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Park and Cemetery 
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LANDSCAPE GARDENING 
Established 189o. 
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, 
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 ; 
1538 Am,Tract Society Bldg,, New York, 
Subscription SI ,00 a Year in Advance. 
Foreign Subscription $1.50. 
Published Monthly. 
ASSOCIATION OP AMERICAN CEME- 
tery Superintendents: President, H. Wilson 
Russ, “Newton”, Newton Center, Mass; Vice- 
President, J. C. Dix, Cleveland, ().; Secretary 
and Treasurer, J. H. Morton, “City Ceme- 
teries”. Boston. Mass. 
Seventeenth Annual Convention, Rochester, 
N. Y., 1903. 
THE AMERICAN PARK AND OUT-DOOR 
Art Association : President, Clinton Rodg rs 
Woodruff, Philadelphia: Secretary, Charles 
Muliord Robinson, Rochester, N. Y.; Treas- 
urer, O. C. Siraonds. Chicago. 
Sev, nth Annual Meeting, Buffalo, 1903. 
Publisher's Notes, 
A paper by Frank Eurich, of Detroit, 
former president of the Association of 
American Cemetery Superintendents, 
read at the annual convention of the 
Michigan Funeral Directors’ and Em- 
balmers’ Association held in Septem- 
ber, was devoted to “Suggestions for 
Arousing Interest in Improving Country 
Cemeteries.” He deplored the ragged, 
unkempt condition of country burial 
grounds, and urged the co-operation of 
all in making the cemetery a place of 
beauty and rest. The paper was dis- 
cussed by the funeral directors, and a 
number of them pledged themselves to 
efforts for the betterment of cemeteries 
in their neighborhoods. 
The fifth annual convention of the 
Canadian Horticultural Association was 
held in Hamilton, Ont., September 3 to 
5. A number of interesting papers were 
read, including one on “The Hardy 
Perennial Border,” by Andrew Alexan- 
der, of Hamilton. Prof. Hutt, of 
Guelph, discussed the relations of local 
horticultural societies and professional 
florists. The following officers were 
elected; President, Thomas Manton, 
Toronto; secretary, A. H. Ewing, Wood- 
stock; treasurer, H. Simmers, Toronto. 
An interesting feature was a display of 
asters raised by school children from 
seeds distributed to them last spring. 
At the eighteenth annual convention 
of the Society of American Florists and 
Ornamental Horticulturists, the follow- 
ing officers were elected for the ensuing 
year: John Burton, Windmoor, Pa., 
president ; C. C. Polworth, Milwaukee, 
vice-president ; W. J. Stewart, secre- 
tary, and H. B. Beatty, treasurer. The 
next meeting of the society will be held 
at Milwaukee. 
One of the departments of Burrelle’s 
Press Clipping Bureau, of New York, is 
devoted to the clipping of obituary no- 
tices from newspapers and the prepara- 
tion of memorial albums. The bureau 
receives about 1,500 papers each day, and 
secures from these about 5,000 obituary 
notices. 
The Chase Brothers Company, The 
New England Nurseries, Rochester, N. 
Y., issue a handsome catalogue under 
the title “With Camera and Brush.” It 
is a good specimen of progressive cata- 
logue printing, and illustrated with ex- 
cellent half-tone views on every other 
page, accompanied by succinct descrip- 
tive matter. The opposite page is given 
to a full-page colored picture of the 
same subject, which is as true to nature 
as the process allows. Pertinent quota- 
tions from literature are also introduced 
in many places. 
Country Life in America for October, 
edited by L. H. Bailey, is fully up to 
the standard of previous numbers, and 
though only in its second volume, has 
established a place for itself as a gra.phic, 
interesting and the most handsomely 
illustrated portrayal of outdoor life in 
America. Yachting, by Thomas Dixon, 
Jr., The Making of a Country Home, 
by Mr. Bailey, Camp Keeping as a Fine 
Art, How to Make a Garden. The Home 
Window Garden, by Edith Loring Ful- 
lerton, and an Autumn Ramble, are 
some of the leading articles for October. 
Country Life in American, Doubleday, 
Page & Company, New York. Three 
dollars a year. 
The first number of “Arboriculture,” 
a magazine of the International Society 
of Arboriculture, appeared in Septem- 
ber. It is edited by John P. Brown, 
secretary of the society, and announces 
its intention to treat Arboriculture in 
its broadest sense as including forestry, 
and every subject relating to the growth 
of trees and their influences, such as 
entomology, ornithology, forest fires, ir- 
rigation, etc. It is announced that the 
October number will be principally de- 
voted to discussions of trees for street 
planting in towns and cities ; the kinds 
of trees to plant in Chicago, New York, 
New Orleans, and other cities. Arbori- 
culture, Vol. I., No. I, Chicago. Sep- 
tember, 1902. 
Architecture and Decoration, by R. 
C. Spencer, Jr., architect, and Joseph 
Twyman, decorator; published by the 
South Park Improvement Association, 
of Chicago. This neatly printed little 
book is a part of the campaign of the 
South Park Improvement Association 
for more beautiful homes, which has 
been discussed elsewhere in Park and 
Cemetery. It contains many valuable 
suggestions for home improvements 
grouped under two heads ; The Fine 
Art Side of Home Building and Main- 
tenance ; Domestic Architecture in 
American Cities, and Decoration. 
Steps of Progress in Michigan Fores- 
try ; the annual report of the Michigan 
Forestry Association to the Governor; 
Charles W. Garfield, president, Grand 
Rapids, Mich. In addition to the re- 
port of the commission the book con- 
tains contributions on: ' Improving the 
Timber on the Jack Pine Plains; Sug- 
gestions Concerning Reforestration ; 
Perpetuating the Lumber Business; 
Taxation and Forestry; Permanent For- 
est Values ; The Importance of Study- 
ing Forests and Caring for Them, and 
other interesting notes. 
Grazing in the Forest Reserves, by 
Filibert Roth, chief of the forestry di- 
vision of the general land office, depart- 
ment of the Interior; reprinted from 
the yearbook of the department of Ag- 
riculture for 1901. This report con- 
tains a general discussion of the func- 
tions of forests, the object of the re- 
serves, and the character of their for- 
ests, and the regulations and extent of 
grazing. 
A Working Plan for Southern Hard- 
woods, and its results, by John Foley, 
Field Assistant, Bureau of Forestry; re- 
print from yearbook of Department of 
Agriculture for 1901 : Contains a de- 
scription of the forest tract at Sewanee, 
Tenn., and an account of its treatment, 
including logging and protection, and 
the results of the working plan. 
The Western Hemlock, by Edward T. 
Allen, Field Assistant, Bureau of For- 
estry; Bulletin No. 33, Department of 
Agriculture ; government printing office, 
1902 ; A well illustrated report of 55 
pages, giving a comprehensive account of 
this tree, its distribution, habit, enemies, 
wood, manufacturing problems, etc.; 
also a list of the trees of Oregon and 
Washington. The writer summarizes 
conclusions under three heads as fol- 
lows : The wood of the western hem- 
lock is superior to that of the eastern 
tree, and is suitable for use in all ordi- 
nary building work; under favorable 
conditions it reproduces abundantly and 
grows very rapidly; it has now to con- 
tend mainly with a prejudice based up- 
on a knowledge of the eastern tree 
alone. 
