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boundary. Fine specimens of Cupressus 
Lawsoniana pendula, Sequoia gigantea and 
Wellingtonia, Cedrus deodora and other 
evergreen and deciduous trees and shrubs 
abound. The cemetery comprises about 250 
acres of land which have been in course 
of development for thirty-five years from 
the plans of O. E. Schwagerle. Superin- 
tendent Theo. E. Anderson, who came 
West several years ago from Danville, 111., 
is happily domiciled in a handsome new 
home near the entrance and deserves to be 
congratulated on the improvements he has 
brought about, as well as for the excellent 
conditions of the grounds when they were 
seen by the writer in May. Howard Everts 
Weed, known to many of the readers of 
this journal, has established a well-stocked 
nursery at Beaverton, a short distance 
from the city, on land that three years ago 
was covered with forest trees. Mr. Weed 
is also supervisor of school gardens in 
Portland. Reference is made to the parks 
of Spokane elsewhere in this issue. 
A side trip from Los Angeles that com- 
bines trolley and autos and requires a day 
takes in Riverside, with its beautiful drives, 
the famous Smiley Heights Park at Red- 
lands, and other interesting places of less 
note en route. 
This is indeed the year of years to see 
the beauties of the Pacific Coast and the 
railroads have certainly made unusually at- 
tractive rates. R. J. Haight. • 
PARK SUPERINTENDENTS AT SAN FRANCISCO 
The seventeenth annual convention of the 
American Association of Park Superin- 
tendents will be held in San Francisco, 
August 18, 19 and 20. 
The opening date, August 18, will be de- 
voted exclusively to business sessions, morn- 
ing, afternoon and evening, while the two 
succeeding days will be given over to in- 
spection tours and social functions. 
Inasmuch as the Society of American 
Florists and the National Association of 
Gardeners have set their convention dates 
for the same week in San Francisco, the 
three orgnizaticns will undoubtedly bring 
together a tremendous gathering of men 
engaged in these professions. 
The landscape features of the San Diego 
exposition were described in our last issue 
and those of the San Francisco exposition 
are illustrated and discussed elsewhere in 
this issue. 
The Park Superintendents' Association, 
in an effort to have as many as possible 
travel westward together, is arranging for 
a special train from Chicago through to 
San Francisco via the Pacific Northwest, 
which is conceded to be a scenic wonder- 
land. 
The party will assemble at Chicago on 
August 8 and stopovers are planned at 
Minneapolis, Glacier National Park, Spo- 
kane, Seattle, Tacoma and Portland, where 
elaborate entertainment features will be 
provided by local authorities at no expense 
to the party except at the National Park. 
Members and friends and relatives of 
kindred societies will be invited to join the 
party. No specific return route is being 
planned, as the length of time to be spent 
at the San Francisco and San Diego expo- 
sitions is so much of an individual matter 
dependent on time and means, and a return 
route via Colorado or the South is an open 
question for individual decision. 
Further details may be had from Secre- 
tary Roland W. Cotterill, Seattle, Wash. 
A. A. C. S. CONVENTION IN 
TWIN CITIES 
The annual convention of the Association 
of American Cemetery Superintendents will 
be held in the Twin Cities, August 24 to 
28. The first three days will be given up 
to meetings and sightseeing in Minneapo- 
lis and the fourth day to St. Paul. 
Headquarters will be at the West Hotel, 
where the following rates will prevail : 
Rooms: Single, without bath, $1, $1.50, 
$2; double, without bath, $1.50, $2, $2.50: 
single, with bath, $1.50, $2, $2.50, $3; 
double, with bath, $2.50, $3, $3.50, $4. 
Cafe a la carte, popular prices: Club 
breakfasts, 25 to 80 cents; club luncheons, 
40, 50 and 60 cents. 
The local committee is planning to print 
a very fine souvenir program containing 
views of the parks, cemeteries and other 
points of interest in the Twin Cities, and 
mail them to all members of the associa- 
tion. 
President Thomas Wallis, Rosehill Cem- 
etery, Chicago, will be pleased to receive 
any suggestions from members in reference 
to papers. These will have to be in by 
July 1. 
The Convention Committee for the Min- 
neapolis convention is as follows : A. W. 
Hobert, Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, 
Minn.; Wm. Enrich, Hillside, Minneapolis; 
J. P. O'Connor, Calvary, St. Paul, Minn.; 
H. M. Turner, Rose Lawn, St. Paul ; F. D. 
V illis, Oakland, St. Paul. Bellett Lawson, 
Jr., superintendent of Elmwood Cemetery, 
River Grove, Ilk, is secretary of the asso- 
ciation. 
Editor Park and Cemetery: Owing to 
the unusual rush of Decoration Day work 
the committee in charge of the Minneapo- 
lis convention has not been able to com- 
plete plans for the program for the Min- 
neapolis convention. 
However, arrangements have progressed 
far enough to make it certain that there 
will be three days in Minneapolis, one of 
which will be devoted to sightseeing, and 
one day in St. Paul, making a four -day 
convention in all. The dates are as orig- 
inally announced, namely, August 24, 25, 
26 and 27. 
The following gentlemen are down on 
the program for papers : 
Karl Kern, of Spring Grove Cemetery, 
Cincinnati. “How to Eliminate Unsightly 
Objects Without Giving Offense to Lot 
Holders.” 
James Currie, Forest Home Cemetery, 
Milwaukee, “Proper and Legitimate Sources 
of Income for Cemetery Corporations.” 
T. H. Little, Mount Hope Cemetery, 
Chicago, “Advantages and Disadvantages 
of Deferred Payments for Lot Sales.” 
Professor Washburn, of the Minnesota 
State Agricultural School, “Bugs and In- 
sects.” 
By a representative of Swift & Co., a 
paper on fertilizers. 
Several other gentlemen have promised 
papers, but the titles are not ready at this 
time. 
It might not be amiss to have members 
of the association send to the secretary any 
questions they wish to put in the question 
box. Bellett Lawson, Jr., 
Secretary and Treasurer. 
A number of members will undoubtedly 
want to continue to the coast for the ex- 
position and visits to cities between, and 
will be interested in the following schedule 
of railroad fares that will be in effect dur- 
ing the summer. There will be on sale 
round-trip tickets with a final limit of three 
months from date of sale, not to exceed 
December 31, 1915, permitting stopovers at 
any point in either direction, at the follow- 
ing rates : 
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91.00 
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. . .Cincinnati . . 
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The landscape features of the San Diego 
Exposition were described in our last issue 
and in this number the aspects of the San 
Francisco exposition of interest to our 
readers and some of the other points of 
interest in the coast cities are described and 
illustrated. 
