PARK AND CEMETERY. 
^ Monthly Journal of Landscape Gardening and Kindred Arts. 
VOL. IX. Chicago, August, 1899. NO. 6. 
CONTENTS. 
EDITORIAL — The Thirteenth Annual Convention of the 
Association of American Cemetery Superintendents — 
Horticulture at the Paris Exposition — Public Conveni- 
ences — Advertising Signs in the Landscape — Libraries 
in the Parks —Appropriateness of Public Statuary, .in, 112 
Public Value of a Botanic Garden 113 
Tree Planting in September 113 
“■Clinging Vines 114 
Russian Olive 115 
Outdoor Art in School and College Grounds 116 
Same Effects of the Cold Winter at Rose Brake 117 
“Southern Vegetation 119 
The Country School Houses 119 
Improvement Associations 120 
Michigan Notes I2i 
“Garden Plants — Their Geography, XLIV .. 122 
Park Notes 124 
Cemetery Notes 125 
Correspondence 126 
Program of Thirteenth Annual Convention of the Ameri- 
can Associition of Cemetery Superintendents 126 
Selected Notes and Extracts 127 
Reviews of Books, Reports, etc 128 
* Illustrated. 
HE thirteenth annual convention of the As- 
.sociation of i\merican Cemetery Superin- 
tendents will be held in New Haven, Conn. , 
September 5-8, and tie program will be found on 
another page. The fact that the meeting has not 
been held in the New England States for several 
years, and that it is the home of so many of our 
leading landscape and horticultural experts, should 
attract a large gathering of prominent and influen- 
tial men interested in the care and development of 
cemeteries. It is unnecessary to c&ll attention to 
the wonderful advances that have been made in the 
improvement of our cemeteries, or to the fact that 
the credit for this must be largely accorded to the 
Association, but we would add, that this advance 
might have been broadened to take in other features 
of cemetery work, had but the trustees and other 
officials identified themselves with the aims of the 
organization. It is not yet too late, and we again 
urge the cemetery corporations of the country to 
appropriate funds for the attendance of at least their 
superintendent at the coming meeting, and it is 
also certain that tlie presence of any represehtative 
of the governing body will not only have an inspir- 
ing influence on others present, but will insure to 
the immediate benefit of himself and the property 
he represents. 
I T is evidently the intention of the U. S. Paris 
Exposition Commissioners to exploit to the 
best possible advantage all the desirable fea- 
tures of our American civilization, and in pursu- 
ance of this general idea a circular has been issued 
by the Department of Agriculture, Washington, 
on the subject of rural economy, calling for charts 
and photographs to be exhibited in portfolios each 
containing 24 sheets measuring 22 in. by 28 in. 
These illustrations are to comprise farm buildings, 
and the operations, methods and appliances of 
American Agriculture and Horticulture. The lim- 
ited space at our disposal makes it impossible to 
give an adequate representation by means of sam- 
ples and specimens in these departments, although 
such exhibits on as large a scale as permissible are 
being prepared; but to provide for proper represen- 
tation suitable space has been set aside in the 
United States section for the display of photographs 
or other illustrations of Horticultural subjects. In 
circular No 7 issued from Washington relative to 
this, an invitation is extended for photographs or 
illustrations of “Public Parks and Cemeteries, Priv- 
ate Grounds and Home places: Views showing 
characteristic landscape features, ponds of aquatics, 
ornamental plantings of trees, shrubs and flowers, 
driveways, rustic buildings, lodges, etc. Orna- 
mental planting along highways, about public buil d- 
ings, railway stations, etc.” These suggestions 
should be generously complied with, and if noth- 
ing else, such a display will make comparisons with 
European progress in these directions a grand les- 
son for future development. 
T he construction of a public comfort building in 
a prominent part of Boston, at a cost of 
some $i 5,000, is an excellent indication that 
some of our city authorities are waking up to a 
realization of the necessity of a properly distributed 
system of such structures in all large cities. It is, 
moreover, astonishing, considering the amount of 
travel indulged in by the American of average 
means, that in our progressive cities we have not 
kept up in this line of progress with the leading 
European cities. This criticism is equally due the 
officials of parks and cemeteries. There is a seri- 
