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Park and Ccmciery. 
ESTABLISHED 1833. 
An Illustrated Monthly Journal. 
Devoted to the advancement of Art-ont 
of Doors, with siiecial reference to the 
iinprovenieiit of parks, cemeteries, home 
fjronnds and the promotion of the inter- 
ests of Town and Village Improvement 
As.sociation, etc. 
The regnlar contriliutors to 1’ark and 
CK.MKTKRVare among the most eminent 
Landscape Architects, Landscajie (larden- 
ers and Ilorticnltnri.sts in the United 
States, whose practical articles make the 
journal one of great value to any one 
identified with landscape work. . 
John W. Weston, C. E., Editor. 
R. J. HAIGHT, Publisher, 
334 Dearborn St., CHICAGO. 
Eastern Office: 
153S Am. Tract Society Bldg., New York. 
Sjbscription $1.00 a Year in Advance. 
Foreign Subscription $1.25. 
Corrcspondciicc solicited on su-hjects 
pertinent to the columns of the journ it. 
(.)fficia/s of l‘a>ks and Cemeteries are 
> eqaested to send copies of their, re- 
ports . 
I’hotoo'raphs and descriptive sketches 
of interestim^ features in p. irks, cemeter- 
ies, honi'' i^rounds , streets, etc., are solic- 
ited from our readers 
Association of American Cemce 
tery Superintendents. 
Wm. STONIi. “Pine Grove," 
Lynn, Mass., President. 
GLORGK M. P.M.V I’LR “West l.aurel Hill," 
I 'hiladelpliia, Vice-President. 
H W'll.StiN Rtl.'^S, "Newton 
.Vcwtonvill .Mass, Secretary and Treasurer 
The I'onrteenth .-\nnual Convention will 
he held at Cleveland, O. 
The American Park and Out Door 
Art Association. 
CH, ARLES M LORING, Minneapolis. Minn . 
l^resident. 
W \ R REN H. MANNING, Trent on f Puilriin . 
Roston Ma.ss, .‘'ecretarv . 
O. C. SIMONDS, Chicago. Treasurer. 
The next meeting of the .A.ssociation 
will he hehl at.Chicrgo, 111 . 
The American Society of Lan scape 
An hitec^s. 
JOHN CHARLES OLMSTED, Brookline. 
Mass. President 
S.t.MUKL PARSONS, JR., St. James Bldg. 
New York. Vice-president 
CH.AS, N. l.OWRIE, 156 I’idh ave , New 
York. Tnasnrer 
DOWN'iNG VAUX, Bible House. New 
York. Secretary 
■A notice concerning Audubon Park, 
New Orleans, given on page 239. of the 
last is.sne requires correction. l\Ir. Lewis 
Johnson, a park coniniissioner, writes 
that the |lroo;ooo referred to has no signi- 
ficance in estimating the ultimate cost of 
improving the park under the desi.gns of 
Olmsted Bros., of Brookline, Mass. 
Further the credit of olTerin.g to contrihnte 
$2,^00 toward a fund ofjjtio i.oooto he do- 
nated to Audnhon jjark for improvement 
jmrpo.ses, should h'* .given to Air. I'rank 
R. Johnson, a pidilic spirited and esteemed 
PARK AND CEMETERY. 
member of the community. The liberal 
olTer is indicative of the development of 
juddic sentiment in New Orleans in favor 
of large public parks. 
Tne Green River Cemetery Co., Green- 
field, Mass., contem|)late changing their 
by-laws, rules etc. in view transforming 
the cemetery to conform to the lawn plan. 
Mr. I'. O. AVells, president, would thank 
cemeter}- afficials, who have recently i.s- 
sned revised rides etc., to mail such to iiim. 
The annual meeting of the Board of Di- 
rectors of the Missoni i Botanical Garden, 
the Shaw Garden, St. Louis, AIo., rvas 
held January 10, and the reports show an 
excellent condition of affairs. Prof. Tre- 
lease, the Director, .gives the number of 
living plants now in the collection as 
9, 127. The attendance last year was 54,- 
429, persons on week days, 7,755 on the 
ojien vSundav in June, and 8,837 in the 
open vSunday in September; total 71,021. 
AV. J. Stevens, superintendent of the 
])nhlic schools of Carthage, Mo., basis- 
sued a circular to the piijiils containing 
p irticnlans of a series of money prizes to 
he awarded for siicce.ssful ganlening work, 
ornamental and useful. Three cla.s.ses of 
such work is listed: Vine-])lanting, rais- 
in.g flowers, and hoys’ veget.dile .garden. 
This is a splendid work which will re- 
dound not only to the welfare of the town, 
which is already beautiful, but to the ed- 
ucation in higher things of the children 
of the ]nd)lic schools. Let every town in 
the country do like-wise and the effect 
woulil lie marvellous. 
