PARK AND CEMETERY 
75 
Park and Cemetery 
and Candscape Gardening. 
ESTABLISHED 1890. 
An Illustrated Monthly Journal, 
Devoted to the advancement of Art-out 
of Doors, with special reference to the 
improvement of parks, cemeteries, home 
grounds and the promotion of the inter- 
ests of Town and Village Improvement 
Associations, etc. 
The regular contributors to Park and 
Cemetery are among the most eminent 
Landscape Architects, Landscape Garden- 
ers and Horticulturists 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: 
1 536 Am. T ract Society Bldg., New Y ork. 
Subscription $1.00 a Year in Advance. 
Foreign Subscription $1.25 
Correspondefice solicited on su-bjects 
pertinent to the columns of the journal. 
Officials of Parks a?id Cemeteries are 
requested to send copies of their re- 
ports . 
Fhotojrraphs and descriptive sketches 
of mteresting 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. PAINTER. "West Laurel Hill," 
Philadelphia, Vice-President. 
H. WILSON ROSS. '-Newton." 
Newton Centre, Mass, Secretary and 
Treasurer. 
The Fourteenth Annual Convention will 
be held at Cleveland, O. 
The American Park and Out- Door 
Art Association. 
CHARLES M LORING, Minneapolis, Minn. 
President. 
WARREN H. MANNING, Tremont Building. 
Boston. Mass. Secretary. 
O. C. SIMONDS, Chicago. Treasurer. 
The Fourth Annual Convention of the 
.Association will be held at Chicago, 111 ., 
June 5, 6 and 7. 
The American Society of Landscape 
Architects. 
JOHN CHARLES OLMSTED, Brookline, 
Mass. President. 
SAMUEL PARSONS, JR., St. James Bldg., 
New York. Vice-president. 
CHAS. N. LOWRIE, 156 Fifth ave , New 
York. Treasurer. 
DOWNING VAUX, Bible House, New 
York. Secretary. 
Personal. 
J. C. Cline, .superintendent of Wood- 
land cemetery, Dayton, O., has had to de- 
cline an appointment on the Park.Coni- 
mission on account of his cemetery duties. 
The Marion Cemetery As.sociation, Ma- 
rion, O., has engaged Mr. F. J. Van Horn 
of Zanesville, O., as superintendent to 
succeed Mr. John Wilson, whose death on 
-April 17th was deeply regretted by the 
officials of the cemetery, with whom he 
had been long associated. 
At the annual meeting of Dell Park cem- 
etery, Natick, Alass., Mr. N. B. Goodnow 
was elected to succeed himself as presi- 
dent for another year, with E. Clark, 
treasurer and 1 . N. Hill, clerk and super- 
intendent. W. 1 ). Parlin was elected 
trustee for 7 years. All have served in 
past years. The cash receipts for the 
3’ear were ^1,798.85, and expenditures 
$1,639.11. The grounds were surveyed 
and platted last fall and considerable im- 
provement will be carried out this year. 
The Association of American Cemetery 
Superintendents. 
Substantial progress is being made b_v 
the E.xecutive Committee of the As.socia- 
tion in the preparations for the annual 
convention which this j-ear is to be held 
in Cleveland, O. Information has been 
received that a number of important 
papers will be presented discussing some 
of the essential features of cemetery con- 
trol and improvement, but to further 
round out and more fulU- cover the field 
the committee earnestly recjuest papers on 
the following subjects: “Ideal Man- 
agement and Care versus Income,’’ “The 
most Satisfactory System of Pumping 
Water; Variety of Puiiips; Methods of Di.s- 
tributing AVater,’’ “Perpetual or .Annual 
Care, Provisions for Poor or Sick Ceme- 
tery Phnployees;" “Insects and Pests In- 
jurious in Cemeteries (Moles, Mice, Chip- 
munks, Skunks, etc.,’’ ) “the best Paving 
for Gutters. ' ' Members of the association 
will help the committee greatly bv in- 
forming Mr. J. C. Dix, Riverside Ceme- 
tery, Cleveland, G., at an early day of 
their willingness to contribute papers on 
either of the above subjects, or on anv 
other topic valuable to the membership.* 
Another pertinent question needing im- 
mediate action is that connected with ob- 
taining reduced rates for the railroad 
journey to Cleveland. Unless the assur- 
ance can be given to the railroad offi- 
cials that 100 members will attend the 
convention it will be impossible to secure 
the reduction. It is highly important that 
every member likely to attend should 
send notice without delay to Mr. George 
M. Painter, West Laurel Hill Cemeter}-, 
Philadelphia, Pa., so that he maj- be forti- 
fied to make the regular application to 
the railroad as.sociation. Such notifica- 
tion on the part of members intending to 
be present at the convention will be of 
great assistance and will .save much un- 
necessary labor on the part of the exe- 
cutive committee. 
