139 
PARK AND CEMRTRRY 
Park and Cemetery 
AND = r - = 
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, ' 
324 Dearborn St., CHICAGO. 
Eastern Office t 
1538 Am.Tract Society Bldg., New York. 
Subscription Sl.OO a Year in Advance. 
Foreign Subscription SI. 60. 
Published Monthly. 
ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN CEME- 
tery Superintendents : President, Geo. M. 
Painter, “West Laurel Hill,” Philadelphia: 
Vice-President, Frank Enrich, “Woodward 
Lawn,” Detroit, Mich.; Secretar3’ and Treas- 
urer, H. Wilson Ross, Newton Center, Mass. 
The Fifteenth Annual Convention will be 
held at Pittsburg, Pa., September, 10th, lltli, 
12th, 1901. 
THE AMERICAN PARK AND OUT-DOOR 
Art Association: President, E. J. Parker, 
Quincy, 111.; Secretarj', Warren H. Man- 
ning. Tremont Building, Boston, Mass.; 
Treasurer, O. C. Simonds, Chicago. 
Publisher's Notes. 
The annual meeting of the Illinois 
State Horticultural Society will be held 
at Champaign, 111 ., December lo, ii 
and 12, and the attention of exhibitors 
and members is called to the necessity 
of making early preparations for the 
meeting. The meeting will be in the 
large Agricultural Building, and the so- 
ciety is calling on all persons interested 
in horticultural matters to be present 
and become members. As a special 
inducement, ten or twelve of the back 
reports of the society are offered free 
of charge to those who become life 
members. Information concerning 
rules, premiums, etc., can be obtained 
by addressing the secretary, L. R. Bry- 
ant, Princeton, III. 
Mr. Bellett Lawson, Jr., has been 
elected secretary and manager of the 
new Buffalo Park Cemetery, Buffalo, N. 
Y., and will be succeeded in his present 
position as secretary and comptroller of 
the Paxtang Cemetery Association, 
Harrisburg, Pa., by his father, Mr. 
Bellett Lawson, Sr. Mr. Lawson, Sr., 
superintendent of Oaklawn Cemetery, 
Wilkesbarre, Pa., will be succeeded by 
his son, John A. Lawson. 
A Missouri reader desires information 
relative to the best system of water 
supply for cemeteries, schedule of 
changes, etc. This is an important 
question with cemeteries. Will some 
one describe a system suitable for a 
cemetery of from twenty-five to fifty 
acres? 
That there is much room for improve- 
ment in the design of the seats used in 
our parks cannot be gainsaid. Many of 
them are not only inartistic, but ex- 
ceedingly uncomfortable for the weary 
pedestrian. A Massachusetts sub-, 
scriber would like to see some really 
artistic designs illustrated in these col- 
umns. 
I BOOKS, REPORTSJETC^RbSiVE^J 
“Trees I Have Seen.” New York, 
Dodd, Mead & Co., igoi; price 50c. 
Trees I Have Seen is not printed to 
be read — it is a book for the tree 
lover to write, and embodies 169 
pages, blank, with neatly printed head- 
ings for recording condensed descrip- 
tions and impressions of trees. Two 
pages are to be devoted to each tree, 
and the printed topics for recording 
notes are as follows: Date^ — Where 
seen — Characteristics of the locality — 
The bark — The branches — The leaves, 
how grouped, size, shape, margin, how 
veined — Flower — Fruit — Common and 
scientific names — Family — Remarks. It 
is attractively and substantially bound 
in cloth, and its green and gold cover 
is refreshingly different from the con- 
ventional memorandum or note book. 
It is designed to be used with “How 
to Know Trees,” “Our Native Trees,” 
or some similar work of reference to 
verify the notes taken in the field. To 
those who want a systematic and ac- 
curate knowledge of our trees — and 
this should include everybody— this 
little book will be of great value. It is 
of convenient pocket size, and deserves 
a permanent place in the pocket or 
satchel of every student of trees. 
Somerton Hills Cemetery, Philadel- 
phia. Information, Rules and Regula- 
tions, 1901. Neatly bound in blue and 
gold, and illustrated with many excel- 
lent half-tones. 
