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AsLOcatioD of American Cemetery 
Superintendents. 
G. W. CREESY, “Harmony Grove,’’ 
Salem, Mass., President. 
AkTHURW. ROBERT, “Lakewood,'' 
Minneapolis, Minn., Vice-President- 
F. EURICH, Woodlawn, Toledo, O., 
Secretary and Treasurer. 
Publishers’ Department. 
Park Commissicners and Cemetery 
trustees are requested to send us copies of 
their reports. 
Photographs and descriptive sketches of 
interesting features in parks and cemeter- 
ies are solicited from our readers. 
The advance proofs of the report of the 
Minnesota Interstate Park Commissioner, 
Mr. Geo. H. Hazzard, of St. Paul, Minn., 
are to hand. The report in connection 
with the pamphlet containing Lectures, 
Laws. Papers, Pictures and Pointers of 
the Interstate Park about the Dalles of the 
St. Croix in the vicinity of Taylor’s Falls, 
Minn., and St. Croix Falls, Wis. , displays 
an energy and resources in pushing so 
worthy a project alike creditable to Mr. 
Hazzard and to the governor’s wisdom in 
appointing him commissioner. Notwith- 
standing the activity displayed in exploit- 
ing the scheme, a rigid economy marks 
the financial showing, and the work done 
surely points to an early consummation 
of the proposed paik, which aside from the 
beauty and re creative resources of the 
locality will lend itself to the preservation 
of many natural objects peculiar to the 
states interested. Such a park project 
should receive every consideration of the 
state legislatures and liberal provision 
should be made to ensure its early prepar- 
ation for the objects which its character- 
istics clearly suggest. 
TheU. S. Civil Service Commission 
held an annual examination on Feb. 10th, 
in Washington, D. C,, and other cities 
where there were applicants, to fill a va- 
cancy in the position of expert horticul- 
turist, Office of Experiment Stations, De- 
partment of Agriculture, the salary of 
which IS |i, 400 per anuum. The subjects 
of the examination were as follows; The- 
ory and practice of horticulture: Transla- 
tion of technical French; Translation of 
technical German, Abstracting of the lit- 
erature of horticultural research; Essay 
writing on a given horticultural subject. 
Sid. J. Hare, Supt., Forest Hill Ceme- 
tery, Kansas City, Mo., reports the follow- 
ing amusing incident: Since the trees 
have dropped their foliage, we see them 
as they have never appeared to us when 
clothed in verdure. A visitor at P'orest 
Hill Cemetery, last week approached the 
superintendent and asked. Why do you 
plant so many of your trees with the roots 
up? I know of none here was the reply 
of the superintendent. The visitor insisted 
that he was right and said that he saw 
them all along the main drive and near 
the entrance with the roots up and the 
stem and top planted in the ground — come 
I will show you! The trees proved to be 
fine specimens of “Teas Weeping Mul- 
berry.” The visitor cleared himself by 
saying, I know you are always trying some 
new scheme, and thought you were trying 
one here . 
An exchange gives the following as the 
text of a card of thanks handed in by a 
bereaved woman: “1 desire to thank the 
friends and neighbors most heartily in this 
matter for the united aid and co-opera- 
tion during the illness and death of my 
husband, who escaped from me by the 
hand of death last Friday while eating 
breakfast. To the friends and all who 
contributed so willingly towards making 
the last moments and funeral of my hus- 
band a success I desire to thank most 
kindly, hoping these few lines w-ill find 
them enjoying the same blessing. I have 
also a good milch cow, and a roan gelding 
horse of eight years old which I will sell 
cheap. God moves in a mysterious way 
His wonders to perform. Also a black 
and white shoat very low. 
RECEIVED. 
Oakland Cemetery Association, St. 
Paul, Minn., Annual -Report of the Trus- 
tees to the lot-owners, for year ending 
Oct. 31, 1896. Contains also extracts from 
state laws interesting to lot-owners. 
Circular No. i. The Marcus and Am- 
herst Cemetery Association, Marcus, la. 
Information to lot owners on Perpetual 
Care, etc. 
CATALOGUES. 
An especially valuable feature of the 
catalogue of Thomas Meehan & Sons, 
Nurserymen and Landscape Engineers, 
Germantown. Philadelphia, Pa., is the 
practical chapter on the planting and 
pruning of trees and shrubs. The cata- 
logue itself is a valuable addition to the 
library, in that it gives so much informa- 
tion on the trees and plants described in 
its pages. Reliable information in such 
catalogues is of unmistakable service, and 
a great timesaver, and the extent of the 
nurseries and variety of products of the 
Messrs. Meehan, make their annual worthy 
of particular attention. 
The General Catalogue of Fruit and' 
Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, Roses, etc., of 
Ellwanger & Barry, Mount Hope Nurser- 
ies, Rochester, N. Y.,for 1897, as usual 
does credit to a great establishment. The 
catalogue which is freely illustrated from 
specimens on the grounds contains Mer- 
torious Novelties, Part I: Fruit Depart- 
ment; Part 1 1 , Ornamental Department, 
The extent of the work of these nurseries 
may, in a measure, be estimated from the 
wealth of products described in the 150* 
pages of matter, and the fifty years of 
growth, the fiftieth anniversary being 
celebrated this year, serves to attest the 
reputation of the firm independent of the 
vast services it has rendered to horticul- 
tural development. The Ellwanger Sc 
Barry catalogue should be another wel- 
come addition to the library of those in- 
terested . 
Among the new and rare things de- 
scribed in the valuable catalogue just is- 
sued by the Storrs & Harrison Company 
Painesville, Ohio, are the giant orchid 
flowered Cannas, Austria and Italia. They 
reveal the wonderful capacity for devel- 
opment inherent in some of our ordinary 
species of flowers in the hands of skillful 
manipulators. This firm carry a full line 
of everything for the orchard, lawn, garden 
and greenhouse, and publish a comprehen- 
sive catalogues. 
Catalogue of Cannas, Gladioli, Clivias. 
H. H. Groff, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada. 
Catalogue of Novelties and Specialties 
of the Universal Horticultural Establish- 
ment, W. A. Manda, South Orange, N. J. 
Spring of 1897. Catalogue and Price 
list of the Evergreen Nurseries. Ever- 
green Nursery Co., Evergreen, Door Co.,. 
Wis. Evergreens, Rare and Choice De- 
ciduous and Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, 
and Plants. Fruit Trees, etc. 
Wholesale Catalogue of the Waukegan 
Nurseries, Waukegan, 111 . R. Douglas & 
Sons, 1896-1897. New and Rare Ever- 
greens, Deciduous Trees, etc. 
Trade List Morris Floral Company,. 
Morris, Illinois. Novelties for 1897. 
Messrs C. Hanika & Sons, Muncie, Ind., 
have issued catalogue No. 15 of Vases, 
Chairs, Settees and other architectural 
ironwork for parks and cemeteries. The 
catalogue is profusely illustrated and con- 
tains a large number of handsome designs 
up-to-date and attractive, with accom- 
panying descriptive matter and other in- 
formation. 
TESTinONIALS. 
I find Park and Cemetery a great 
help to me, and always full of neyis.—Sid' 
J. Hare Supt., Forest Hill Cemetery,. 
Kansas City, Mo. 
