered of unusual application to all parks 
and cemeteries. Briefly summarized they were: Good order, 
constant and complete repair, active fertility, scrupulous clean- 
liness, and general thrift. All these may be safely assumed 
as recognized elements of worthy attentio n. Intimately allied 
to the carrying out of these principles, and in most all localities 
will be found needful and useful some system of under drain- 
age for the wet season, and an available means for irrigation 
when the usual heat and drouth appear. This under drainage 
and irrigation may often with great advantage be made to sup- 
plement each other; so that water collected in March, April and 
May, shall supply a want often seriously felt in June, July and 
August. Deep under drainage will often be found capable of 
redeeming for use large areas, otherwise regarded quite unfit 
for use as interment ground; and again the very low lying areas 
may be made far better as lawns and plantations, — the drain- 
age giving both fertilization and quality to vegetation. Drainage 
will generally and indeed can always be made to play an im- 
portant part towards making and maintaining good drives; the 
important effect and influence on the landscape will come though 
the underlying principle of action and may prove too subtle 
for the observer to comprehend whence the benefit arises. Drain- 
age has often proven an expensive failure and therefore deserves 
very careful consideration. An advance plan should be matured 
taking full account of the aim and end from the beginning to the 
final purpose sought or hoped for. Where irrigation depends 
upon the collections made by drainage, the scheme at once con- 
templates a pond or reservoir of large capacity, constructed on 
the low grounds, where the water can be retained until needed 
for irrigation. ■ Also a pump of suitable capacity, an elevated 
tank and pipes to convey by gravity wherever needed. These 
are the suggestions, the details need no attempt at discussion 
heie, but cemetery and park boards can take them up for con- 
sideration, and the writer feels confident that much that is 
practicable and useful can be carried forward and attained. 
B. F- H, 
