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beds on the east and south sides make up 
the immediate surroundings. The lily pond 
and fountain basin lie west of the wading 
pool. Olmsted Brothers, of Brookline, 
Mass., were the designers of this work. 
All this pond needs to make its service 
complete is an accommodation building 
where children might change clothes and 
give them more liberty in the way of duck- 
ing, besides giving accommodation for 
skaters in winter. Such a building near 
the pond’s edge is in line with the recom- 
mendations of Olmsted Brothers. 
The lily pond is lC0x200 feet in size. 
The foundations are built of concrete 30 
inches wide and carried below frost level 
to a depth of 5 feet. Heavy granite stone 
coping and posts and 4-inch galvanized iron 
rails complete the surface construction. A 
35- foot wide path surrounds the pond, of- 
fering liberal access to thousands of people, 
especially on Sundays. The planting is 
made up of about 24 varieties of Nym- 
phteas, principally Nymphtea Mar. rosea, 
candidissima, odorata, pygmsea and others. 
Scirpus, Typha, Pontederia, Sagittaria and 
Calla palustris make up the rest of the 
planting. The countless blossoms during 
the months of June, July and August make 
this pond a great attraction. 
.Another illustration shows a portion of 
the flower garden in front of the con- 
servatory. The wading pool and garden 
are divided by a wide roadway, and the 
picnic grove is to the right. This space, in- 
cluding the garden, conservatory and ad- 
joining greenhouses, was formerly part of 
a gravel concourse used for drilling militia 
in wet weather at the time of the old pa- 
rade grounds. The old parade grounds 
were partly dismantled in 1895, the famous 
wading lily pool and fountain taking its 
place. The shelter house in close proxim- 
ity to the conservatory occupies the space 
THE A. A. C. S. 
To the Members of the Association of 
American Cemetery Superintendents: 
The committee for the Norfolk Con- 
vention had a meeting and decided that the 
date for the next convention will be August 
22. 23 and 24 next. This decision has been 
reached after carefully considering the 
fact that low railroad rates can be had 
at this time, also the weather is good in 
Xorff)lk during this period. 
It is essential that all members of the 
.•\s.sociation get busy and assist in prepar- 
ing a program by contributing papers and 
questinn^ {or debate. If you have any sub- 
ject that you wish discussed, please send 
that to me at once. If you can prepare a 
paper, please notify our president, Mr. 
James Warren, Jr., care of The North 
Burial Ground, Providence, R. I. 
At the last convention the committee 
appointed to report on the advisablility of 
printing the best papers of previous years ■ 
were authorized to prepare a booklet of 
of the old Parade House, which was re- 
moved in 1902. The bandstand, built in 
1896, occupied part of the space where now 
is located the conservatory, which was built 
in 1909, and the adjoining propagating two 
years previous. 
A screen of shrubbery divides the grove 
and flower garden, which w'as planted in 
1912. The perfect foliage of the trees 
shows care in the way of careful pruning 
and fertilizing for the previous ten years. 
Another interesting attraction in Hum- 
bolt Park is a big circular flower bed that 
has been developed since 1913. This bed is 
.50 feet in diameter and mounted to a 
height of 5 feet. A large iron flagpole fly- 
ing Old Glory is placed directly in the cen- 
CONVENTION 
these, provided enough subscriptions were 
received to warrant same. These will have 
to be sold at about one dollar ($1) 
a copy to enable the work to be carried 
out. If 200 subscriptions arc received the 
committee will have this work published. 
If you wish to be one of the subscribers 
please let me know at once. 
Bei.i.ett L.xwso.x, Jk., 
Secretary-'I'reasurcr. 
River Grove, 111. 
Norfolk, Virginia, "The Cradle of the 
Nation.” 
'I'he Thirtieth .Annual Convention of the 
.Association of .American Cemetery Super- 
intendents, .August 22, 23 and 24, 1916. 
The name ‘‘Norf(.lk” possesses a talis- 
manic pfjtency to call up pictures of the 
early Colonial period. Its environment was 
the cradle of the great nation of which it 
is toflay so .mail a fraction. Jamestown, 
the birtlijilacc of .Anglo-.Saxon-.Amcrican 
ter, and a 5-foot cement walk surrounds 
this mound. On account of large and wide 
roadways gas lamps w ere placed for the 
safety of the public. To the right of this 
is the picnic grove with its beautiful shade 
trees. 
A large share of credit for the develop- 
ment and management of this park belongs 
to Henry H. Elbers, for eighteen years su- 
perintendent of Humboldt Park and now 
director of the South Park Botanical Gar- 
den, to which position he was promoted to 
succeed the late Prof. John F. Cowell. He 
was ably assisted by the hearty co-opera- 
tion of Park Commissioner George C. 
Ginther, who took a lively interest in all of 
the work of improving the park. 
AT NORFOLK 
civilization, lies some thirty miles from 
Norfolk up tlie majestic James river. The 
first charter granted to Norfolk was in 
1776, so that the city is now well advanced 
in its second century. 
The greater and grander Norfolk has 
ari.sen during the last twelve years. In 
that short time a city, and one far more 
durable and beautiful has been added to 
the old. No city in .America can boast of 
natural advantages superior to those of 
Norfolk, and this, together with tlie cx- 
celkvice of the climate, olTcrs surpassing 
o|)I)ortunity for business and pleasure 
seekers. 
The Convention Committee is preparing 
a very interesting and instructive program 
and it is now up to every memlier of the 
.Association to be present and bring at 
least one new member. 
J. .M. Broi.t.iitox, 
"City Cemeteries,” .Norfolk, Va. 
Chairman of Convention Committee. 
LILY POND IN HUMBOLDT PARK, BUFFALO. 
