PARK AND CEMETERY. 
rORi'AERLY THE nODERN CEnETERY. 
A Monthly Journal Devoted to Parks and Cemeteries 
R. J. HAIGHT, Rublisher, 
334 Dearborn Street. CHICAGO. 
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VoL. VI, CHICAGO, FEBRUARY, 1897. No. 12. 
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EDITORIAL 
♦CHAT I'ANOOGA-CHICKAMAUGA national military 
PARK. 
♦HYBRID WICHURIANA ROSES 
NOTES FROM THE DOG-EARED BOOK OF A TRAVELER 
AND OBSERVER 
♦CHAPEL, CONSERVATORY, ETC., ROSE HILL CEME- 
TERY. CHICAGO 
♦GARDE.N PLANTS-THEIR GEOGRAPHY XV 
♦OTIE BLATZ MAUSOLEUM, MILWAUKEE, WIS 
♦THE EVERGREEN MAGNOLIA. -NELUMBIUM ALBUM, 
GRANDIFLORU.M 
PARK NOTES 
CEMETERY NOTES 
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^Illustrated. 
A n increasing love for botany, at least so far, 
as more interest is being taken in flowers, 
trees and plants, is evidenced in many 
directions and is a cause for gratification. The 
most favorable evidence, in that it bespeaks perma- 
nent results, is the work done in the public schools. 
At present this is not so marked in respect to regu- 
lar work, as in the increasing efforts of teachers to 
interest their pupils in botanical subjects, and all 
over the country it may safely be said that the 
children of this generation are far ahead of their an- 
cestors in a knowledge of the flora of the locality. 
Considering the excellent discipline that may be 
imparted to the youthful mind by even elementary 
object lessons in botany, to say nothing of the re- 
fining influence that a love of flowers and plants in- 
culcates, it would appear beneficial to encourage 
the young as far as practicable in so healthful a 
field. Nothing will aid so rapidly in beautifying 
the homes of the American people as cultivating 
this love of nature in the young, and nothing will 
yield more bountifully in refining the coming gen- 
eration. There is scarcely any part of the country 
that will not afford ample material for generous 
study, and principals and teachers who are in har- 
mony with this growing idea should be encour- 
aged to persevere in the good work. 
E conomy in cemetery finances may, as in 
other business affairs, be carried too far, a 
fact which occurs to us upon realizing the 
efforts made by many of the financial officials to 
present a good annual report. Especially is this 
noticeable in the amounts expended for improving 
the grounds under the superintendent’s direction. 
When large balances accrue, to be carried forward 
from year to year, or invested as the case may be, 
while so much remains to be done to bring the 
cemetery up to the standard of modern ideas, it is a 
matter worthy of deep consideration whether such 
is the true economy. Rather it may be expected, 
that the greater perfection the grounds may be 
made to assume from a landscape standpoint, the 
more attractive and valuable they may become, as- 
suring a stronger demand for lots at, if advisable, ad- 
vanced prices. This would be a positive outlay, 
but wiser than a negative economy to provide a 
good balance sheet. 
T he unauthorized photographing and sketching 
of monuments in cemeteries is a serious ques- 
tion, as well as one very difficult to regulate. It 
is a simple matter to frame rules prohibiting this or 
that particular feature of the case; it is a complex 
one to enforce them. Stringent rules have been en- 
acted looking to the absolute prohibition of copy- 
ing, photographing or sketching monuments in 
cemeteries without express permission from quali- 
fied authority, but the variety of mechanical means 
to evade such strictures practically nullifies them. 
All that appears then to remain to the cemetery 
officials is to rigidly enforce their rules, so long as 
they do not work a meaningless and arbitrary re- 
striction where no possible harm can come, and ex- 
ercise their authority among their lot-owners to pre- 
vent duplication and the unscrupulous adoption of 
such original features ofdesign as may already grace 
other memorials on their grounds. In Fere La Chaise, 
Paris, the Campo Santo, Genoa, and many other 
European cemeteries, the rules against photograph- 
ing or sketching are entirely prohibitory and are 
rigidly enforced. In some cases the consent both 
of the ovmer of the memorial, the sculptor and the 
cemetery officials, must be obtained. Until such 
rules are enforced, reproductions, oft times inferior 
may be expected. The cemetery lot owner who de- 
sires to promote .art in memorials deserves every 
protection. 
