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PARK AND CEMETERY 
History of the Dublin Catholic Ceme- 
teries, hy William J. Fitzpatrick, LL. D. 
This handbook has been compiled from 
the archives of the Catholic Ceme- 
teries Committee and other authentic 
sources. It is a detailed history of the 
Catholic cemeteries of Dublin in twenty 
chapters and 250 pages, containing much 
information about cemetery affairs in 
Great Britain and many illustrations of 
historic monuments and scenes in the 
Dublin cemeteries. It was begun by Mr. 
Fitzpatrick while a member of the com- 
mittee and carried on by him till his 
death in 1895. Since then it has been 
revised from the beginning and brought 
down to the year 1900. The appendix 
contains the by-laws, rules and regula- 
tions, charges, etc., in force in the Dub- 
lin cemeteries, and condensed sketches 
and information about other cemeteries 
in the United Kingdom, including those 
of London, Liverpool, Sheffield, Edin- 
burgh, and Glasgow. A comparative ta- 
ble of charges for burial in several Brit- 
isn cemeteries is also included. 
A demonstration forest nursery forms 
part of the outdoor exhibit of the Bu- 
reau of Forestry at the Louisiana Pur- 
chase Exposition. It contains about 8,100 
square feet, 4,500 of which is devoted 
to coniferous and the remainder to 
broadleaf trees. The land selected for 
the nursery is the higher part of the out- 
door space assigned to the Bureau. Its 
natural advantages are that there is 
enough slope to allow good drainage- 
without much danger of wash. It has 
the disadvantage that the soil — the heavy 
clay so common about St. Louis — is not 
well adapted for a nursery. The whole 
area was plowed late last fall, and har- 
rowed as early in the spring as the un- 
favorable weather permitted. The pur- 
pose of the coniferous seed beds is to 
show various methods of seeding, and 
different kinds of screens for securing 
suitable shade for the different species. 
Four methods of seeding have been used^ 
namely, broadcasting over the whole bed. 
broadcasting in strips 6 or 8 inches wide, 
sowing in single drills, and sowing in 
double drills. Before planting, the beds 
were thoroughly spaded and the earth 
fined. The following is a list of the 
species used in the nursery : Norway 
spruce, white fir, bigeone spruce, red fir, 
lodgepole pine, jack pine, white pine, 
Chinese arborvitse, western yellow pine, 
Sabine pine, knobcone pine, Coulter pine, 
pinon, single-leaf pine. This exhibit is 
described in Circular No. 31 issued by 
the Bureau of Forestry. 
To illustrate different methods of for- 
est planting in woodlots the Bureau of 
Forestry has prepared, as a part of its 
outdoor exhibit at the Exposition, a 
series of plats, each 24 feet square, 
planted with different species and mix- 
tures suitable for different parts of the 
Lhiited States. It is described in Cir- 
cular No. 30. 
Chestnut in Southern Maryland, by 
Raphael Zon ; bulletin No. 53, Bureau 
of Forestry : This study of chestnut 
in Maryland embraced portions of Anne 
Arundel, Calvert, Charles, and Prince 
George counties. Most of the data were 
obtained in the southeastern part of 
Prince George County and the north- 
western part of Calvert County. They 
include analyses of 1,245 large chestnut 
trees and of 426 seedlings for the growth 
in height and diameter, of 338 trees for 
the taper, and of 1,690 for the relation 
between stumphigh and breasthigh di- 
ameters, together with measurements of 
1,269 one-year-old chestnut sprouts for 
the purpose of determining the best time 
and way of cutting chestnut for cop- 
pice. The composition of the forest 
types in the locality was found by cali- 
pering all trees down to 2 inches in di- 
ameter breasthigh, on 16 acres of repre- 
sentative stands. 
Forest Planting in Western Kansas, 
by Royal S. Kellogg; bulletin No. 52. 
