PARK AND CEMETERY. 
^ ^ Monthly Journal of La/ dscipe Gardening and Kindred Arts. 
VOL. IX. Chicago, September, J899. NO. 7. 
CONTENTS. 
EUl rORlAL— The New Haven Convention of the Associa- 
tion of American Cemetery Superintendents — Associa- 
tion of Park Superintendents of New England — Protec- 
tection of th; Public in Parks and Cemeteries — Land- 
scipe Work in the Cemetery 129 
*The Thirteenth Annual Convention of the Association of 
American Cemetery Superintendents 130 
Annual Planting or Embellishment of Cemetery Lots 135 
*The Burns Monument, Bane, Vt 136 
The Care of Trees on the Streets of Cities 137 
♦Horticultural Hall, Philadelphia 140 
Park Nomenclature and Accoun s 141 
The Toad 142 
*God's Acre 143 
Improvement of the House Lot 145 
^Garden Plants — Their Geography, XLV 147 
^Improvement Associations 148 
Park Notes 151 
Cemetery Notes 152 
Selected Notes and Extracts 154 
Reviews of Books, Reports, Etc 155 
* Illustrated. 
MARKED and very encouraging feature of 
the convention of the Association of Ameri- 
can Cemetery Superintendents held this 
month at New Haven, Conn., was the number of 
cemetery officials, other than superintendents, pres- 
ent and interested in the proceedings. This has 
been urged for years past in these columns, for the 
work of the superintendent is intimately connected 
with that of the other officials, and while the title of 
the association is not inviting to such officials the 
constitution expressly provides for their participa- 
tion in membership and the work of the association. 
The number of trustees and other officers present 
at New Haven is strong evidence of their growing 
appreciation of the good work accomplished, — a 
recognition of the importance of the participation 
on the part of all cemetery officials in the efforts of 
the superintendents, and of the influence of the as- 
sociation on the progress and improvement of mod- 
ern cemeteries. At this convention as on former 
occasions a strong effort was made to change the 
title so as to make it a more inviting and compre- 
hensive one, but as on such former occasions, it 
failed. Another good move, however, the appoint- 
ment of an advisory committee to devise ways and 
means for furthering the laudable objects of the 
society received favorable consideration; by this 
it is expected to increase the membership and so cor- 
respondingly broaden its sphere of usefulness. Al- 
together the New H rven convention will undoubt- 
edly mark the beginning of more aggressive effort 
in the direclion of extending the work of the asso- 
ciation and thereby tend to improve the conditions 
of our cemeteries throughout the land. 
T he formation of the Association of Park- 
Superintendents of New England as an 
auxiliary to the American Park and Outdoor 
Art Association suggests that the cause of art out- 
of-doors is gathering strength. The organizatiem 
consummated at Providence, R. I., this month 
begins its career with a membership that represents 
the principal cities in that section. The society 
has as its very laudable objects the professional 
improvement of its members and the encourage- 
ment of social intercourse among men interested in 
park work. The meetings will be devoted to the 
reading and discussion of papers, and the field 
inspection of parks in New England and other 
states. 
W E have been devoting much necessary at- 
tention to the development of the public 
park as a place of rest and recreation 
from the standpoint of physical requirements, and 
truly remarkable progress has resulted. The acre- 
age of lands made beautiful in and about our cities 
and towns for park purposes during the last ten 
years would astonish the average reader, to say 
nothing of the vast sums of money expended in the 
work. But it matters nothing as to what extent 
such public improvements are carried out nor the 
money spent to produce these results, if park man- 
agement ends with their establishment; for unless a 
park is properly policed and rendered absolutely 
safe for the well-behaved citizen, it does not fulfill 
its purpose. It has been somwhat astonishing the 
past summer to note, through press reports, the 
number of complaints of vagrancy, molestation and 
general hoodlumism that have been made in dif- 
ferent sections of the country, which points to the 
conclusion that more stringent methods must be 
adopted by park officials to insure the comfort and 
safety of those using the parks for legitimate pur- 
poses. One of the most marked weaknesses of our 
communal system is the flagrancy with which our 
