PARK AND CEMETERY. 
Park and eemeterv. 
ESTABLISHED 1890, 
An Illustrated Monthly Journal. 
Dovoted to the advaucenieiit of .\rt-out 
of Doors, with special reference to the 
iniproveinentjof parks, cenieteries, home 
proiuids and the promotion of the inter- 
c.sts of Town and Village Improvement 
■Association, etc. 
The regular contributors to Park .\ni) 
Cemetery are among the most eminent 
Landscape Architects, Landscape Garden- 
ers and IIorticulturi,sts in the Lnited 
■States, whose practical articles make the 
journal one of great value to any one 
identified with land.scape work. 
John W. Weston, C. E., Editor. 
R. J. HAIGHT, Publisher, 
334 Dearborn St., CHICAGO. 
Eastern Office: 
1 536 Am. T ract Society Bldg., New Y ork. 
Subscription $i.oo a Year in Advance. 
Foreign Subscription $1.25. 
Correspondence solicited on sn-bjects 
pertinent to the columns of the journal. 
Officials of Parks and Conetcries 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. 
Wm. STONE, "Pine Grove," 
Lynn, Mass., President. 
GEORGE M. P.MNTER. "West Laurel Hill," 
Phikadelpliia, Vice-President. 
H. WILSON ROSS, "Newton." 
NewtonviUe, Mass, Secretary and Treasurer, 
The I'ourteenth .-Annual Convention will 
he held at Cleveland, O. 
The American Park and Out- Door 
Art Association. 
CHARLES M LORING, Minneapolis. Minn. 
President. 
WARREN H. MANNING, Tremont Buildmjt. 
Boston Mass. Secretary. 
O. C. SIMONDS, Chicago. Treasurer. 
The next meeting of the .As.sociation 
will be held at Chicago, 111 . 
The American Society of LaiLlscapc 
Architecis. 
JOHN CHARLES OLMSTED, Brookline. 
Mass. President- 
S.AMUEL PARSONS, JR., St. Janies Bldg., 
New York. Vice-president. 
CH.AS. N. LOWRIE, 156 Fifth ave , .New 
York. Treasurer. 
DANIEL W. LANGTO.N, 115 East 23rd St.' 
New York. Secretary. 
Personal. 
L. tv. Ro.s,s, Land.scape Gardener, Bos- 
ton, IMa.ss., is superintendent of a new 
cemeterv now being laid out at Canton, 
Ma.ss., a few miles from Boston. This is 
one of the ehtiin of cemeteries being es- 
lahli.shed through the efforts of an eastern 
cemeterv syndicate. 
Mr. (). D. Carroll, .superinlenilent, re- 
centlv moved from St. John's to Ctilvary 
cemeterv, Cleveland, ()., to the fine home 
built for him ;it that cenieterj-. 
Mr. Levant L. Mason, Secretarj- and 
superintendent of Lake View' cemetery, 
Jame.stown, N. Y., last month celebrated 
the 50th anniversary of business as a jew'- 
eler in that city. Mr. Mason opened his 
store in 1.S49 and the first entry on his 
books is dated Nov. 7, 1849. He has oc- 
cupied manv prominent public positions, 
such as trustee for the village, president 
of the board; for .sixteen years he was a 
meniher of the Board of Education and for 
twenty-three years has been .secretary and 
superintendent of the above cemetery. 
Mr. Ma,son was married in 1S50 and ex- 
pects to celebrate his golden wedding in 
May, next j'ear. Mr. IMa.son has alw'aj'S 
taken an active interest in the association 
of .American Cemetery Superintendents 
and has attended many of its conventions. 
The “Shaw” Banquet, St- Louis, Mo. 
The tenth (and in this sense an anni- 
versary ) horticvdtural baiupiet provided 
for in the w’ill of Henr_\' Shaw, the founder 
of the Mis.souri Botanical Garden, w'as 
given by the Garden at the Mercantile 
Club, Sf. Louis, on the evening of No- 
vember 18. Covers were laid for 125 per- 
.sons. The room was ta.stefully decorated, 
and the dinner enlivened by mu.sic. On 
the conclu.sion of the dinner, the chair- 
man of the evening, Profe.s.sor Trelease, 
])roposed several toasts appropriate to the 
occasion and suggested by the guests who 
were present, representative of various 
florists' and other horticultural organiza- 
tions: after wdiich he proposed as a sub- 
ject for .special con,sideration the pos,sihil- 
ity of securing the ap]iropriate and tasty 
planting of pulilic school grounds, which 
are so commonly left in a bare and unat- 
tractive condition, particularly in the 
country, where a little organized effort 
would .so easily cause them to blossom 
with the mo.st beautiful of native plants. 
