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PARK AND CEMETERY, 
ParK and Cemetery. 
ESTABLISHED 1890. 
An Illustrated Monthly Journal. 
Devoted to the advancement of Art- 
out of Doors, with special reference to 
the improvement of parks, cemeteries, 
home grounds and the promotion of the 
interests of Town and Village Improve- 
ment Associations, etc. 
The regular contributors to Park and 
Cemei’ERY are among the most eminent 
Landscape Architects, Landscape Gar- 
deners and Horticulturists in the United 
States, whose practical articles make the 
journal one of great value to any one 
identified with landscape work. 
John W. Weston, C. E., Editor. 
R. J. HAIGHT, Publisher, 
334 Dearborn St., CHICAGO. 
Eastern Office: 
1536 Am. Tract Society Bldg., New York. 
Subscription $1.00 a Year in Advance. 
Foreign Subscription $1.25. 
Correspondence solicited on subjects 
pertinent to the columns of the journxl. 
Officials of Parks and Cemeteries are- 
requested to send copies of their re- 
ports . 
Photographs and descriptive sketches 
of interesting features in parks, cemeter- 
ies, home grounds , streets, etc., are solic- 
ited from our readers. 
Association of American Ceme^ 
tery Superintendents. 
ARTHUR W. HOBERT, “Lakewood,” 
Minneapolis, Minn., President. 
\Vm. stone, “Pine Grove," 
Lynn, Mass., Vice President. 
F EURICH, Woodward La.wn, Detroit, Mich. 
Secretary and Treasurer. 
The Thirteenth Annual Convention will 
be held at New Haven, Conn. 
The American Park and Out-Door 
Art Association. 
CHARLES M. LORING, Minneapolis, Minn. 
President, 
WARREN H. MANNING, Tremont Building. 
Boston. Mass. Secretary, 
E- B HASKELL, Boston, Treasurer. 
The next meeting of the Association 
will be held at Detroit, Mich. 
The American Society of Landscape 
Architects has been organized, with the 
following officers; J. C. Olmsted, presi- 
dent; O. Parsons, Jr., vice-president; W. 
C Laurie, treasurer, and D. W. Langton, 
New York, secretary. 
Mr. E. Baker, well known as a botanist 
and horticulturist in the South, will take 
the place of superintendent Fonta in 
Audubon Park, New Orleans, during the 
absence of the latter gentleman, who 
shortly leaves for France, his native coun- 
try, on a visit which may occupy eighteen 
months. 
Mr. Cyrus Phipps was again elected 
superintendent of Franklin Cemetery, 
Franklin, Pa., at the recent annual meet- 
ing of that association. 
Mr. G. D. Baltimore, C. E., of Troy, 
N. Y., engineer of the Oakwood and For- 
est Park cemeteries of Troy, and the Fern 
Dale cemetery, located between Johns- 
town and Gloversville, has been retained 
in a similar capacity by the Pine View 
Cemetery Association, of Glens Falls, N. 
Y. Mr. Baltimore is now at work laying 
out the new tracts recently purchased by 
that association. 
Plans have been prepared by Mr. War- 
ren H. Manning, landscape architect of 
Boston, for the new South View Ceme- 
tery at Randolph, Vt. Mr. Manning in 
collaboration with Mr. W. C. Whitney, 
architect, has been at work on the plans 
for the house and grounds of the Minne- 
tonka Pleasure club. Lake Minnetonka, 
Minn. The contracts for the building 
will be let immediately and the members 
hope to have it ready for use by June. 
The house is to erected immediately on 
the Lafayette hotel site and a part of the 
foundation work will be utilized. The 
house will have a frontage of So feet, a 
depth of 90, and contain on the ground 
floor a large dining room and kitchen be- 
side a spacious club room. A veranda 
will encircle the house and a portion will 
be screened in as a tea room. 
Mr. James A. Burns has been appointed 
superintendent of the Rural cemetery, 
Albany, N.Y., to succeed the late Mar- 
ion Randolph. In 1866 Mr. Burns, when 
a boy of 12 went to work in the cemetery, 
under the superintendency of James W. 
Green. Since that time, a period of 33 
years, he has been in continuous service 
there, and for a number of years has been 
assistant superintendent. Much pleasure 
is expressed in his appointment by the lot 
owners who have appreciated his work and 
his uniform courtesy. 
