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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 g'rounds.and the promotion of 
Town and Village Improvement Associations, 
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 i 
1538 Am.Tract Society Bldg,, New York, 
Subscription SI. 00 a Year in Advance. 
Foreign Subscription tSl.25. 
ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN CEME- 
tery Superintendents : President, Geo. M. 
Painter, “West Laurel Hill,” Philadelphia; 
Vice-President, Frank Eurich, “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, 10th, 11th, 
12th, 1901. 
THE AMERICAN PARK AND OUT-DOOR 
Art Association : President, L. E Holden, 
Cleveland, O.; Secretarj', Warren H. Man- 
ning, Tremont Building, Boston, Mass.; 
Treasurer, O. C. Simonds, Chicago. 
The Fifth Annual Convention of the Asso- 
ciation will be held at Milwaukee, Wis., 
June. 1901. 
Publisher's Notes, 
Charles E. Ladd has been appointed 
superintendent of parks at Springfield, 
Mass. 
A. L. Glaser, formerly superintendent 
of Linwood Cemetery, Dubuque, la., 
has resigned his charge, and is now in 
the greenhouse business in that city. 
\V. J. Blain resigned his position as 
superintendent of Cypress Lawn Cem- 
etery, San Francisco, to embark in the 
undertaking business in that city. E. 
B. McPherson is his successor. 
The attention^of the readers of Park 
and Cemetery is again called to the 
circulars which are being sent out by 
the Association of American Cemetery 
Superintendents, for the purpose of col- 
lecting in short and concise form 
information regarding prevailing cus- 
toms in cemeteries. The statistics will 
be published, and will be valuable and 
instructive to all who are interested or 
engaged in cemetery work. For this 
reason, all who are connected with 
cemeteries, whether members of the 
Association or not, are urged to send 
for these blanks and aid in a work 
which cannot fail to be of permanent 
benefit to cemetery interests. For 
blanks, address Frank Eurich, 604 
^Union Trust Bldg., Detroit, Mich. 
The series of papers on gardens read 
before the convention of the American 
Institute of Architects, was considered 
of such interest that the Executive 
Committee will publish them, if a suf- 
ficient number of subscriptions are re- 
ceived. If 1,000 subscribers can be se- 
cured the volume will be published 
with full page illustrations, bound in 
cloth, at $1.25 per volume. It will con- 
tain the following articles: 
"English Gardens,” by R. Clipston 
Sturgis; “French Gardens,” by John G. 
Howard; “Italian Gardens,” by Prof. 
A. D. F. Hamlin; “Japanese Gardens,” 
by K. Honda, Tokio, Japan. 
Applications should be made to 
Glenn Brown, Secretary American In- 
stitute of Architects, The Octagon, 
Washington, D. C. 
The regular winter session of the ex- 
ecutive committee of the Society of 
American Florists and Ornamental 
Horticulturists was held in Buffalo, N. 
Y,. March 5th and 6th. The principal 
matters considered by the committee 
were: The fumigation of nursery 
stock, the establishment of a parcels 
post, and the relations of the auxiliary 
societies to the central body. In con- 
nection with this latter point, it was 
decided that the society should offer 
two medals, one of bronze, and one of 
silver, for new and meritorious plants 
or flowers of American origin. These 
medals are to be awarded through 
ten designated organizations tl^at main- 
tain at least one public exhibition an- 
nually. The convention of the society 
will be held in the City Convention 
Hall, Buffalo, N. Y., five days, begin- 
ning August 6th, 1901. 
Obituary. 
Mr. Thomas McCance, one of the 
pioneers of Alleghany, Pa., died in that 
city March 8th, at the age of 85. Mr. 
McCance was president of the board of 
directors of Uniondale Cemetery, and 
had been for many years prominent in 
cemetery work. He was also trustee of 
Westminster College, and director of 
the United Presbyterian Theological 
Seminary. 
Mr. James W. Hinkle, Superintend- 
ent of Center Ridge Cemetery, Sulli- 
van, Indiana, died January 27th, 1901. 
Mr. Hinkle was one of the incorpora- 
tors of the town, and had been identi- 
fied with every stage of its progress. 
Chief among his works was the re- 
claiming of the cemetery from a tan- 
gle of briars and untrimmed shrubbery 
to a well-kept, modern cemetery. He 
was 83 years of age, and in the last 
year of his life was still actively en- 
gaged in superintending the cemetery. 
Its substantial gravel drive-ways, and 
its rules and regulations testify to his 
efficient management. 
