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PARK AND CEMeTeRY. 
Park and Cemetery 
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LANDSCAPE GARDENING 
ESTABLISHED 1890. 
OBJECT: To advance Art-out-of-Doors, with 
special reference to the Improvement of parks, 
cemeteries, home grounds, and the promotion of 
Town and Village Improvement Associations, 
etc. 
DISCUSSIONS of subjects pertinent to these 
columns by persons practically acquainted with 
them, are especially desired. 
ANNUAL REPORTS of Parks, Cemeteries, 
Horticultural, Local Improvement and similar 
societies are solicited. 
PHOTOGRAPHS or sketches of specimen 
trees, new' and little known trees and shrubs, 
landscape effects, entrances, buildings, etc., are 
solicited. 
John W. Weston, C. E., Editor, 
R. J. HAIGHT, Publisher, 
334 Dearborn St,, CHICAGO, 
Eastern Office •. 
1538 Am,Tract Society Bldg., New York, 
Subscription $1.00 a Year in Advance. 
Foreign Subscription $1.35. 
ASSOCIATION OP AMERICAN CEME- 
tery Superintendents : President, Geo. M. 
Painter, “West Laurel Hill,” Philadelphia; 
Vice-President, Frank Enrich, “Woodward 
Lawn,” Detroit, Mich.; Secretary and Treas- 
urer, H. Wilson Ross, Newton Center, Mass. 
The Fifteenth Annual Convention will be 
held at Pittsburg, Pa., September, 1901. 
THE AMERICAN PARK AND OUT-DOOR 
Art Association: President, L. E Holden, 
Cleveland, O.; Secretary, Warren H. Man- 
ning, Treniont Building, Boston, Mass.; 
Treasurer, O. C. Simonds, Chicago. 
The Fifth Annual Convention of the Asso- 
ciation will be held at Milwaukee, Wis., 
June, 1901. 
Personal, 
The New England Association of 
Park Superintendents will hold their 
annual meeting at Hartford, Conn., on 
July 9th and loth next. On July nth 
they will probably visit Hubbard Park 
at Meriden, Conn. Park and Cemetery 
returns thanks for a cordial invitation 
to be represented. 
Mr. J. H. Shepard has been ap- 
pointed superintendent of the Morning- 
side Cemetery, Syracuse, N. Y., and en- 
tered upon his duties Feb. i. Since 
taking charge of Morningside, Mr. 
Shepard has planted 4,000 shrubs, estab- 
lished a sewer system involving the 
laying of 4,000 feet of pipe, and done 
much expensive grading. 
The Advisory Committee of the As- 
sociation of American Cemetery Super- 
intendents wishes to tabulate for use 
at their meeting in Pittsburg certain 
statistical data that will be interesting 
and instructive to all who are engaged 
in cemetery work. To this end they 
are sending out blanks containing a list 
of questions concerning customs in 
cemeteries. Copies of these blanks will 
be mailed to cemetery officials who 
make application for them. This work 
is not to be limited to members of the 
association, and should receive the aid 
and hearty endorsement of all who are 
connected with cemeteries. Those who 
are not members of the association are 
especially urged to further the work by 
sending for these blanks. Applications 
should be addressed to Frank Enrich, 
604 Union Trust Building, Detroit, 
Mich. 
Obituary, 
Captain Russell Blakely of St. Paul, 
Minn., died in that city Feb. 4. Captain 
Blakely was one of the builders of St. 
Paul. He was an old steamboat man 
and had been since 1847 captain of many 
of the best-known steamers on the 
upper Mississippi. He was a member 
of many of the oldest commercial and 
social organizations in St. Paul. He 
took an active interest in Oakland 
Cemetery, and was for many years pres- 
ident of the association. Captain 
Blakely leaves a large family. 
A Suggestion from Father Nichols, 
How 'to add members to the Asso- 
ciation of American Cemetery Super- 
intendents. is a question that should 
interest all the members. In order to 
carry on this work effectively, every 
member of the association should do all 
that lies in his power by writing to 
every city, town and village in his state. 
This plan will bring every state in the 
Union into requisition. It would in- 
volve a large amount of correspond- 
ence, but the results would be worth 
the outlay. Canada has many first-class 
cemeteries and should be invited to 
come into the association. Our mem- 
bership at present is 185, but should 
be not less than 300. At a low esti- 
mate the total number of cemeteries in 
the United States and Canada might 
be placed at about 500. Many small 
towns and villages having cemeteries 
would increase the list to a very large 
number. We believe that this plan 
would prove to be of great benefit. 
