PARK AND CEMETERY 
and Landscape Gardening. 
Vol, XII CHICAGO, OCTOBER, 1902. No, 8 
Entered at the Postoffice at Chicajjo as Second Class Matter. 
CONTENTS. 
Editorial — Convention of the A. L. C. I. — Honored Names 
in Washington — Educating the Lot Owner — Statu- 
ary in Our Parks — The Billboard Campaign 381, 382 
Parks and Politics 383 
'■'‘Prizes for Home and School Grounds, Colorado 
Springs, Col. 384 
American League for Civic Improvement in Convention. ..386 
Hardy Herbaceous Perennials 388 
*Model for Fountain of the Great Lakes 390 
*Tree Planting 391 
The Cemeteries of Boston 391 
*Improvement Associations 392 
The Free Use of Roses 394 
*Hydrangea Hortensia 395 
Thomas Meehan Horticultural Society 395 
'■'‘Garden Plants — Their Georgarphy — LXXXII 396 
Seasonable Suggestions 397 
Park Notes 399 
Cemetery Notes 400 
Book Notes 401 
Correspondence 402 
Reviews of Books, Reports, etc 403 
*lllustrated. 
CONVENTION The American League for Civic 
OF THE Improvement held its annual con- 
c 4 . L. C. /. vention in St. Paul, Minn., last 
month, and was of marked interest. The program cov- 
ered a very large field of improvement work, a field 
that is constantly expanding as the league develops its 
resources and facilities. A number of prominent 
improvement workers, both local and from distant 
places, participated in the convention and the papers 
and discussions will form a valuable and authoritative 
addition to the literature of the movement. From the 
requirements and work belonging to the village im- 
provement association to the broader necessities of the 
full-grown city, a splendid array of subjects were 
treated, and in the many important lines of municipal 
endeavor well known authorities expounded their 
views in a manner and under conditions of high educa- 
tional value. The hospitality of the Twin Cities is 
known all over the country, so that it is. needless to 
state that an enjoyable time was experienced by the 
.large number in attendance. A change of headquar- 
ters of the league from Springfield, O., to Chicago fol- 
lows this convention, a change which should in the na- 
ture of things be more convenient, from the natural 
character • of the association, and afford generally, 
better facilities for the conduct of its rapidly increasing 
business requirements. 
HONORED NAMES Washington, D. C., is laid un- 
der a heavy burden of regret and 
WASHINGTON. . ' ^ 5 .1, 
sorrow by two recent deaths — 
Senator McMillan and Governor Shepherd. To Gov- 
ernor Shepherd, who was appointed by General Grant, 
is due the improvement of the city in its grades and 
general physical conditions, which rendered possible 
and appropriate the later work of Senator McMillan. 
It has been said that while Washington and L’Enfant 
planned the national city, it remained for Shepherd to 
give the proper interpretation to their conceptions. His 
work was radical, and during his regime he made many 
bitter enemies and on leaving Washington several 
years ago he was loudly denounced by them. It must 
be said however, that in recent years, on his occasional 
visits to the city, he was warmly welcomed and that his 
name will be recorded as one of its greatest benefac- 
tors. The work to which Senator McMillan devoted 
so much thought and energy, that of making Washing- 
ton beautiful, is in its preliminary stages, but the wis- 
dom exercised by the Senator in his manipulation of 
his grand scheme, will associate his name for all time 
with the beautiful city. 
EDUCATING In the address of the retiring 
O^^ER^ president of the Association of 
American Cemetery superintend- 
ents, printed in the last issue, reference was made to the 
lack of cemetery literature, calculated to keep the lot- 
owners and public informed on modern ideas and prac- 
tice in cemetery affairs, and in the August Atlantic 
there appears a very severe criticism of prevailing 
