ESTABLISHED 1890. 
Object to advance Art-out-of-Doors, 
with special reference to the improvement 
of parks, cemeteries, home grounds and 
the promotion of the interests of Town 
and Village Improvement Associations, 
etc. 
Contributions : Subscribers and 
others will materially assist in dissemin- 
ating information of peculiar interest to 
those engaged in landscape gardening, 
tree planting, park and cemetery devel- 
opment, etc., by sending earl}' informa- 
tion of events that may come under their 
observation. 
Discussions of subjects pertinent to 
these columns by persons practically ac- 
quainted with them, are especially de- 
sired. 
Annual Reports of Parks, Cemeter- 
i s, Horticultural, Local Improvement 
and similar societies are .solicited. 
Photographs or sketches of specimen 
trees, new or little known trees and 
shrubs, landscape effects, entrances, build- 
ings, et?., are solicited. 
John W. Weston, C. E., Editor. 
R. J. HAIGHT, Publisher, 
334 Dearborn St., CHICAGO. 
Eastern Office: 
1 538 Am. T ract Society Bldg., New Y ork. 
Subscription $1.00 a Year in Advance. 
Foreign Subscription $1.35 
ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN CEMETERY 
Superintendents; President, Wm. Stone, Pine 
Grove, Lynn, Mass.; Vice-President, Geo^e M. 
Painter, West Laurei HHi, Philadelphia; Secre- 
tary and Treasurer, H. Wilson Ross, Newton 
Centre, Mass. 
The Fourteenth Annual Convention will 
be held at Cleveland, O., September ii, 
12 and 13. 
THE AMERICAN PARK AND OUT-DOOR ART 
Association; President, L. E. Holden, Cleve- 
land,©.; Secretary. Warren H. Manning, Tre- 
mont Building. Boston, Mass.; Treasurer, O. C. 
Simonds, Chicago. 
The Fifth Annual Convention of the 
Association will be held at Milwaukee, 
Wis., June, 1901. 
Personal. 
A striking piece of landscape art is that 
now being carried out on the estate of 
H. N. Higginbotham, near Joliet, 111 ., by 
O. C. Simonds of Chicago. A feature 
of particular interest is the long drive into 
this “Forest of Arden” as it is entitled; 
this is a wild woodland thoroughfare cre- 
ated by the landscape gardener. The 
road on either side is planted with local 
materials, which is very diversified in 
character, and is so arranged as to shut 
out the view on either side except at fre- 
quent interva's where a beautiful vista or 
a landscape picture is offered. The plant- 
ing throughout this private park is of con- 
sider.ible magnit.'de, and w'ith the free 
hand given Mr. Simonds, it promises to be 
one of the finest examples of varied land- 
scape art in the country. 
Swain Nelson & Co. of Chicago are 
improving the grounds at a number of 
important station*-- on the Chicago & 
Northwestern R. R. 
PARK AND CEMETERY. 
Dwight Cleveland has been reappointed 
superintendent of Greenlawn cemetery, 
Baldwinville, Mass. 
At the council meeting, Lawrence, Kas. , 
held in May last, Mr. R. S. McFarland 
was re-appointed sexton of Oak Hill cem- 
etery for the 17th year of his incumbency 
of the office. 
iNIr. E. R. Roberts, superintendent of 
parks, Tacoma, Wash., is visiting the 
principal eastern cities for the purpose of 
looking over their parks, etc. 
The death is announced of the Hon. 
Amos F'. Breed, President of the Board of 
Commi'-sionrrs of Pine Grove Cemetery, 
Lynn, INIass., and a leading citizen of 
L}-nn. iNlr. Breed had been president of 
the commission for 20 years, and was a 
progressive and helpful man. 
Henry G. Dill has been appointed sup- 
erintendent of Hillside cemetery, Middle- 
tow-n, N. Y., vice Walter A. Reeder, re- 
signed. 
The Missouri Valiev Horticultural So- 
ciety held its June meeting in Forest Hill 
cemetery, Kansas City, l\Io. It was an 
open air meeting and Mr. Sid. J. Hare, 
superintendent, arranged affairs to obtain 
all the good possible from the occasion. 
Among the pipers read were: “Flowers,” 
by IMrs. C. V. Holsinger, and “Birds, 
T’seful and Destructive,” by Prof. D. E. 
Lantz, besides others. .An inspection of 
the fine collection of trees and shrubs 
formed a prominent feature of the enter- 
tainment. 
The Cemetery Superintendents Convention 
at Cleveland, O. 
