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The press is aiding in the work to a very appreciable 
degree, and the result will be that in a few years, 
those who once knew the energetic city in its practi- 
cally treeless condition will marvel at the change so 
wise and beneficial a program has brought about. It 
is always well said that when the people are educated 
to the degree of recognizing the importance of rules 
and regulations of practical necessity they are at once 
loval to them. But to reach this point the recpnsite 
knowledge must be conveyed in a comprehensible and 
attractive manner, which comparatively few public 
officials are capable of doing. The press communica- 
tions of the Kansas City tree official, and the advice 
and directions emanating from his office, however, 
vindicate him in this respect, and afford examples of 
lessons to the public which remind us of the works of 
Prof. Collins of the Brooklyn Tree Planting Society, 
which has extended so promising an influence in the 
East. 
CEMETERY Probably no address ever made 
MONUMENTS. before the Association of American 
Cemetery Superintendents has been more widely no- 
ticed by the press than that of Mr. Enrich, the retiring 
president, at the recent Boston convention. His ref- 
erence to the abolishing of stone, metal and wood 
monuments has received particular attention, quite 
favorable to his prognostication. As the Albany Ar- 
gus remarks in an editorial comment, “the longer one 
thinks of it the more it impresses.” There are so 
many directions in which the duty of materially 
memorializing the departed can be appropriately 
effected, and that with benefit to the living, that the 
argument is gaining force that the lawn plan ceme- 
tery does not afford a harmonious setting for pre- 
tentious memorials as a rule. The trend of enlight- 
ened cemetery practice is to make “God’s acre” in 
very truth a natural beauty spot, and it is only a ques- 
tion of time, when, whatever tends to mar their beauty 
or detract from the sense of repose which should 
always characterize a cemetery, must be abolished. 
The effect of current press comment will be far reach- 
ing and will do a vast amount of good in educating the 
lot owners. Every effort ought to be made to enlist 
the press in the cause of the modern cemetery to 
encourage and mature the reforms which are sorely 
needed to consummate the ideal cemetery. 
INSTRUCTION IN Under the specific title of Land- 
LANDSCAPE ART. scape Architecture, the Lawrence 
Scientific School of Harvard University, has recently 
issued its announcement of courses for the acquisi- 
sion of a thorough education to fit the student for 
professional practice in landscape gardening and arch- 
itecture. As might be expected, the plan of educa- 
tion is quite comprehensive, and with the facilities 
also afforded by the Arnold Arboretum the Botanic 
Garden, the Bussey Institution, and the museums and 
libraries of Harvard, the full course for an industrious 
and intelligent student should supply an equipment 
of both knowledge and experimental practice adequate 
for a successful start in a profession with delightful 
and absorbing associations. Besides the main study 
of design and material in landscape gardening the 
course includes considerable of the technical instruc- 
tion required for engineers and architects, a decided 
necessity for our future park superintendents, and the 
faculty provided by the university for instructors 
comprises men of high standing in the numerous 
branches of learning contributing to the education of 
a properly qualified landscape architect and gardener. 
Special instructors in landscape architecture are ; 
Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr., A. B. ; Arthur A. Shurt- 
leff, S. B., and Oglesby Paul, A. B. Speaking of 
facilities for the education of the landscape gardener, 
it may be mentioned that at Lowthorpe, Groton, Mass., 
a school of horticulture and landscape gardening for 
women was recently opened. It is conducted by Mrs. 
Edward Gilchrist Low, and the course includes the 
various lines of study and practice calculated to offer 
a thorough education. 
PRACTICAL 
FORESTRY. 
It is gratifying to note that the 
Bureau of Forestry, Washington, 
in its missionary work of encour- 
aging the planting of timber tracts and proper care 
of existing forest lands, is being more and more appre- 
ciated, and its advice and assistance more widely 
sought throughout the country. The most extensive 
plan for commercial forestry perhaps ever attempted, 
and that the division of Forestry has been called upon 
to prepare, iS' that of the Kirby Lumber Co., of south- 
east Texas. This company has control of a tract of 
pine some million and a quarter acres in' extent, rang- 
ing over seven counties, and it operates seventeen mills. 
An examination of the tract v/as made by the depart- 
ment and a report submitted which was accepted by 
the company and a request made that a complete work- 
ing plan be made. This is now in progress and will 
involve a vast amount of study, but will undoubtedly 
result in a permanent pine producing tract of immense 
value. Not only are the large lumbering enterprises 
becoming interested in practical forestry, but the de- 
partment has been called upon by many progressive 
farmers to plan for their farm wood lots, of greater 
or less extent, for both service and ornamental effects. 
This is a very happy condition, for as a matter of fact 
the average farmer is to an extent quite as much to 
blame for the denudation of the country, and is even 
today just as ruthless, in the destruction of groves and 
wooded lots, as the truly commercial agencies. He is 
learning now however, by sad experience, the folly of 
his destructive mania and as he becomes more enlight- 
ened is turning to Washington for assistance. 