In tlie annual reiiort of the Park Com- 
missioners of the city of Taunton, Mass., 
occnr.s this interesting paragraph: The 
act of the Le.gislatnre delegating to the 
Park Commissioners of this citv the cus- 
tod v, care and control of the public ceme- 
teries, rendered it necessary that the duty 
of electin.g the superintendents of said 
cemeteries he transferred from the City 
Council to our Board. Accordingly at the 
fir.st meeting of the Board in January, 
1899, we proceerled to the performance of 
the duty thus assi.gned to us. AVe had 
previously become satisfied that the gen- 
tlemen who were hohhn.g these offices 
were iloing good service; and we re- 
elected thehi. 
The work of jilantin.g the 4000 trees 
ordered In' the Shade Tree Commission of 
Passaic, N. J., the contract for the .snp]ilv 
of which was awarded to F'rederick AV. 
Kelsey of New York, has begun. Trees 
will he planted at intervals of 25 feet where 
none exist at present. 
Obituary. 
AVe regret to record the death of Mr. 
John I'. Boerckel, .Sujit. of Sjiringdale 
Cemetery, Peoria, 111 ., which occurred 
January 28th last. Mr. Boerckel had held 
the jio.sition of superintendent of Spring- 
dale for 24 years and at the time of his 
death was in his sixty second year. He 
was an active member of the Association 
of American Cemetery vSiqierintendents. 
Wanted. 
Cojiics of the vSejitemher i.ssue of P.vrk 
A xn CiOiETBRV for 1895 are wanted. 
AVill sithscrihers having such to sji.irc 
kindh' address th,- jinhlishcr. 
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BOOKS, REPORTS, ETC., RECEIVED. 
vSeventh annual report of the hoard of 
Park Commissioners of the city of Cam- 
bridge, Mass. Illustrated with maps and 
photogravures. 
Schedule of prizes offered bv the Alas- 
sachnsetts Horticultural Society for the 
year 1900, and pro.gramme of lectures and 
discn.ssions dnrin.g the season of 1900 to 
be held at Horticultural Hall, Treihont 
St., Boston. The amount appropriated 
for jirizes and gratuities is 1:8,150, 'J'he 
Society is constantly enlarging its sphere 
of influence and doing great good. 
Annual report of the Park Commission- 
ers of the city of Taunton, Mass., for year 
ending November 30, 1899. Illn.strated 
with nianj’ views. 
Bulletin No. 54. IMaine A.gricnltural Ex- 
periment Station, Orono, Me., Nuts as 
Food. The hnlletin contains the resnlt.s 
of all available American Analvses of 
nuts and discn.s.ses the value of nuts as 
a food for man. 
Bulletin No. 55. Cereal Breakfast I'oods. 
A valuable investigation into the merits 
of commercial cereal food. 
Cornell rnivensity Agricnltural Experi- 
ment Station. 
Bulletin 174. — The problem of Impover- 
ished Lands. L. H. Bailev. 
Bulletin 175.— Report on Japanese 
Plums. L. H. Bailej’. 
Bulletin i76.-^The Peach Tree Borer. 
IM. Ah Slingerland. 
Bulletin 177 — Spraying Notes. L. H 
Bailey and others. 
P'rom Mr. .Sid. J. Hare, sujierintcndent 
Forest Hill cemetery, Kansas City, Mo , 
a nuniher of views taken by liinl.self iii 
Tower Grove Park and Sluiw’s Garden , 
St. Louis, Mo., with names of plants, etc., 
seen on the views. This is a verv com- 
plete method of recording whata pliolo- 
grajih represents when filed avvav for fu- 
ture reference rnd we have to make use 
of them in some future issue. 
Part 2, A’ol. 3. Proceedings of American 
Park and Out-door Art Association. 
Pa])er 32. "The Relation of Re.servoirs 
to Parks,” by F'rederick Law Olmsted. 
Jr., with half tone ill lustrations, dia- 
grams and maps. 
History and By-laws of the AVoodlawn 
Cemetery As,sociation, Kansas City, 
Mo, AA’ith half tone illustrations. 
“A Garden Spot and its Uses.” A very 
attractive and profusely illustrated little 
hrochure, de.scrihing AVe.st Laurel Hill 
cemetery, Philadelphia. 
F'ifty-.seventh annual report of the hnsi- 
ness of the Lowell cemetery, Lowell, 
Mass. Illustrated. 
L^. S. Department of Agriculture. Rei-iort 
of the Forester for 1899. By Gifford 
Pinchot. The pamphlets i,ssued 
the Department on this subject are of 
timely interest, and will form a nio.st 
iiustructive addition to the literature 
already existing. 
Mr. Sid. J. Hare, superintendent For- 
est Hill cemetery, Kansas City, Mo., is 
using an effective card method of ad- 
vertising jirogress in cemetery develop- 
ment. It is a diminutive booklet, the 
front cover being the superintendent's 
hnsiness card and the inside 8 jiages, 
illustrations and information conceining 
the ceinctcri' under hi.s charge. 
