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PARK AND CEMETERY 
by ornamental designs in the form of a covered urn. Two 
tablets containing inscriptions in memory of Governor 
Haynes, the first governor of the state, are mounted on the 
pillars. The gate is the gift of the Misses Stokes, of New 
York. 
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The annual report of the Woodlawn Cemetery Associa- 
tion, Winona, Minn., presents the following statistics; Re- 
ceipts for the general fund for the year, $8,248.88; dis- 
bursements, $7,488; additions to permanent care and im- 
provement fund for the year, $1,963, making the total $21,- 
906.20; total amount received under legacy of George P. 
Smith, $18,458.66; beciuest from IMrs. Julia A. Forsythe, 
$1,380. Interments for the year, 142; total interments, 5,- 
172. 
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The trustees of Oak Hill Cemetery, Evansville, Ind., are 
to erect a new entrance gate, and make extensive improve- 
ments on a recent addition of 20 acres. The new gateway 
is to span a double driveway, and will be built of undressed 
stone to correspond with the new administration building 
recently erected. A tiled canopy will be built over the en- 
trance, which, with the other improvements will cost $2,500. 
The improvements in the new addition comprise the laying 
out of avenues, planting of shrubbery and trees, grading and 
the construction of a lake, 150x300 feet. 
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The new Elm Leaf Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala., has 
been laid out in the shape of an elm leaf. The main drive, 
starting from the entrance, represents the stem, and the 
lateral streets branching off from it, the veins of the leaf, 
A driveway around the border defines the outlines of the 
leaf. The ground is high and gently undulating, the streets 
are graded and the water supply is brought from the city 
mains. 
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At the annual meeting of the Newton Cemetery Corpora- 
tion, Newton, Mass., the trustees report that they have is- 
sued coupon notes at 5 per cent, with the proceeds of which 
all the debts of the corporation were paid off, including 
$15,000 for land and buildings purchased. Tt w.ns provided 
that $2,500 should be set aside each jmar as a sinking fund 
for the redemption of these notes. The report states that 
the price of perpetual care has been advanced 50 per cent, 
owing to a decrease in the rate of income on invested funds; 
there are now only 175 lots not under perpetual care. The 
superintendent’s report shows that an independent water- 
power plant, consisting of an electric motor and two pumps, 
was installed, and pipes laid throughout the cemetery. In- 
terments for the year were 240; total number, 5,567; re- 
ceipts from sale of lots for the year, $13,358, a thousand dol- 
lars greater than in any former year. 
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At the annual meeting of the stockholders of Magnolia 
Cemetery, President Geo. W. Williams made his annual re- 
port. The cemetery was organized in 1850. The sale of 
lots amounts to $190,000 to date, of which 20 per cent, is 
paid to trustees for a permanent fund, now amounting to 
$38,977. The interest is to be applied lo keeping the 
grounds, roads and lakes in order. Several hundred lots 
have been put in perpetual care, and the perpetual care 
fund is now $32,500. The proprietors have expended in 
Magnolia since its organization $180,000 upon the grounds, 
roads, lakes and Magnolia Park. The lot owners are urged 
to put their private lots in perpetual care. The cemetery 
is non-denominational and more than 11,000 persons have 
been buried in Magnolia, of almost every nation, condition 
and religion. Of the original officers Geo. W. Williams is 
the only surviving member. The cemetery was in never 
better condition, and it has been the aim of the directors 
to make it a model. 
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The following cemetery improvements are noted this 
month: The South Cemetery, Hartford, Conn., has let the 
contract for the construction of a new iron fence to cost 
$1,700. Linwood Cemetery, Haverhill, Mass., will construct 
a new entrance gate at the foot of Summer Street to cost 
$5,000; the cost will be defrayed by subscriptions, which 
have already been guaranteed up to the necessary sum. Mt. 
Mora Cemetery, St. Joseph, Mo., will expend $10,000 in iiu- 
provements, which include the building of a stone and iron 
fence to cost $6,000, remodeling barn and outbuildings, im- 
proving the greenhouse, and constructing new gateway. 
Forest Home Cemetery, Oak Park, 111 ., has built new en- 
trance gates and waiting rooms at an expense of $25,000. 
The office and waiting room is of Bedford stone, fin- 
ished in hardwood and mosaics. The gates are of mas- 
sive wrought iron, and are swung on marble pillars. 
The Daughters of the Revolution, Bridgeport, Conn., have 
erected a memorial gateway for Stratfield Cemetery. It 
consists of two pillars of masonry, set upon squares ol 
granite. The arch is of iron work, and bears in the. center 
a wheel, the emblem of the D. A. R. On marble pillar.s 
flanking the gateway are the names of Revolutionary sol- 
diers buried in the cemetery. 
ANRWERS TO CORRESPONDENCE, 
HOW TO EXTERMINATE DANDELIONS, RIPPLE, ETC. 
In reply to inquiries from Arthur H. Plant, Kankakee, 
111 ., and T. Van Irwin, Mifflintown, Pa. 
The best way to exterminate dandelions is to have a close- 
cut lawn, rich soil or enriched by fertilizer and plenty of 
water during dry weather. This will enable the grass to 
grow strong and kill out the weed, besides, it prevents the 
scattering seeds from getting, into the soil. It is also advis- 
able to keep the grass long in the fall, as at that time the 
dandelion commences to grow again, and the long grass 
has a tendency to choke it. 
I have tried crude creosote -sprinkled into the heart of 
the plant with a common oil can, such as we use for lawn 
mowers. When the weed is numerous it is rather a tedious 
job, besides it must be done carefully or the grass will go 
with the dandelion. 
On a well cared for lawn the dandelion has no show with 
the grass, the latter soon killing it out. I never permit a 
spot to remain bare, it is here that the flying dandelion seed 
gets a foothold.. 
Buckhorn, bip grass, ripple grass, black plantain, buck 
plantain, deer tongue, English plantain, lance-leafed plan- 
tain — Plantago lanceolata — is a very troublesome weed and 
quite common in the east on dry lands. Like its sister — 
Plantago major — the common plantain, it is hard to ex- 
terminate wherever it has gained a foothold. There is only 
two ways in which to get rid of it, either by pulling it out 
or by cultivation of the ground — the last is found necessary 
when the weed has become very abundant. This is best 
done by a shallow plowing in early fall, which will make 
the dormant seed germinate before cold weather sets in. A 
good harrowing will kill them. Plow again in spring, but 
deeper, and keep the soil in constant cultivation until the 
1st of September, when grass for a new lawn may be sown. 
If it is necessary that the ground produces something during 
the summer, potatoes or corn will be an ideal crop. The 
cultivator will attend to the weeds. 
