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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
open mouth of a serpent. It is an interesting 
experiment to cut the branches, with the embryo 
fruit and keep them in a warm room until the 
expulsion sends the seeds bouncing around the 
room. Arboretums may well be adorned with 
these interesting trees native to our forests. Parks 
are intesesting when adorned with shrubs and trees 
of marked and unusual features, and such is the 
characteristic of Witch Hazel. The foliage is 
obovate or oval, wavy-toothed and straight viened, 
slightly downy and alternate, not unlike the Fil- 
bert or Hazel-nut. 
Among the belated flowers. Asters and Golden 
rod, it is charming to the senses to come suddenly 
upon the wildling Witch Hazel in bloom. The 
sweet perfume invariably makes the proximity of 
the tree known, and it is curious to note the man- 
ner in which the light yellow blossoms cling to the 
tree. They are almost without stems, and are set 
in neat little nests up and down and all around 
every limb, seeming to nestle against the cold, after 
the leaves have fallen. G. T. Drcnnan. 
ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN CEMETERY SUPERIN- 
TENDENTS. 
Program of the Thirteenth Annual Convention, New Haven, 
Conn., September 5 , 6, 7 and 8, J 899 , 
Headquarters will be at Warner Hall, No. 1044 
Chapel Street, and all meetings will be held there. 
Tuesday, Sept. 5 . 
MORNING SESSION, lO A.M. 
Meeting called to order. Prayer. Reception of New Mem- 
bers and Roll Call. 
Address of Welcome by his honor, Cornelius T. Driscoll, 
Mayor of the City of New H.iven. 
President's Address. Report of the Secretary and Treas- 
urer. Communications. Appointments of Committees. Ques- 
tion Box. Informal Discussion. 
Recess for Lunch. 
AFTERNOON SESSION, 2 P.M. 
1. Paper. — “Difficulties Confronting Cemetery Superin- 
tendents,” by G. C. Nailor. 
2. Pap2r. — “In(luen;e of the Individual Superintendent 
in his Cemetery,” by J. A. Phorne. 
3 Address. By E. C. Beecher, of the New Haven City 
Burial Ground. 
Discussion. 
4:30 P.M. Visit to the New Haven City Burial Ground. 
EVENING SESSION, 8 P.M. 
4. Paper. — “Influence of Modern Cemeteries,” by N. C. 
Wilder. 
5. Paper, — “Some of Our Lot owners at Home, ”by Sid 
J. Hare. 
6. Address. By Hon. L. P. Doming, of the P'air Haven 
Union Cemetery. 
Discussion. 
Wednesday Sept. 6. 
9 A.M. Visit to the Crypt under Center Church. 
MORNING SESSION, 10 A.M. 
Roll Call. 
7. Paper.— “How to make Single Grave Sections Com- 
pare Favorably with other Sections,” by F. D. Willis. 
Nomination of Olficers. 
8. Paper.— “If Annual Planting or Embellishment of 
Lots is Discouraged or Reduced, can the Interest of Lot-owners 
be Maintained?” by T. McCarthy. 
9. Address. By Rev. J. F. Corcoran, of the St. Lawrence 
and St. Bernard Cemetery Associations. 
Question Box. Adjournment. Discussion. 
2 ~P.M. Visit to Cemeteries, East Rock Park and other 
Places. 
EVENING SESSION, 8 P.M. 
10. Paper. — “Beauties and Benefits of Modern Ceme- 
teries,” by George H. Scott. 
11. Paper. — “Should Monuments and Markers be Set by 
the Cemetery,” by Timothy Donlan. 
12. Paper.— By Hon Henry T. Blake, of the New Haven 
Park Commission. 
Question Box. Discussion. 
Thursday, Sept. 7 . 
9 A.M. Visit to Yale University Buildings. 
MORNING SESSION, 10:30 A.M. 
Roll Call. 
13. Paper. — “Funeral Attendance at Graves, Appliances 
for Lowering Caskets and Protection of Mourners,” by H. J . 
Diering. 
14. Paper. By W. H. Barton, Pres. Dale Cemetery, 
Sing Sing, N . Y. 
Election and Installation of Officers. 
Discussion. 
AFTERNOON SESSION, 2 P.M. 
(In the hands of Executive Committee.) 
Reading of Papers and Communications. 
Unfinished Business. 
3 o’clock. Adjournment. 
Shore Dinner. 
Friday, Sept. 8. 
10 A.M. Train for Hartford, to visit the cemeteries and 
other places of interest. 
Note: — 
The following subjects have been suggested for discussion: 
1. How to become a proficient Cemetery Superintendent. 
2. Why labor in cemeteries on Sunday? 
3. Proper treatment of cemetery woodlands. 
4. Subdivision of sections and lots. 
5. Ground covering — use of shrubbery and vines on lots. 
6. The park idea in cemeteries. 
7. Cemetery advertising. How far is it permissible? 
Commissions. 
8. Ideal management and care versus income. 
9. The most satisfactory system of pumping water; variety 
of pumps: methods of distributing water. 
10. Winter work in cemeteries. 
11. How far should perpetual care be extended to get best 
results? How best to ascertain rates. 
12. Perpetual or annual care provisions for poor or sick 
cemetery employees. 
13. Are charges made by cemeteries commensurate with 
value given? 
14. Buildings, enclosures and equipments for cemeteries. 
15. True art in cemeteries versus the sham. 
16 Comparison between cemeteries and parks. 
17. Influence of our surroundings. 
18. Insects and pests injurious in cemeteries (moles, mice, 
chipmunks, skunks, etc.) 
19. Wide roads versus narrow roads. 
20. Characteristic beauty of trees and shrubs in winter. 
GARDEN PLANTS— THEIR GEOGRAPHY— XLIII. 
EBENALES. 
THE CHRYSOPHYLLUM, DIOSPYROS AND STYRAX 
ALLIANCE. 
Achras in i or 2 species is West Indian and Cen- 
tral American, but is reported to promise very well 
in the most tropical parts of the United States 
that is at the mouths of the Colorado, Rio Grande, 
and at the extreme South of Florida. A number 
of plants formerly included in this genus by botan- 
ists are now transferred to others, and many of the 
genera have undergone a general shaking up. Sev- 
eral sub-tropical Sideroxylons, and Homorgyne 
