PARK AND CEMETERY 
VII 
ored membership in the local lodges he 
was a member of the Scottish Rite Ma- 
sons, and also of the Mystic Shriners 
of Cleveland. His funeral was in charge 
of Akron Commandery, of which he 
was a past commander. Mr. Sargent 
was an indefatigable worker in anything 
that he undertook to do, and his pass- 
ing will be mourned by a wide circle 
of friends. He leaves a wife and a 
married daughter. 
Publisher's Notes. 
The Missouri State Horticultural So- 
ciety held its forty-seventh annual meet- 
ing at Neosho, Mo., December 20, 21, 
22. Among the papers read were the 
following : Principles of Landscape 
Gardening and Their Application, by' 
Miss Eda Sutermeister; The True 
Value of Flowers, by Mrs. G. E. Du- 
gan; Landscape Gardening at the Lou- 
isiana Purchase Exposition, by C. A. 
Chandler. 
H. A. Alspach, of Sacramento, Cal., 
who is laying out the new East Lawn 
Cemetery of that city, would like to re- 
ceive nursery catalogs. 
The 46th annual report of the Mis- 
souri State Horticultural Society is an 
illustrated book of 431 pages, contain- 
ing reports of meetings at Perth Springs 
and Columbia during 1903. It contains 
many valuable papers and discussions 
on horticultural matters. 
Articles of unique and valuable inter- 
est, it is announced, are under way for 
early publication in The Century, de- 
scribing fully and with Mr. Burbank's 
authority the miracles being wrought 
by Luther Burbank in fruit and flower 
breeding. Mr. Burbank’s recent work 
has given to science edible cacti, the 
white blackberry, the plumcot (a cross 
between a plum and an apricot), an ap- 
ple tree bearing four hundred varieties, 
new seedless fruits, and many other 
wonders. 
A meeting of the executive commit- 
tee of the Assn, of Am. Cemetery 
Supts. was held in Washington, D. C., 
January 9, 1904, to discuss the pro- 
gramme for the 19th annual convention 
to be held in that city during the sum- 
mer. 
The December number of The Op- 
timist, Philadelphia, contains an illus- 
trated description of Westminster Cem- 
etery, situated in the suburbs of that 
city overlooking the beautiful Schuylkill 
valley. “Westminster” is conducted on 
modern lines, and the proprietors aim 
to make it an ideal burial place. George 
M. Painter is superintendent and mem- 
ber of the board of directors. 
Messrs. James Sturgis Pray and Per- 
cival Gallagher, of Boston, have formed 
£ SITUATIONS WANTED, ETC. £ 
Advertisements, limited to five lines , -will be 
inserted in this column at the rate of to cents each 
insertion, 7 -words to a line. Cash must accom- 
pany order. 
CEMETERY SUPERINTENDENT WANTS POSITION. 
Am 37 years old, fifteen years' expe- 
rience in laying out and managing cem- 
eteries; technical graduate. Expert >n 
maintenance of grounds, funeral man- 
agement and lot sales. Willing to go 
anywhere. Salary or commission. Cem- 
etery Superintendent, 21 Steuben St.. 
East Orange. N. J. 
Wanted— Position as superintendent of 
cemetery. Have had six years’ expe- 
rience selling plots on installment plan; 
also laying out and grading new grounds 
and all kinds of practical experience as 
superintendent. Good references. Ad- 
dress W. N. Kiefer, Easton, Pa. 
a partnership for the professional prac- 
tice of landscape architecture under the 
firm name of Pray & Gallagher, with 
offices at 2a Park St., Boston. Mr. 
Gallagher has been ten years in the 
service of Olmsted Brothers. 
Trade Catalogs, Etc. 
Everything for the Garden 1.1905 cat- 
alog of Peter Henderson & Co., New 
York; 185 page illustrated catalog of 
seeds, bulbs, implements, tools, books, 
fertilizers, insecticides, etc. 
Michell’s crop 1904 flower seeds ; il- 
lustrated order sheet of Henry F. Mtcli- 
ell Co., 1018 Market St., Philadelphia. 
West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadel- 
phia, send specimens of their advertis- 
ing blotters, and a celluloid business 
card bearing a calendar for the year 
1905 and a view in the cemetery on the 
back. 
Thomas Meehan & Sons, Dresher- 
town, Pa., announce a list offering young 
ornamental trees, shrubs, etc., suitable 
for setting out in nursery rows. 
Hitchings’ 
NEW 
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BOILERS 
For Hot Water or Steam. 
HOT WATER Radiation from 
4,200 Square Feet and Up. 
STEAM Radiation from 2,500 
Square Feet and Up. 
Hitchings & Co. 
Horticultural Architects 
and Builders, 
233 Mercer St., NEW YORK. 
ESTABLISHED 1844. 
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Baker’s Waterproof Grave 
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furnish the neatest and best decora- 
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of goods. 
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