Bureau of Forestry : The investigations 
upon which this report is based were 
made for the purpose of determining 
the kinds of forest trees best adapted 
to western Kansas and the methods of 
treatment which have proved most suc- 
cessful. Since there is little likelihood 
that more than small local areas of 
the region can ever be irrigated, only 
the species which can be grown without 
irrigation are described. With an arti- 
ficial supply of water better results can 
be obtained with these species, and 
others that could not be grown with- 
out it can be introduced. Whatever 
may be the reasons for the absence of 
natural forests on the Great Plains, a 
close study of established plantations 
proves that, with an intelligent selection 
of species and proper care, planted trees 
can, to a considerable extent, be made 
to supply the deficiency. It is generally 
accepted that for the most successful 
agricultural conditions from 10 to 25 
per cent of the land should be forested. 
There is little likelihood that this pro- 
portion will ever be attained in west- 
ern Kansas. Yet the planting that will 
come as the state increases in age and 
wealth will be sufficient to exercise a 
marked effect on the landscape, and to 
supply wood for many domestic pur- 
poses. 
TOPICAL INDEX 
t >1 Index to articles appearing ill current issues of leading magazines and periodicals on Gardening , 
Forestry , Civic Improvements and kindred subjects. 
Subscriptions -will be received for any magazine or periodical at club rates -with Park and Cemetery. 
R. y. HAIGHT , PUBLISHER. 324 DEARBORN ST.. CHICAGO 
PUBLICATIONS INDEXED, 
American Botanist, The (A. B.), $1.00 
year; single copy, 10c. 
American Gardening (A. G.), $1.50 year; 
single copy, 5c. 
Architects' and Builders' Magazine (A. 
B. M.), $2.00 year; single copy, 25c. 
Arena, The, $2.50 year; single copy, 25c. 
Atlantic Monthly (At). M.), $4.00 year; 
single copy, 35c. 
Canadian Horticulturist (Can. Hort.), 
$1.00 year; single copy, 10c. 
Century Magazine (Cent.), $4.00 year; 
single copy, 35c. 
Chautauquan, The (Chaut.), $2.00 year; 
single copy, 20c. 
Connecticut Magazine, The (C. M.), $2.00 
year; single copy, 25c. 
Country Gentleman, The (C. G.), $1.50 
year; single copy, 10c. 
Country Life in America (C. L. A.), 
$3.00 year; single copy, 25c. 
Craftsman, The (Cr.), $3.00 year; single 
copy, 25c. 
Floral Life (F. L.), $1.00 year; single 
copy, 10c. 
Florists’ Review (F. R.), $1.00 year; sin- 
gle copy, 5c. 
Florists’ Exchange (F. E.), $1.00 year; 
single copy, 5c. 
Forestry and Irrigation (F. I.), $1.00 
year; single copy, 10c. 
Garden, The (G.) (English), $4.50 year; 
single copy, 12c. 
, AND ABBREVIATIONS. 
Gardening (Gard.), $2.00 year; single 
copy, 10c. 
Harper’s Bazar (Harp. B.), $1.00 year; 
single copy, 10c. 
House Beautiful, The (H. B.), $2.00 year; 
single copy, 25c. 
House and Garden (H. G.), $5.00 year; 
single copy, 50c. 
Lippincott’s (Lippc.), $2.50 year; single 
copy, 25c. 
Massachusetts Ploughman (M. P.), $2.00 
year; single copy, 10c. 
Minnesota Horticulturist (M. H.), $1.00 
year; single copy, 10c. 
Mueller’s Deutsche Gaertner-Zeitung 
(German), $3.00 year; single copy, 10c. 
Municipal Journal and Engineer; M. J. 
E.), $3.00 year; single copy, 25 cents. 
National Nurseryman (N. N.), $1.00 
year; single copy, 10c. 
New England Magazine (N. E. M.), $3.00 
year; single copy, 25c. 
Outing (Out.), $3.00 year; single copy, 
25c. 
Outlook, The (O.), $3.00 year; single 
copy, 10c. 
Overland Monthly, The (Ov. M.), $1.50 
year; single copy, 15c. 
Pacific Municipalities, $1.00 year; single 
copy, 10c. 
Plant World, The (P. W.), $1.00 year; 
single copy, 10c. 
(Continued on p. V.) 