Newark, N. J., July 3, 1900. 
Editor Park and Cemetery. 
Dear Sir; — I t has been my custom for 
many years to send out letters to the 
members of the Association of American 
Cemetery Superintendents, but as this in- 
volv s much time I have decided that in- 
stead of sending out such letters for the 
year 1900, I hereby request our members 
to write to Mr. R. J. Haight and inform 
him whether they will be present at our 
14th annual convention, to be held at 
Clev land, O., on September ii, 12 and 
13, 1900. By complying with this request 
they will give much needed information. 
Cleveland is a beantifnl city and we are 
sure their visit there w-ill be a very de- 
lightful one, and under the guardianship 
of our esteemed brother, J. C. Dix, they 
will be well cared for. We hope to have 
the pleasure of meeting superintendents 
of other cemeteries adjacent to Cleveland 
who will join our association. We hope 
also to have them wi h us at our meet- 
ings feeling certain they %vill be much in- 
terested in our proceedings, and will gain 
valuable information. Health permit- 
ting it is my intention to be present. 
A’ours fraternally, 
Chas. Xichols. 
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/ think -we will have a y^ood convention 
and a large attendance. When we say 
our cemeteries arc good enough and there 
is no more we ca7t do, and no more for us 
to learn, we commence then to s.0 b u'k- 
ward. William St07ie. 
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Members are again urged to lose no time 
in advising Mr. Geo. M. Paint'r, super- 
intendent, West Laurel Hill, Philadel- 
phia, as to their intention of att'nding 
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the convention. Mr. Painter is keenly 
alive to the interests of the members in 
the matter of low railroad rates, but can 
do little until assured of a sufficient num- 
ber of pas.sengers to obtain the concession 
from the Railroad Association. Should 
any member see a possible chance of at- 
tending he should so advise Mr. Painter, 
and moreover ladies and friends all count 
in the question of reduced rates. 
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The executive committee is well along 
with the programme and expect to com- 
plete it in a few days. Besides the regu- 
lar business, the reports incident thereto, 
and a series of excursions, the following 
papers are included, and others promised; 
“What do we Grin by Attending the 
Annual Convention.” 
“Practical Management of Cemeteries.” 
“We Will Keep the Graves Green.” 
“Perpetual Care.” 
“Proper Treatment of Cemetery Wood- 
land.” 
“.Artificial Stone Corners.” 
“The Rise. Progress and Present Con- 
dition of the A. A. C. S.” 
“Cemeteries — Past and Present. ( Ster- 
eopticon” I 
“Fse of Shrubs in Cemeteries.” 
“Cleveland Cemeteries.” 
“Park Idea in Cemeteries.” 
“Sunday Funerals and Funeral Car.” 
“Shall we Encourage the Putting up of 
^Monuments or Discourage Same?” 
“Influence of our Surroundings.” 
“F'uneral Reform.” 
“Qualifications a Cemetery Superin- 
tendent should Possess.” 
“Some Landscape Ideas seen in other 
Cemeteries.” 
“Tree Planting.” 
“Forestry.” 
“Cemetery ^Management and the Im- 
portance of Correct Cemetery Records as 
a Contribution to History.” 
“Decoration Day. — How Abused and 
how- to Remedy the .Abuses.” 
Books, Reports, Etc,, Received. 
The Garden's Story, or Ple.asures 
AND TrI.ALS of an AMATEUR G-VR- 
DENER. By George H. Ellwanger, 
author of “The .Story of my House.” 
Fifth edition. New A'ork. D. .Apple- 
ton & Company. 
No one with any appreciation of the 
delights to be discovered and experienced 
in a garden could fail to be gratified and 
delighted with the dainty story of a garden 
of Mr. Ellwanger. It is written in a 
spicy manner, if we may use the term, 
that is that while imparting a large 
amount of information, the pleasure of 
reading is enhanced by an attractive style 
which is also impressive. It also carries 
with it an authority which is realized 
without the knowledge of the author's 
long connection with horticulture. One 
of its chief charms is its descriptive force, 
which deprives the necessary botanical 
Latin of much of the harshness which sa 
often diverts the general reader from in- 
teresting garden lore. F'rom spring un- 
til autumn the author carries us along 
through all the varied wealth of nature's 
garden beneficence, instructively and at- 
tractively and when we close the volume 
we wish it were spring again. It is not a 
text book, but might well serve as one, 
for it offers an abundance of educational 
material for prospective home gardeners. 
