PARK AND CEMETERY 
and Landscape Gardening. 
Vol, XI CHICAGO, FEBRUARY, 1902, No. 12 
Entered at the Postoflfice at Chicag'o as Second Class Matter. 
CONTENTS. 
Editorial — The New Hampshire Tree Law — Evolution 
of the Graveyard — The Twentieth Century City. 219, 220 
*The Arnold Arboretum 221 
*Park Making in Essex County, N. J 223 
^Woodland Scene, Fairmount Park 225 
*The Hardy Orange Hedge Plant 226 
^Jefferson Monument, Louisville, Ky 227 
A Nursery School of Botany 227 
^Monumental Art in Italian Cemeteries 228 
Improvement Associations 229 
Village Improvement 232 
City Ordinance for Tree Planting 232 
Nursery Catalogues 233 
*G?rden Plants — Their Geography — LXXIV 234 
Park Notes 23: 
Cemetery Notes 236 
Reviews of Reports, Etc 237 
*Illustrated. 
EVOLUTION 
OF THE 
GRAVEYARD. 
Hare at the 
sociation of 
A very interesting and instructive 
paper was that given, with ste- 
reopticon views, by Mr. Sid J. 
late Pittsburgh convention of the As- 
American Cemetery Superintendents, 
and published in the report of that convention. The 
pictures tell the story louder than words, although 
the author’s experiences and comment served to ex- 
plain and establish facts. The illustrations cover a 
wide range and show the evolution of the cemetery, 
from the family burying ground on the old farm up 
through the country graveyard, in all its crudeness 
of layout and subsequent neglect, to the modern 
cemetery with its beautiful landscape work and har- 
monious accessories. What a contrast these pic- 
tures present, and what lessons they teach, and 
withal it is surprising that there should be so slow 
a response to the missionary work so persistently 
engaged in to promote reform. Many of the views 
referred to represented before and after the work of 
improvement in the cemetery and are most instruct- 
ive. With all the prejudice in favor of individual 
display and the tentative rebellion at the so-called 
arbitrariness of cemetery officials, it is safe to say no 
one of average intelligence would consent to a re- 
turn to the stoneyard appearance of the old ceme- 
tery section, or to the haphazard system of planting 
caused by unrestricted license to lot owners. The 
modern cemetery carries out in appearance, in culti- 
vated refinement in nearly all particulars, the idea 
of rest, — the abode of the dead and a perpetual in- 
vitation to those bereaved to visit and pay rever- 
ence to memories. 
NEW HAMP- In another column will be found 
New Hampshire law relating to 
the protection and preservation of 
ornamental and shade trees in the highways. Thi.s 
law is an amendment to that of 1895, and provides 
for the annual appointment of one or more tree war- 
dens by the mayors of cities and selectmen of towns 
such appointees to be discreet persons and residents 
of the places where appointed. It provides that 
towns and cities shall have control of all shade and 
ornamental trees situated in any public way or 
ground within their limits which the tree warden 
shall deem reasonably necessary to shade or orna- 
ment and these shall be marked. The law also pro- 
vides for the acquirement of such private trees as 
may be deemed necessary, and for the protection 
and care of all trees under the warden’s control, and 
for the planting of trees. It also decrees regarding 
appropriations for the carrying into effect of the 
law, and fines and punishments for offences. Alto- 
gether it is a most effective instrument and worthy 
of study by all interested in outdoor improvement. 
Similar laws are of imminent importance in every 
state of the union for the appearance and condition 
of the highways should not be a matter of individ- 
ual action. 
THE TWENTIETH 
CENTURY CITY. 
Under the above title the Amer- 
ican League for Civic Improve- 
ment has issued a pamphlet recording the work ac- 
complished for civic betterment. In the main it is a 
report of the proceedings of the annual convention of 
1901, held in Buffalo, and of which a brief summary 
was given in these columns. As was emphasized at 
that time, the reports of improvement associations in 
various localities showing what had been done, the 
practical ideas promulgated and the valuable sugges- 
tions discussed, created an enthusiasm in the work 
among those present promising far reaching results. 
That these promises are being vigorously exploited 
there is no doubt, and the details of the work as de- 
scribed, the wide field covered, and the means adopted 
to educate the people, make this latest issue by the 
League one of exceeding great value in the cause. 
Under the presidency of Prof. Charles Zueblin of the 
University of Chicago, whose eloquent appeal to the 
latent taste of the American citizen carries conviction, 
the campaign of literature and work looking to civic 
beauty throughout the country, now being prosecuted 