.Addresses on this .subject were made by 
Professor W. J. Stevens, ,Superintendent 
of Public In.struction of Carthage, Mis- 
.souri, who,se paper clearly indicated the 
practicability of securing the end in view' 
through the aid particularly of the w'o- 
men's clubs of the smaller cities; and by 
Profe.ssor J. C. Whitten, of the L'niver.sity 
of Mi.ssouri, and Mr. Janies Newton Bas- 
kett of Alexico, Mi.ssouri, the w'ell-know n 
W'riter on natural history and rural life. 
The annual meeting of the Indiana Hor- 
ticultural Society w'ill be held in the State 
House, Indianapolis, Ind., January 3-5, 
jpoo.This meeting follow's that of the State 
Board of Agriculture. .-Vn excellent and 
instructive programme has been arranged 
and among the papers to he read are the 
following: "Is the Carolina Pojilar a De- 
sirable Tree for Street Planting?” by J. J. 
Hollow'ell. "The A'alue of Horticulture 
to our Public Institutions," b\’ Prof. .A. 
W. Butler. "What can we do Towards 
Creating a Better Sentiment Concerning 
the Improvement of our Rural School 
Grounds,” bj' Lawrence Turnan. "Some 
Desirable Trees for Planting in School 
Grounds,” by J. P. Brown. Some valu- 
able reports w'ill also be sulnnitted. The 
Indiana Horticultural Society is to be 
commended for the interest it is encour- 
a,ging in art out-of-doors. 
Obituary. 
The death of Air. Frederick W. Chis- 
lett, late superiuteiulenl of Crown Hill 
cemeterv, Indian.'ipolis, Ind., and w'hich 
was briefly recorded in our last issue, re- 
moves from our midst one of the be.st 
know'll .superintendents and land.scape 
men of the country, and a member of a 
family for generations devoted to such 
W'ork. He w'as born in England, Septem- 
ber 10, 1827 and came to America w'ith 
his parents at fourjyears of age, spending 
his childhood and early manhood in Pitts- 
burgh. Removing to Dubuque after his 
marriage in 1853, he remained there until 
1863, when he came hack to Indianapolis 
to take the position of .superintendent of 
Crown Hill, he being then 36 years old. 
His father, John Chislett of Pittsburgh 
had ju.st previously been consulted on the 
location of that cemeterv, and was firm in 
his choice of location, although this w'as 
at first contrary to the opinion of tho.se 
interested. Mr. Chislett occupied the 
.superintendency of the cemeteri' until his 
death, surviving the majority of the man- ,| 
agers and incorporators of the as.sociation. ! 
Mr. Chislett was a man of characteri.stic 
vigor, energy and executive ability. He 
W'as firm, and forceful but of kind dispo- 
.sition, and he leaves a w'orthy record. .A i 
w'idow' and two sons .survive him. .-At a ] 
recent meeting of the board of managers j 
of the cemeter}' Mr. John Chislett was 
elected superintendent to succeed his ) 
father, and the board pa.s.sed resolutions | 
eloquent with expre.s,sion.s of sympathy j 
and regard for their deceased official. i 
The folding casket low'ering device 
manufactured at Ovid, Mich., and illus- 
trated in the conipanj-'s advertisement on 
another page, is finding many friends 
among the cemetery officials who have 
tested its merits. It has many points to 
recommend it, simplicity, ease of opera- 
tion, ])ortahility and appearance. It 
low'ers the casket automatically at any de- 
.sired speed and w'ithout noise, has grave 
lining attachments rapidily adjusted, and 
the opinion of a prominent cemeterv offi- 
cial is that it is a va.st improvement over 
human labor, and operates most satisfac- 
torily. The company will comply w'ith 
any requests for information. 
BOOKS. REPORTS. ETC., RECEIVED. 
New FIdition ok Copp’.s Sp;tti,kr’.s 
GuidpI. Price 25 cents. The tw'enty- 
first edition of Copp’s Settler’s Guide, 
a popvdar expo.sition of our public land 
.system has been received. It is edited 
by Henry N. Co])p, of Wa.shington, D. 
C., the w'ell know'll land attorney. The 
chaiiter on surveys is illustrated and 
tells how to decipher townshi]) and sec- 
tion corners. The book gives the late.st 
rulings on the Homestead and other 
law's and there is con.sidcrable informa- 
tion on matters connected therewith. 
Mr. Co])]) -desires the addresses of all 
union .soldiers who made home.stead en- 
tries before June 1S74, of le.ss than 160 
acres. 
Trade Literature, Etc. 
A New' AVorld of Beauty. A descrijition 
of the Rocky Mountain Flvcrgreens. 
.Adajited to the east and west. Te.sted 
and a])])roved h}’ leading Horticultur- 
ists. Written hy C. S. Harri.soii, Select 
Nursery, A'ork, Nebra.ska. 
Nursery Price List of Fruit Trees. 
Grapes and Small F'ruits. llariL- F'low'- 
ering Shrubs, Shade and Ornamental 
Trees, Evergreens, Roses, A’iiies, Plants, 
Bulbs, etc. John C. Teas & Son, Car- 
thage, Mo. 
