PARK AND CEMETERY 
and Landscape Gardening. 
VOL. X. Chicag:o, Aug-ust, J9(X). NO. 6 
CONTENTS. 
EDITORIAE — Annual Convention of Association of 
American Cemetery Superintendents — A Duty of Im- 
provement Associations — School Gardens — An^Associa- 
tion of Village Officials — Free Baths — Small Parks in 
Chicago — Politics in the Parks 125-126 
Two Valuable Trees 127 
Propagating Euonymus Radicans 127 
*Point Defiance Park, Tacoma, Wash 128 
Park Roads 130 
*Greenlawn Cemetery, Syracuse, N. Y 131 
’Improvement A.ssociations 134 
’Daffodils and Jonquils . 135 
Hydrangea Ouercifolia 136 
Seasonable Sugge.stions , 137 
^Receiving Vault, Paxtang Cemetery, Baktang, Pa 138 
Program of the Fourteenth Annual Convention of the Asso- 
ciation of American Cemetery Superintendents 139 
The Work of Our Association 140 
Landscape Gardens 141 
*Garden Plants— Their Geography, LVI. . 142 
Park Notes 144 
Cemetery Notes 145 
Correspondence 146 
Selected Notes and Plxtracts 147 
Reviews of Books, Reports, etc 148 
* Illustrated. 
ANNUAL l annual convention of the Asso- 
CONVENTION ciation of American Cemetery Su- 
OF A. A. . . which will be held in 
Cleveland, O., September 11-13, should rival in 
interest any previous meetings. The progress made 
in cemetery management and improvement under 
the modern or lawn plan, the interest now rapidly 
becoming universal in bettering the conditions of 
the cemetery, and the higher intelligence demanded 
for the work make the question of the cemetery of 
greater public importance and consequently gives 
to the convention a status akin to that of other 
leading lines of modern progress. The location of 
the coming meeting is central and is moreover a 
point of great general interest, and this, with an 
attractive program should ensure a large attend- 
ance. The landscape detail connected with the 
modern cemetery creates mutual interest between 
park and cemetery superintendents, and this fact 
should favor the participation of the former in this 
gathering. Much information of a practical char- 
acter will be obtainable from the papers and dis- 
cussions, available for both parks and cemeteries, 
and to seize this opportunity is the duty of all 
associated with such work. A large attendance 
means a broader field from which to gather fruit, 
beside the more pronounced attention which will 
be accorded by the public. A frequent suggestion 
which is not only worthy of reiteration, but should 
receive more practical attention is the duty of ceme- 
tery corporations to send their superintendents to 
this convention. It is a duty from the fact that 
not only their personal interests are involved but 
the lot owners may righteously demand that the 
best knowledge available should be at their dis- 
posal through the superintendents. The attractive 
program and other details are given in another 
column. 
A DUTY OF While improvement associations 
IcMFROVEcMENT are doing a great deal in the way 
ASSOCIATIONS. creating better conditions there 
is danger of being obliged to remodel much of the 
work accomplished in their aid unless wisdom is 
exercised in carrying it out. Especially will this 
be the case in connection with the planning and 
planting for outdoor embellishment either in the 
street, park or cemetery, if it be left to local com- 
mittees whose membership as a rule will not be 
competent in such a direction. With the con- 
stantly increasing activity in outdoor work comes 
the necessity of competent oversight to ensure cor- 
rect results. From the planting of a single tree to 
the designing and planting of a door yard or public 
square, the principles of landscape art are involved 
to a greater or less degree. Many people are im- 
bued with a natural taste, a sort of art instinct, 
which directs their efforts ofttimes into pleasing 
