PARK AND CEMETERY 
and Landscape Gardening. 
Vol, XI CHICAGO, JANUARY, 1902. No, 11 
Entered at the Postoflfice at Chicag^o as Second Class Matter. 
CONTENTS. 
Editorial — Horticultural Societies and Improvement 
Work — Civic Sculpture — The Women’s Clubs and 
Improvement Work — Harrisburg, Pa. — Progress of 
the Billboard Campaign I95, 196 
*Sun Dials I97 
*Colorado Blue Spruce i99 
Marring the Landscape 200 
San Jose Scale 200 
False Conceptions in Park Making 201 
The Shaw Banquet, St. Louis, Mo... 202 
Iowa Park and Forestry Meeting 203 
Pennsylvania Forestry Association 203 
*Landon Fountain, Winona, Minn 204 
*Riverside Cemetery, Riceville, la 205 
*Improvement Associations 206 
*Merrill Humane Fountain, Detroit, Mich 208 
*Oak Ridge Cemetery, Marshall, Mich 209 
Propagation and Culture of Dracaenas 210 
*Drainage Valve for Parks 210 
*Garden Plants — Their Geography — LXXIII 212 
Hibiscus Manihot 212 
Rubus Deliciosus 213 
*A Small Park in Mainz 213 
Selected Notes and Extracts 214 
*Gate Lodge, Riverside Cemetery, Norwalk, Conn 215 
Park Notes 216 
Cemetery Notes 217 
Reviews of Books, Reports, &c 218 
*Illustrated. 
H01iTICULTU%iL In the recent annual meetings 
SOCIETIES. of the State Horticultural So- 
cieties which have come to our notice much atten- 
tion is given to the subject of outdoor improve- 
ment, in some instances long sessions with a varied 
program being devoted to the important question, with 
papers from prominent authorities. At the recent 
meeting of the Minnesota State Society, held in Min- 
neapolis, a varied and most instructive program was 
carried out, in which papers and discussions of a most 
practical character were presented. At the recent 
meeting of the Michigan State Society, held in Fenn- 
ville, Mich., a session was given to improvement work, 
in this case being more particularly confined to for- 
estry reservations, a feature of Michigan economy of 
large immediate importance. It is unquestionably the 
province of horticultural societies to take the leading 
part in the outdoor improvement of the homes of the 
rural districts, which, strange to say, offer the larger 
field for missionary work in this line. In both the 
village and the country, outdoor art is in great meas- 
ure practically unknown, for the utilitarian has been 
the prevailing sentiment, and it is so deeply rooted that 
at best it will need thoroughly practical education and 
example to effect a change so radical. The horticul- 
tural societies have a great work before them in bring- 
ing to the understanding of their members and con- 
stituencies the advantages, ethical and physical, of 
beautiful home surroundings. 
CIVIC There are so many opportunities 
SCULPTURE. now offering and opening up for 
public monuments that it is earnestly hoped the rapidly 
growing sentiment in the interests of civic beauty will 
insist on their being artistic and worthy both of the 
subject and the site selected. Such considerations will 
involve a true economy after all, for take any one 
of our larger cities for an example and examine and 
judge how many and which of its public statues and 
monuments will pass muster under the decree of cur- 
rent knowledge and good taste. How many of the 
many so-called works of art which were intended to 
adorn the streets and public places of Chicago will 
bear comparison with St. Gaudens’ Lincoln? This of 
itself suggests that a wise method of awarding com- 
missions for works of art must be adopted and the 
broader view of competency for a prior work consid- 
ered rather than expediency. We have a number of 
great sculptors in the country equal to the most im- 
portant of proposed works, and there is every reason 
to believe that the future of memorial art is fraught 
with abundant promise for beautiful and enduring 
sculpture, provided wisdom is at the business helm. 
WORK OF THE Ir is gratifying to note that the 
WOMEN'S CLUES. women’s clubs throughout the 
country are giving more attention this year than 
ever before to fostering the interests of village im- 
provement work. And it is not confined to the smaller 
places, either. Woman, while ideal in many senses in 
her character and disposition, possesses a practical 
tendency, which when directed in channels for the 
public good, is fruitful beyond measure, and the in- 
fluences already exerted in the line of improvement 
work promise an era of practical w'ork of wide utility. 
In several states the “Federation,” through one of its 
officers, conducts a department in the local paper, in 
which is recorded much valuable information concern- 
ing the progress of improvement societies and the 
practical work they conduct. There is no better or 
more far-reaching educational force than is embodied 
in the progressive Women’s Club. Its work, discus- 
sions and efforts attract the interest and generally the 
sympathy of the contributing community, and in a 
general sense there is so much in improvement that 
particularly belongs to the activities of woman that her 
active participation is a guarantee that both in educa- 