The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe R- 
R. Co. is falling into line on the subject 
of improving their station grounds, and 
have recently appointed Mr. A. Reinisch 
of Lawrence, Kas., as landscape gardener. 
Parks are to be laid out at their railway 
stations and improvements carried out to 
make the properties attractive. 
The meeting of the Rock River Val- 
ley Branch of the Illinois Horticultural 
Society, a very interesting one, was held at 
the residence of George Powell, near 
Sterling, last month. In the course of the 
proceedings Mr. George D. John read a 
paper on, “Should Horticulture be taught 
in our Public Schools?” The authertook 
a negative view of the subject on the 
grounds that the public schools were es- 
tablished for the purpose of giving the 
child a good knowledge of the common 
branches which all practice as a rule every 
day in all business and other avocations 
of life, so that horticulture and other stud- 
ies may find a foundation upon which to 
build. A good discussion was had upon 
the paper, but published reports give the 
balance of argument in favor of the views 
of the author. 
The Horticultural Society of Chicago 
have made preliminary arrangements for 
probably the largest and most comprehen- 
sive horticultural exhibit ever attempted 
in this country. It will be given in the 
Auditorium building, the rent of which 
and expenses for the week commencing 
Nov. 6, labor and other items will amount 
to $20,000. Some $5,000 has already been 
promised towards a guarantee fund and 
as soon as this is sulHcieni to cover ex- 
penses, the lease will be drawn up with 
the Auditorium managers, and all arrange- 
ments for the exhibits completed. 
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\ BOOKS. REPORTS, ETC., RECEIVED. 
Oakwoods cemetery, Chicago. The de- 
scriptive pamphlet recently issued by the 
Oakwoods Cemetery Association of Chi- 
cago is a fine example of cemetery printed 
matter. It is profusely and beautifully il- 
lustrated and contains the essential infor- 
mation to interest and attract attention. 
Another highly artistic production is 
that of Woodlawn cemetery. New York 
City, a small pamphlet contains most 
beautifully produced half tones, one to a 
page with a few words only of printed 
matter executed in tint inks. This is is- 
sued in addition to the annual report for 
i8y8 which is gotten up in the style which 
has become standard with Woodlawn 
cemetery. 
Report of the Board of Metropolitan 
Park Commissioners, Boston, Mass, , Janu- 
ary 1899. Illustrated with photo-gravures 
and detail contour map of the Metropoli- 
tan District of Boston. 
Fifty-first annual report of the Direc- 
tors of Swan Point cemetery. Providence, 
R. 1 . February 7, 1899. Together with 
the Charter, By-laws, Rules and Regula- 
tions and a catalogue of proprietors. 
Beautifully illustrated with full page half 
tones. 
The University of Nebraska. Tvrelfth 
annual report of the U. S. Agricultural 
Experiment Station of Nebraska. 
Proceedings of the Western New York 
Horticultural Society, Forty-fourth an- 
nual meeting held at Rochester, N. Y., 
January 25 and 26, 1899. 
Transactions of the Massachusetts Hor- 
ticultural Society for the year 189S. 
Transactions of the Indiana Horticul- 
tural Society, 1898. This is a report of 
the 38th annual meeting, which was held 
in Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 6-8, 1898. The 
book contains a number of instructive 
papers and committee reports, and the 
discussions afford a fund of invaluable in- 
formation on practical lines. 
Preliminary announcement, Twenty- 
seventh annual meeting of the American 
Public Health Association to be held at 
Minneapolis. Minn., October 31, to No- 
vember 3, 1S99. 
Report of Board of Park Commission- 
ers, Wilmington, Del., 1898. Thisreport 
is always attractive. The present issue 
contains some beautijul halt tones and re- 
productions of pen and ink drawings. 
Annual report of the Directors of the 
LaFayette Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa., 
for year ending December 31, 1898. Mrs. 
Catherine Betson, superintendent. 
Annual report of the Board of Ceme- 
tery Commissioners, City of Cambridge, 
Mass., 1898. 
Constitution and By-Laws of the Elm- 
wood Cemetery Company, Sherbrooke. 
P. Q., Canada. 
