PARK AND CEMETERY. 
• . rORnERLY THE /nODERN CE/AETERY. 
A Monthly Journal Devoted to Parks and Cemeteries- 
R.. J. HAIQHX, Publisher, 
334 Dearborn Street, CHICAGO. 
Subscription $i,oo a Year in Advance. Foreign Subscription $1.50 
VoL. VI. CHICAGO, DECEMBER, 1896. No. 10. 
CONTENTS. 
EDITORIAL 379 
*CAVE HILL CEMETERY, LOUISVILLE, KY 38o 
TWENTIETH CENTURY GARDENING 384 
“THE ST. WINIFRED FOUNTAIN, HUDSON. N. Y 385 
’GARDEN PLANTS, THEIR GEOGRAPHY, XIV 386 
♦NATIONAL CEMETERY AT CHATTANOOGA 388 
♦AN ENGLISH HOUSE IN PHILADELPHIA 390 
HARDY WOODY VINES IN LANDSCAPING 391 
NOTES 392 
PARK NOTES 393 
CEMETERY NOTES - 394 
CREMATION 395 
PUBLISHERS DEPARTMENT 
’Illustrated. 
T he Methodist Minister’s Association, of Balti- 
more, recently issued an address to the pub- 
lic, in which the objections to the Sunday 
funeral were plainly stated, and a plea urged to re- 
move such objectionable features of the burial 
ceremony as have proved themselves baneful and 
not in accordance with present spirit of the Chris- 
tian world. It is gratifying to note the growing 
sentiment in favor of reducing to a minimum Sun- 
day burials, as well as to modify the services about 
the grave. Moreover, the fact that the clergy are, 
both individually and collectively, falling into line 
on this important question augurs well for more rapid 
reform in these particulars. It is unnecessary to enum- 
erate the many valid reasons for a change in the old 
fashioned ideas regarding funerals and funeral cus- 
toms; they have frequently been referred to in these 
columns; they are the evolution of the ages, and to 
effect change in so well established ceremonials and 
customs requires an active educational influence. 
This the cemetery officials in conjunction with the 
clergy are in position to impart, and the beneficial 
reform to be secured is worthy of persistently active 
effort. 
I NQUIRIES often come from remote places ask- 
ing for information that should readily be ob- 
tained nearer home, and, if regarding sub- 
jects of local interest, of course should be 
found in the nearest public library. That 
this is not so in so many cases may be 
primarily ascribed to two causes: lack of 
appreciation on the part of the library authorities 
of the importance of maintaining a section devoted 
to local information, and lack of consideration on 
the part of citizens specially interested in certain 
local matters in not keeping the library supplied 
with such matter as comes within their disposal. 
Referring the question to material pertaining to 
parks and cemeteries: the public library should keep 
up with the times and provide itself with certain 
authentic works of reference, as well as the best 
current periodicals on this line of public improvement 
so that the community might be helped to intelli- 
gently take a hand in any discussion that might a. 
rise. And on the part of the community, any 
member engaged in park and cemetery work, 
should make it a special point to see that the library 
is furnished with all the printed matter and other 
available information he may be able to supply. 
We are in the era of cemetery and park develop- 
ment on a high plane, to the proper progress of 
which all available information ought to be accessi- 
ble, and the public library should be able to offer 
the community the best current information on 
such work. In the larger towns the library officials 
should appropriate funds for the purpose: in the 
smaller places consideration for the public welfare 
should inspire the collection and care of such ma- 
terial, to be made available wherever convenient 
and accessible. 
