PARK AND CEMETERY. 
rOR,nERLY THE nODERN CEMETERY. 
A Monthly Journal Devoted to Parks and Cemeteries- 
R. J. HAIGHT, Rubllsh.er, 
334 Dearborn Street. CHICAGO. 
5i)5:r’ption $i,oo a Year in Advance. Foreign Subscription $1.5 
VoL. VI. CHICAGO, JUNE, 1896. No 4. 
CONTENTS. 
EDITORIAL 269 
THE ARCHES, TO.VIBS, ETC., OF CHINA 27o 
♦PROSPECT HILL CEMETERY, NORFOLK, NEB 27o 
I'HE RO.MAN ROADS 2',i 
♦THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT FOR FAIRMOUNT 
PARK, PHILADELPHIA 272 
♦YUCCAS AT LINCOLN PARK, CHICAGO 273 
♦GARDEN PLANTS, THEIR GEOGRAPHY, VIII 274 
•FRANKLIN CEMETERY, FRANKLIN, PA 76 
THE LILY POND 277 
GARDEN EXPERIMENTS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 278 
♦THE GRANT MONUMENT, RIVERSIDE PARK, NEW 
YORK 278 
♦THE GOLDEN LEAVED SCOTCH PINE 280 
LEGAL 281 
RULES FOR RECEIVING TRUST FUNDS 2S2 
PARK NOTES 283 
CEMETERY NOTES 284 
CORRESPONDENCE 285 
PUBLISHERS DEPARTMENT 286 
♦Illustrated. 
HERE will be an attractive and unique ad- 
dendum to the annual meeting of the Associat- 
ion of American Cemetery Superintendents, 
to be held in St. Louis, Sept. 15, 17. It may not be 
generally known that in addition to the splendid 
Botaincal garden the late Mr. Shaw left to that 
city, among many other bequests looking to the 
encouragement of the pursuit of knowledge of the 
vegetable kingdom, he bequeathed a fund, the in- 
come from which was to be devoted to providing 
an annual banquet, to which free but discretionary 
invitations were to be issued by the Trustees. It 
has been considered by these gentlemen that the 
cemetery superintendents easily come into the cate- 
gory, and the date of the banquet has therefore 
been arranged with a view to providing that body 
with the “feast of reason and flow of soul’’ which 
Mr. Shaw’s wise bounty so efflciently provides. It 
will undoubtedly be an occasion long to be remem- 
bered, and be fraught with results unattainable, 
perhaps, in any other way. We understand that an 
interesting program is being prepared for the con- 
vention. 
I T is very rarely in the perusal of the many an- 
nual reports of parks and cemeteries that come 
to hand, that any reference is made to the 
“ nursery,” though this is more truly the case in 
cemetery than park reports; and. it must therefore 
be concluded that the important adjunct of the 
“nursery’’ has not been given the attention it both 
deserves and commands. A park or cemetery of 
any extent lacks an essential element of economical 
and prudent management that has not established 
a special plot of ground, wherein the work of pro- 
pagating, growing and acclimating the various 
plants, shrubs and trees that may be, or are requir- 
ed, more or less at every step of development or im- 
provement, can be carried on. It cannot be on the 
score of expense that the omission is countenanced 
for it would be found that the “nursery” is an eco- 
nomical feature, requiring care, certainly, but care 
which can be bestowed as part of the regular rou- 
tine of work; but possessing advantages self-evident 
on a moment’s thought to any one familiar with 
plant life and growth. In the nursery, the peculiari- 
ties of the varous kinds under cultivation can be 
observed, and a knowledge gained of their suitabil- 
ity to certain locations, or in relation to their sur- 
roundings when planted out. The more tender 
varieties can be made to gain in strength and be- 
come used to changed conditions. Appropriate and 
rare specimens from other sections of the country 
can be tested, propagated, and studied with a view 
to their possible availability or utility. And besides 
these special advantages of the “nursery,” it be- 
comes the storehouse of the plant requisites of the 
park or cemetery, wherein all the regular stock 
can be grown and cared for in quantity, and from 
which can be transplanted with nearly absolute cer- 
tainty of success all the trees and shrubs necessary 
to create a landscape effect w'ithin the shortest pos- 
sible time. Here is the general idea of the value 
of the nursery to the park and cemetery, and it can 
be established to any extent, more or less, as the 
probable requirements of the tract suggest. 