Mr. John J. Noyes, superintendent of 
Oakhill Cemetery, Newburyport, 
Mass., died recently at the age of 77 
years. Mr. Noyes had been superin- 
tendent of Oak Hill Cemetery for many 
years. 
Mr. Andrew Clabough, who was for 
thirty-seven years secretary of the Fair- 
view Cemetery, Altoona, Pa., departed 
this life last month. 
^ BOOKS, REPORTS, ETC,, RECEIVED. ^ 
Transactions of the Illinois State 
Horticultural Society for 1900, being 
the proceedings of the 4Sth annual 
meeting held at Champaign, Dec. ii, 
12, and 13, 1900, the proceedings of the 
northern, central, and southern district 
societies, and of a number of county 
societies. Contains 525 pages of inter- 
esting reading, illustrated with numer- 
ous half-tones. Edited by the Secre- 
tary, L. R. Bryant, Princeton, Ills. 
Among the articles to which particular 
attention is called are Pres. Dunlap’s 
on “Horticulture in France;” O. C. 
Simonds, of Chicago, on “Pruning and 
Care of Ornamental and Shade Trees 
and Shrubs;” “Nature Study in School 
Grades,” “Science in Education,” by 
Dr. T. J. Burrill; “Origin and Devel- 
opment of the Apple Blossom,” by 
Prof. E. S. Goff; “The Crown Gall as 
a Nursery Pest,” by Prof. S. A. Forbes; 
“Growth and Present Tendencies of 
Ornamental Planting,” by Prof. J. C. 
Blair; “Forestry for Illinois,” by Prof. 
C. A. Keffer; “Spray Material and Its 
Application,” by H. A. Aldrich; “In- 
sect Enemies of Tree and Fruit and 
How to Control Them,” by E. C. 
Green. This valuable report will be 
mailed free to all members, to school 
and other public libraries in the state 
on payment of postage. 
“Cultural Directions for the Chrysan- 
themum, with a few brief suggestions 
on the beautifying of our city door- 
yards.” A pamphlet presented by the 
New Jersey Floricultural Society to the 
school children of that state together 
with plants which will be collected in 
the fall and displayed as a part of the 
society’s fall exhibition, when suitable 
prizes will be awarded. Copies can be 
obtained by sending ten cents to the 
Secretary, George Smith, Orange, N. J. 
St. Agnes Cemetery, Albany, N. Y. 
Charter, Rules and Regulations, and 
Catalogue of lot-owners for 1901. 
U. S. Department of Agriculture 
Bulletins Nos. 19 and 23. “Stigmo- 
nose.” A Disease of Carnations and 
Other Pinks, by Albert F. Woods, and 
“Spot Disease of the Violet,” by P. H. 
Dorsett. Also, “Progress in the Treat- 
ment of Plant Diseases in the United 
States,” and “Progress of Commercial 
Growing of Plants Under Glass,” by 
B. T. Galloway; “Diseases of Shade 
and Ornamental Trees,” by B. T. Gallo- 
way and Albert F. Woods; “Progress 
of Plant Breeding in the United 
States,” by Herbert J. Webber and 
Ernst A. Bessey; “Hybrids and their 
Utilization in Plant Breeding,” by 
Walter T. Swingle and Herbert J. 
Webber. 
Annual Report of Board of Cemetery 
Commissioners, Cambridge, Mass., for 
1900. Also pamphlet entitled: “Some 
Facts About Perpetual Care of Lots in 
Cambridge Cemetery.” 
Rules and Regulations adopted by the 
Park Commission, Dayton, O., contain- 
ing illustrated section on “Hints and 
Suggestions on Street and Decorative 
Planting. Maintenance of Trees, 
Shrubs. Lawns, etc.” 
Michigan Forestry Commission, 
First Annual Report, 1900. A well- 
bound book of 1 16 pages, profusely il- 
lustrated with half-tones. Contains of- 
ficial documents and reports, and 23 
contributed articles on all subjects per- 
taining to the forests of Michigan. 
Playground Scenes, a little book of 24 
half-tones, illustrating New York play- 
grounds, published by the Outdoor 
Recreation League. 
Mount Hope Cemetery Association, 
Chicago, 111 . An attractive little book- 
let containing excellent half-tones and 
diagrams of Mount Hope Cemetery. 
Annual Report Board of Public 
Works, Little Falls, N. Y. 
The University of Nebraska Agricul- 
tural Experiment Station, Lincoln, 
Neb. “Some Forage Plants for Sum- 
mer Food,” by T. L. Lyon and A. L. 
Haecker. 