Oak Hill Cemetery Company, Owos- 
so, Mich., 1901. Articles of Associa- 
tion, Historical Sketch, Rules and Reg- 
ulations, etc. Well printed and bound, 
and contains attractive half-tone illus- 
trations. 
Maine Agricultural Experiment Sta- 
tion, Orono, Me. Bulletin No. 75, 
“Analysis of Miscellaneous Food Ma- 
terials.” 
Cornell University Agricultural Ex- 
periment Station, Ithaca, N. Y. Bulle- 
tin 194, “The Hessian Fly, Its Rav- 
ages in New York in 1901.” 
Mount Olivet Cemetery, San Fran- 
cisco, Cal. Neatly printed folder of 
unique design, containing condensed 
information concerning the cemetery, 
and half-tone views of cemetery build- 
ings. 
The Appalachian National Park Asso- 
ciation, Asheville, N. C. Synopsis of 
work accomplished, and comments on 
the movement by prominent newspa- 
pers and citizens. Compiled by Dr. C. 
P. Ambler, Asheville, N. C. 
Trade Literature, Etc., Received, 
The Tokio Plant and Seed Co., To- 
kio, Japan. Export price list of flow- 
ers, plants, bulbs, seeds and trees. 
Henry A. Dreer, 714 Chestnut St., 
Philadelphia Autumn Catalogue, 1901. 
Bulbs, Seeds, Plants, etc. 48 pages; 
profusely illustrated and handsomely 
bound. 
Pinehurst Nurseries, Otto Katzen- 
stein. Mgr., Pinehurst, N. C. Descrip- 
tive Catalogue of American Seeds, Con- 
ifers, Trees, Shrubs, Palms, Cacti, 
Herbaceous Plants, etc. Wholesale. 
1901. Excellent half-tone illustrations. 
Also Wholesale Trade List of North 
Carolina Woody and Herbaceous 
Plants and other Ornamentals. 
T. S. Hubbard Co., Grape Vine Spe- 
cialists, Fredonia, N. Y. Seventy-first 
Semi-annual Wholesale Price List of 
Grape Vines and Small Fruit Plants; 
Autumn, 1901. 
Fruitland Nurseries, P. J. Berckmans 
Co., Augusta, Ga., No. i, 1901. De- 
scriptive catalogue of ornamental 
trees, shrubs, fruit trees, flowering 
plants, etc. Handsomely covered, and 
illustrated with numerous half-tones, 
and other cuts. 
Chicago Paeony Farm, Joliet, Illinois. 
Latest Price List of Paeonies. Neatly 
printed little book with attractive cover. 
Laws of Cemetery Associations of New York, 
" Law as to Cemeteries, Undertakers, Em.* 
balmers and Burials in New York State." 
Contents: Cemeteries defined, Kinds of cem- 
eteries, Public cemeteries. Cemetery associa- 
tions. Cemeteries controlled b_v relig'ious cor- 
porations or churches, Private and family cem- 
eteries, Incorporation of cemeteries. How lands 
are acquired for cemeteries. Eminent domain. 
Conveyance, Prescription, Dedication, Govern- 
ment and management of cemeteries. Sale, 
mortgage and lease of cemetery property. 
Property in cemetery lots. Transfer of ceme- 
tery lots. Opening highways through ceme- 
teries. Taxation of cemeteries. Desecration of 
cemeteries. Liens on monuments, gravestones 
and cemetery structures. Cemeteries as nuis- 
ances. Abolition of cemeteries. Undertakers, 
Embalmers and burials. 
Contains all the Case Law of the State, as also 
prominent cases decided in other States, and 
the unrepealed Statute Law of the State of New 
York down to and including the session of 1901, 
with a useful collection of forms. 
A Complete Hand Boo* on the Subject 
Invaluable to Cemetery Trustees and Superin- 
tendents, City, County, Town and Village Offi- 
cials, Lot Ow'ners, Undertakers and others in- 
t6r6St6(3 • 
Bound in Cloth. Price, $1.00 
Sent by mail on receipt of price. 
R. J. HAIGHT, 324 Dearborn St., Chicago. 