The effort should be made to induce a 
larger attendance of cemetery trustees 
and other officials, and the central loca- 
tion of Cleveland should unquestionably 
ensure a sufficient number to .secure the 
reduced rates. Cleveland is a beautiful 
city containing much of interest, which 
should also favor a large delegation of 
ladies. 
Brief questions for the Question Box are 
also requested. This is a prolific source 
of valuable discu.ssion, generally touching 
upon details not alwaj’s coming within 
the province of special papers. 
A meeting was held last month in the 
Museum Building, New A'ork Botanical 
Garden, for the purpose of organizing a 
horticultural society. James Wood, presi- 
dent of the Eastern New A'ork Horticul- 
tural Society presided. .A committee cf 
twenty-five was appointed to frame a con- 
stitution and nominate officers. 
The Gaertner Verein Horten,sia has bee n 
organized by the gardeners in the vicinity 
of Oakland, Cal. The officers are: Henry 
Mayer, landscape and head gardener of 
the Dunsmuir Garden, near San Leandro, 
president; Adolf Nissen, vice-president; 
Albert Mallv, treasurer; Eugene Burger, 
secretary. The members propose to fur- 
nish information to the public on the sub- 
ject of gardens anel gardening. 
The summer meeting of the Missouri 
State Horticultural Society will be held 
in Chillicothe, Mo., June 5, 6, 7. 
At the April meeting of the Columbus, 
O., Horticultural Society, two important 
papers of general interest were read: 
“The Planting of Ornamental Trees and 
Shrubs,’’ by Prof. Win. R. Lazenby, and 
“The Relation of the Horticultural Sc- 
cietv to Parks and Public Grounds ’’ bv 
Prof. F. A. Brady. 
.An effective remedy for the forest tent- 
caterpillar, maple worm, canker worm, 
tussock-moth, elm-leaf beetle and all 
other leaf-eating insects is found in “Dis- 
parene," the basis of which, arsenate of 
lead, has been used with great success bj- 
the Ma.ssachusetts Gypsy Moth Commis- 
sion. It is used in the leading parks of 
the country. It is prompt in its effect. 
It clears infested trees of insects in from 
one to three daj’s. “Disparene” adheres 
to the foliage throughout the. season, thus 
pre.serving the trees from further insect 
attacks. No other insecticide does this. 
It is superior to Paris Green because re- 
spraying is not nece.ssary after each rain 
storm.” “Di.sparene” does not settle to 
the bottom of the siirae ing tank, but re- 
mains susiiended and is easily applied. 
Paris Green and London P'urple settle and 
require constant stiring to insure a uni- 
form s])ray. “Disparene” will not injure 
the most delicate foliage. Hence, there 
is no dan.ger from apply ing large quan- 
tities of this insecticide. 
I'or further information, price, etc., ad- 
dress Bowker Chemical Company, 43 
Chatham street, Boston. 68 Broad street 
New York. 
Books, Reports, Etc,, Received. 
Report of Board of Park Commission- 
ers, Wilmington, Del., for the year 1899, 
Beautifully illustrated with half tones and 
pen and ink drawings. Besides the . sual 
financial and other reports the pamphlet 
contains a list of the native and adapted 
plants growing in the parks. 
Journal of the Columbus Horticultural 
Society, Columbus, O., for 1899, This is 
the annual report of the society, and con- 
tains the constitution of the .society, li.st 
of members and officers, and proceedings 
of the meetings together with papers and 
di.scussions. The papers and discussions 
mainh' refer to fruit culture, but there are 
.several interesting papers on forestrj- con- 
ditions and one on the Metropolitan Park 
System of Boston, designed to call atten- 
tion to the park requirements of Colum- 
br.s. 
Mount Greenwood cemeterj', Chicago. 
Rules, Regulations, etc. Illustrated with 
half tone engravings. 
