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PARK AND CEMETERY 
required to be closed and rendered dust proof. Where 
ornamental urns are used the fronts are enclosed with 
beveled plate glass, held in place by means of neat, de- 
tachable copper or bronze frames, the interior of the 
niche being neatly tinted, frescoed or draped; other- 
wise the fronts are enclosed with memorial tablets of 
such design and material as the individual taste may di- 
rect. The prices for space vary according to size and 
location, from $10 for single space on the second floor 
to as high as $250 for family space on first and ground 
floors. In addition to these there are a number of 
spaces, including memorial windows, at even, higher 
prices. 
The Odd Fellows’ crematorium has been in opera- 
tion since 1895, and up to 1903 has had a total of 3,080 
incinerations. The first year’s record was 66, and the 
highest number was reached in 1901, when there were 
666 cremations!. 
Garden Plants— Their Geography— XCI. 
Coniferales, Continued. 
Liboccdrus is given five species which are found in 
Northwest America, Chili and New Zealand. With 
the exception of the American kind and its varieties 
the species are but little known in cultivation. L. de- 
Gardening. CUPRESSUS OBTUSA. 
currens is found naturally from Oregon south along 
the Cascades and Sierra Nevadas up to 8,500 feet of 
elevation. It does not commonly exceed 100 feet in 
height, although trees of 150 feet have been felled. 
Some of these had spreading tops. In cultivation it 
has not been known to assume such form, but has a 
columnar habit, a stout trunk and deep green, shiny 
foliage, running into varieties which are glaucous and 
more compact. It has been greatly confused with 
Thuja gigantea. It is hardy at the east from Florida 
to New Jersey or somewhat farther north, but re- 
quires shelter there and the avoidance of poor dry 
sandy soils anywhere. It does very well in cultivation 
along the South California coast, however, and is 
found a good deal contorted on the hills back of 
Santa Barbara. In British gardens there are speci- 
mens of from 50 to 60 feet high. L. Chilensis has a 
dense habit and forms which are both green and glau- 
cous. L. tetragossa is also S. W. American and yields 
the almost imperishable “Alerze” timber. L. Bidwillii 
and L. Doniana are New Zealand species with hand- 
some selaginella-like branches. These have been in- 
troduced to Europe and should be tried on the Califor- 
nia coast. 
Cupressus, including Chamaecyparis and Retinis- 
pora, has 14 species and a great number of varieties, 
natives of sub-tropical and temperate Asia, and both 
the Atlantic and Pacific states of North America south 
to Mexico. Nearly all are in cultivation, chiefly in 
mild climates. Those best adapted to the Atlantic 
states are the native C. thyoides and its forms, which 
are most hardy. The numerous retinispora forms of the 
Japanese C. obtusa and pisifera stand well to the lower 
lakes— in fact, are mostly returned as hardy at Ottawa, 
where some have been planted several years. Two or 
three varieties of C. Nootkatensis are said to stand 
there, too. The many beautiful forms of C. Lawsoni- 
ana may be tried south of Maryland, but there and 
north a little they require well sheltered positions and 
discrimination as to varieties, for all are not equally 
hardy. Several other species will stand 20° Fahren- 
heit or less if well ripened — the Arizona form of C. 
Benthami, with varieties of macrocarpa, MacNabbi- 
ana and sempervirens chiefly. C. funebris, torulosa 
in some forms, and lustanica are sub-tropical, or at 
any rate develop best in nearly frostless climates — 
still, sheltered examples of the two last exist in Scot- 
land. The deciduous cypress and common arbor-vitas 
may be used freely as shelter plants for the tribe in 
the Atlantic states. 
James MacPherson. 