Growth cannot be had through inactiv- 
ity, but only by perseverance and steady 
efforts in this line. Did time and cir- 
cumstances permit, we should take a 
trip beginning at Canada, thence 
throughout the United States to Flor- 
ida, making stops en route at many 
cities, towns and villages to urge the 
adoption of this plan. 
Chas. A. Nichols. 
Mr. W. J. Stevens, of Carthage, Mo., 
has adopted an in genious and public- 
spirited plan to induce the beautifying 
of Cook & Hatten’s addition to Webb 
City, Mo. He has offered a series of 
18 prizes for the best work in the fol- 
lowing six lines of home improvement: 
For plantingand growing shade trees 
in front of residences; for planting 
and growing fruit trees on home lots; 
for most artistic planting and training 
of vines on porches, houses and fences, 
for ladies only; for flower gardens 
grown by children; for best front 
fence; for most neatly painted house. 
^ BOOKS, REPORTS, ETC,, RECEIVED. ^ 
The Woodlawn Cemetery, Boston, 
Mass. Annual Report of the Trustees, 
Reports of the Treasurer and Superin- 
tendent, and By-Laws, Rules and Regu- 
lations. Several attractive half-tones. 
Union Lawn Cemetery, Navarre, 
Ohio. Rules and Regulations. 
Mount Hebron Cemetery, Winches- 
ter, Virginia. Act of Incorporation and 
Revised Constitution and By-Laws. 
Also photograph of entrance. 
Mount Royal Cemetery Co., Mon- 
treal, Canada. Annual Report for 1900. 
Superintendent Ray’s report of the 
Cleveland Convention of the Associa- 
tion of American Cemetery Superin- 
tendents and his visit to other ceme- 
teries in the United States, is an in- 
teresting feature. 
Cornell University Agricultural Ex- 
periment Station, Ithaca, N. Y., Bulletin 
186. The Sterile Fungus Rhizoctonia, 
as a Cause of Plant Diseases in Amer- 
ica, by B. M. Duggar and F. C. Stew- 
art. Bulletin 187. The Palmer-Worm, 
by M. V. Slingerland. 
Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, 
N. Y. Descriptive booklet, and Rules 
and Regulations. Attractive half-tone 
of entrance building. 
City of St. Louis. Report of Park 
Commissioner for 1899-1900. Many 
handsome half-tones of park views. 
Mount Auburn Cemetery, Boston, 
Mass. Sixty-ninth Annual Report, 1900. 
New Rural Cemetery, Albany, N. Y. 
Controller’s Annual Report, 1900, and 
map of cemetery. 
Transactions of the Massachusetts 
Horticultural Society for the year 1900. 
Part I. The volume contains valuable 
contributions to horticultural literature. 
Among these are “The Rusts of Hor- 
ticultural plants,” illustrated; “A Half- 
Century of Ornamental Tree Planting”; 
“The Procession of Flowers in Penn- 
sylvania”; “Gardens, Fields and Wilds, 
of Hawaiian Islands”; “Forestry in 
Massachusetts”; and other papers and 
discussions on special subjects. Ac- 
companying the transactions is a sched- 
ule of prizes offered by the society for 
the year 1901, and the exhibitions to be 
held in Horticultural Hall, Boston. 
Reports of the pupils of the Public 
Schools for Home and Public Improve- 
ment, Carthage, Mo., 1901. An illus- 
trated pamphlet showing what has been 
done and what can be done; together 
with a list of premiums for this year’s 
pupils’ competitions. 
Annual report of the Park Depart- 
ment, City of Cambridge, Mass.; 1900. 
Illustrated with photogravures. 
Seventh, eight and ninth annual re- 
port of the Park Commissioners of 
Providence, R. L, being for the years 
1897, 1898, 1899. 
U. S. Department of Agriculture 
Farmers’ Bulletin No. 113, “The Apple 
and How to Grow It,” by G. B. Brack- 
ett, pomologist. 
Farmers’ Bulletin No. 33, “Peach 
Growing for Market,” h|y Erwin F. 
Smith, and Bulletin, No. 38, “Spraying 
for Fruit Diseases,” by B. T. Galloway. 
Maine Agricultural Experiment Sta- 
tion, Orono, Me., Bulletin No. 71, 
“Feeding Stuff Inspection, Analysis of 
samples of feeding stuff, collected by 
inspectors, December, 1900.” 
Report of Board of Park Commis- 
sioners, Wilmington, Del., for 1900. 
Handsome half-tone. 
Journal of Columbus Horticultural 
Society, December, 1900. Edited by 
the Secretary, Homer C. Price. Con- 
tains reports of officers, proceedings of 
the society and communications and 
discussions. 
