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hands to mark the spot, unless, like the sacred olive of 
the Grecian Acropolis, they may have reproduced 
themselves ; this in spite of the old tree in the picture, 
the so-called “Tree of the Agony.” The trees them- 
selves remind one of the celebrated cedars of Solomon 
on Mount Lebanon in the disproportioned hugeness of 
their venerable trunks and to their foliage above. For 
ages the pilgrim has knelt and kissed them with tears, 
carrying thence a few of the scattered fruit or a por- 
tion of the bark to remind him of the spot. 
The garden is surrounded by a high stone wall, a 
broad path leading around its entire area, while the 
portion containing the trees and flowers is protected 
by a iron railing with sharp pickets. The interior is 
subdivided by numerous wooden fences with no ap- 
parent reason. Many plants in pots are employed to 
set off these spaces with the purpose of frequently 
changing and ensuring a constant bloom. The flowers 
are chiefly annuals. Daisies and Hollyhock are ]irom- 
inent. The whole is extremely formal and devoid of 
beauty, but presents an abundance of color, which 
pleases the throngs of pilgrims who cheerfully pay the 
entrance fee to worshi]) at the various shrines an, I 
“TREE OF THE AGONY” IN GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE. 
who frequently form a continuous procession through 
its walks during the daylight hours. 
The olive is still scattered about the IMount of Olives 
and a few half cultivated figs and pomegranates as- 
sist in recalling the past. It is through the branches 
of these trees that the more picturesque views are seen 
and we think of the time when these terraced hillsides 
were once clothed with verdure, but now denuded even 
of their soil ; thus has the oppression of the unspeaka- 
ble Turk peeled the land that once "flowed with milk 
and honey.” Joseph B. Davis. 
STATISTICS OF CREMATION. 
Sir Henry Thompson, who has been for long a 
staunch advocate of cremation, and who has written 
some most able articles in support of the practice, con- 
tributes tO' the Lancet some statistics bearing on the 
matter. 
It appears from these figures that Germany pos- 
sesses seven crematories. The total number of cre- 
mations performed at each during the year 1901 being 
693. A petition signed by over 3,000 medical men has 
been pre.sented in the Reichstag within the past few 
months with a view of rendering' compulsory the cre- 
mation of persons who have died from infectious dis- 
eases. 
England possesses seven crematories, in which dur- 
ing’ the year 1901 445 persons were cremated. Italy 
possesses twenty-two crematories, but statistics as to 
the number of persons iqion whom cremation was per- 
formed in 1901 are lacking in some of these. There 
are three crematories in Switzerland, at one of which 
127 cremations were performed in 1901. Sweden 
possesses two and Denmark one. In Austria-Hungary 
societies for the promotion of cremation continue to 
be formed under the influence of the \’ienna Society. 
“Die Flamme” and branches exist in many towns, but 
the practice of cremation haS’ not yet been legalized. 
In Madrid the right of cremation has been con- 
ferred by a royal decree, while even in Russia, in spite 
of the protestations of the Procurator of the Holy 
S}nod, the government proposes to issue a decree in 
favor of making cremation optional. In France a 
large crematorium is situaied in the far-famed ceme- 
tery of Paris, Pere la Chaise, in which since its open- 
ing 2,299 bodies have been cremated. 
In the United States are twenty-six crematories, 
twenty-four of which are in operation. A larger 
number of persons are ci'cmated yearly in this country 
than in any other. In ' 'anada, notwithstanding the 
opposition of the Roman Catholic clergy, the Legis- 
lature of Quebec has declared the legality of crema- 
tion, and a crematorium has just been built at Mon- 
treal. — iMedical Record. 
A CITY FORESTER'S HOME GROUNDS, 
The accompanying views are tak'en from the sum- 
mer cottage home of John C. Lewis, City Forester and 
Landscape Gardener to the city of Philadelphia. 
In No. I IMr. Lewis has converted a dead apple 
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