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PARK AND CEMRTERY 
an income available from which to keep the lots in good con- 
dition. One way is to set aside a certain percentage of the 
receipts from lots; another is to set aside a certain sum for 
every foot of land sold. My own suggestion is to set aside 
a portion of the land of the cemetery and out of its proceeds 
constitute a permanent fund. One— fifth of the land set aside 
would secure the same result as the setting aside one-fifth of 
the cash sales, and would meet with less objection. Another 
feature of this plan would be in applying it to cemeteries 
which had disposed of a large proportion of their land, say 
three-fourths.” 
Mr. Hargrave, superintendent of Forest Hills Cem- 
etery, gave a brief description of his work at the cem- 
etery and invited the convention to visit it. He said 
it was their experience that it was necessary to have 
at least 85 cents per foot for perpetual care. 
John M. Boxell, of St. Paul, Minn., opposed the 
recommendation of Mr. Hobart, and advocated a per- 
petual care fund from sale of all lots rather than the 
setting aside of lots to be sold for the purpose. 
Gov. Dewell, of New Haven, stated that his ceme- 
tery (the Evergreen) had a special fund held by trus- 
tees to look after perpetual care, including roads, etc., 
independent of the regular management of the ceme- 
tery. 
Mr. L. W. Ross, at the invitation of Mr. Scorgie, ex- 
plained his bill (now a law of the state) providing 
for the care of lots in small suburban cemeteries, the 
funds to be paid in to the State Treasurer and turned 
over to the managers of the unincorporated cemeteries. 
Mr. Salway of Cincinnati said that his price was 60 
cents per square foot for perpetual care, other than 
flowers, etc., for which an extra charge was made. 
Mr. Boice, Geneseo, Ilk, said that he thought the 
present and future managers of cemeteries were honest 
and it was entirely safe to have* .-.perpetual care funds 
in their hands. 
Mr. Gunn, Whitinsville, Mass., said that the entire 
proceeds of sales of lots went into the perpetual care 
and current expense fund and thought this the better 
way. 
Mr. McCarthy, of Providence, R. I., said the word 
perpetual-care was a very big one and one that was 
very misleading. He said a reasonable definition was 
the care of the grass only. Other members joined in 
tbe discussion, which was finally closed without any 
definite action. 
Wednesday. 
Promptly at 8 :30 A. M. the entire delegation, fill- 
ing two large special cars, started for a day’s study 
of the cemetery and gastronomic art of the city of Bos- 
ton. The ride over Harvard Bridge and through old 
Cambridge was a delightful one. At Harvard Univer- 
sity the party walked through the grounds to the 
Botanical and Mineralogical Museum, where they 
were shown the Ware collection of Blaschka glass 
models of flowers. A short walk was taken to the 
Botanical Gardens, where some beautiful and rare ex- 
amples of horticultural art were examined. A Japan- 
ese umbrella tree (Sciadopitys verticillata) , a maiden 
hair fern {Ginkgo biloba) and a Stytax Japonica at- 
tracted especial attention. After looking about the 
grounds the visitors assembled in the pretty little audi- 
torium, known as Hunnewell Hall, and listened to the 
very interesting paper by the curator, Robert Cameron, 
on “The Herbaceous Border.” 
From the Botanical Gardens the party went to Mt. 
Auburn Cemetery where they were entertained by Mr. 
and Mrs. Scorgie. 
The trip was made in the special cars, down around 
the Washington Elm, Radcliffe College buildings, and 
Mount Auburn street, where the Craigie House, the 
home of Longfellow, and Elmwood, the homes of the 
poets, were objects of evident interest. 
After listening to an organ solo in the chapel by 
Percy Graham, the party went to the residence of Mr. 
Scorgie ostensibly to see his herbaceous borders. When 
they arrived, instead of hardy plants they found a boun- 
tiful collation with an inexhaustible supply of ice 
cream, milk and lemonade behind the “herbaceous bor- 
der.” After an address of thanks by Mr. Carroll the 
party visited the Mount Auburn greenhouses, where 
a special and interesting use of concrete was shown. 
This was in connection with the long tables on which 
plants are grown in the winter season. Instead of 
wood, which was formerly used, concrete formed on 
a frame of iron rods, is the material for these tables, 
and the advantage in durability and waterproofing was 
enough to excite much favorable comment from the 
superintendents. The party concluded its inspection 
at Mount Auburn shortly before 2 o’clock, then took 
cars for Newton. 
At Newton Cemetery the party were the guests of 
H. Wilson Ross and they were delightfully entertained. 
The beauty of nature enhanced by cemetery art was 
shown to perfection here. Even the older part of the 
cemetery had a smooth, park-like appearance exceed- 
ingly gratifying to the advocates of the modern lawn 
plan. This cemetery as a whole was a valuable ob- 
ject lesson. There were many things about the New- 
ton Cemetery to prove the truth of the axiom in land- 
scape art, that nature unadorned is adorned the most. 
The return to Boston was without special incident. 
Wednesday E<vemng Session. 
The convention was called to order at 8 o’clock by 
the president. On motion of Mr. Scorgie discussion 
on the papers presented was limited to- three minutes. 
Mr. H. D. Litchfield read a paper “From the Under- 
takers’ Point of View.” He briefly reviewed the legal 
status of undertakers in the Commonwealth of Massa- 
chusetts, and gave some instances of the peculiarities 
