PARK AND CEMETERY, 
261 
At a meeting of the Youiijr Itlen's Assembly of Watertown, 
INIa.ss., amoii)^ many imijortant subjects discussed were the cem- 
eteries, and a resolution, moved by Rev. E. A. Rand, was passed 
urgiiifj the improvement of the Common Street cemetery. In 
the course of the remarks Mr. Rand said: The Common Street 
cemetery, is not a plea.sant spot to look upon. Some of the old 
trees should he removed and a few elms planted .so that in a few 
years they would afford shade. The cemetery should he made 
attractive wdth .shrubs and well kept paths. The Common Street 
cemeter}- is the centre of the town, and is seen by many trav- 
elers, and is not attractive. The town will .soon have three cem- 
eteries, and the nearer they come to gardens the more it will he 
to the credit of the town. The Common Street cemetery is the 
site of the old meeting hou.se. Its location could be marked for 
a small amount of money, and a tablet, with more complete de- 
scription, might be erected. In some way this re.sting place for 
the dead should be improved and made a beautiful place. 
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The annual report of Greenlawn Cemetery, Columbus, O., 
shows total receipts amounting to 108.39, expenditures, 
$ 4 ,S, 027.12. The receipts included .sales of lots, 1:15,5 13.42; vault 
fees, f4,957: graves, $4,020; labor on lots, $2,920.05. In expen- 
ditures, the labor bills amounted to $20,640.70. Some $250 were 
expended in trees, plants and flow'ers. 
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The Savannah Ladies Aid Societ}^ of the 2iid Georgia regi- 
ment, organized for the Spanish American war, has undertaken 
to further a movement for a memorial to the dead of the regi- 
ment. A boulder of Georgia granite as be.st suitable for the 
purpose, si.x feet long, the same in height, and three feet in 
width was decided upon. A cro.ss is to be cut on the boulder and 
inscribed at the head with the words “In IMemoriam.’’ At the 
foot of the cross will be the words “Second Georgia Regiment.” 
On either .side of the cross will be inscribed the names of the 
decea.sed members of the war organization. It will be erected 
immediately opposite the main entrance to Laurel Grove ceme- 
ter v on the chapel green, and the Park and Tree Commission will 
superintend the improvement of the site. 
The statue, erected by the children of the state of New York 
in memory of the noted educator, Ur. Ivdward Au.stin Sheldon, 
was unveiled in the Capitol at Albany, January 1 1. The statue 
is in bronze and represents Dr. Sheldon in a sitting posture. 
At his side is a child to whom he is imparting knowledge 
through an object lesson, a sphere being held in his left hand by 
which he is demonstrating his lesson. The work was modelled 
by John Francis Brines. Two hundred thomsand school children 
contributed, creating a fund of $3,539-6». 
I CORRESPONDENCE. ^ ^ | 
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In reph' to a correspondent desiring a list of hardy shrnl s, 
herbaceous plants, etc., adapted to ornamental planting on the 
prairies of Western Nebraska, the following from Prof. vSamuel 
R. Green, of the Univer.sity of :Minne.sota Agricultural lixperi- 
ment Station offers a fine choice for decorative effects: 
Orn.-vmRXI'ap Shruh.5. Red Twigged D.rgwood, Hardy 
Hydrangea, Tartarian honeysuckle, Syringa, Golden spirea. 
Buckthorn, Japanese Ro.se, Mis.souri currant, .Spirea, L. van 
Houttei, Ash Leafed Spirea, Spirea, Buffalo berry. Lilac, High 
bush cranberry, Snowlwll, Cornus stolonifera. Hydrangea 
])aniculat:i grandiflor.i, Lonicer.i, i.irt:irica, Ph ihulelphus, in 
variety, Phy.socarpus opulifolia,var. aurea, Rhamnnsc :tharticuSj 
Ro.sa rugo.sa, Ribes aurea, Spirea Van Houttei, Spirea sorbifolia, 
Spirea Obovata, Sheperdia argentea, Syringa vulgaris, in varie- 
ty, Viburnum opulus, Vilmrnum opulus, var. sterilis. 
Hp;ri!.aceous Pi,.\NT,s. Columbine, Lily of the valley. 
Larkspur, Bleeding heart. Baby's breath, German iris. Colored 
daisies. Herbaceous peonies. Double yarrow,. Aqnilegia vul- 
garis. Convallaria majalis. Delphinium hybridium. Dicentra 
spectabilis, Gypsophila paniculata, Pyrethrum ro.seum, Paeonia 
sp., Achillea ptarmica, flora plena, 
YINK.S. Virginia creeper. Bitter sweet. Virgin’s bower. 
Wild grape, (staminate form ) Ampelopsis \'irginica,Celastrus 
.scandens. Clematis Virginiana, Vitis riparia. 
LEGAL, 
UNWARRANTED REr.UEATION.S. 
The attempted delegation, in section 47 of the New York 
law governing cemetery as.sociation to fix a fine for the violation 
of a regulation made by the a.ssociation, a trial term of the 
sujmeme court of New York, Fulton county, holds, is not a 
valid exerci.se of legislative power. The court further holds, in 
the ca.se of the Johnstown Cemetery A.ssociation against Parker, 
.that, where the deeds to lots reserve the right to each proprietor 
to cultivate trees, shrubs and plants ( and growing gra.ss mn.st 
be considered as a plant, being embraced within the definition 
of a plant! upon the premises, this carries with it the right of 
the lot owner to enter upon, and cut from time to time the 
grass and remove the weeds growing upon, the lot. 
Again, the deed transferring the entire title to the property, 
subject only to the regulations that were attached to it, the 
court holds that it gave to the owner the absolute use and con- 
trol, except so far as they were inconsistent with any right 
which was to be exercised under the ' deed hy the cemetery 
association. It gave to him the absolute right of ingre.ss at any 
time, to enter upon the lot for any of the purposes that were 
con.sistent with its use aud, occupation. In such a case, it in- 
sists, it is the ab.solute and unqualified right of the owner to 
enter upon that lot, and to do anything thereon, as an owner, not 
incon.sistent with any right which the cemeter}^ a.s,sociation 
may have. 
The right to prescribe rules for the government of the 
grounds, the court goes on to sa\q does not extend to the right 
to curtail the right of au owner to occupy his lot. He mav 
occu])_v it despite anj’ rules or regulations of the a.ssociation, so 
far as it does not affect any right of theirs. If they can make a 
regulation that the superintendent shall do all the work n])on 
the lots, they may make a regulation that no monuments shal 
be erected except by the superintendent. 
And more especially does the court here hold unreasonable, 
under such circumstances, a rule or regulation the object of 
which is to compel lot owners to employ the superintendent to 
care for and take charge of their lots, so as to produce a revenue 
for the as.sociation. 
Flven a.s.suming that a right was reserved by the a.ssociation 
to pass regulations governing the care of the lots, the court holds 
that such a regulation as that suggested would not be a reasonable 
one. It is not rea.sonable to deprive the owner of a lot of the 
right to cultivate flowers, plants, gra.ss, and .shrubbery upon 
his lot, so long as he doe.S not violate any right of the cemetery 
association. He has the absolute right to do as he pleases, and 
to use the lot, within those limits, as free from hindrance as he 
has his own household premises. 
On the other hand, the court suggests that the as.sociation 
might regulate the hours at which work might be done upon 
lots (that is, within reasonable limits;) the)- might sav that no 
work should be done njion a lot during a burial in the \ icinil\-; 
and, generally, the\' might make rea.sonable regulations. 
