of the Lake View Cemetery Staff, Cleve- 
land, on "Rebuilding Worn Out Lawns." 
This was a very good paper, covering the 
ground very thoroughly. 
The next, and one of the best papers 
given at the meeting, was by Carl Kern, 
assistant superintendent of Spring Grove 
Cemetery, Cincinnati, O. Mr. Kern took 
for his subject "Landscaping in a Ceme- 
tery in a General Way.” This was a very 
able paper and showed Mr. Kern master 
of his work. 
This paper brought out a lively discus- 
sion which resulted in much information 
for those present. 
Next came a paper by Charles Crain, 
of Tiffin, O., entiled “What is Our Asso- 
ciation? Its Purpose and Objects." This 
was well written and well received by the 
members. 
PARK AND CEMETERY. 
This concluded the program. The fol- 
lowing officers were elected for 1916: 
President, J. C. Dix, River Side Ceme- 
tery, Cleveland, O. : vice-president, L. L. 
Cline, Woodland Cemetery, Dayton, O. ; 
secretary-treasurer, E. A. Sloan, Marion 
Cemetery, Marion, O. Executive Commit- 
tee: Fred I. Sloan, superintendent Bel- 
Mont Park Cemetery, Youngstown, O. ; 
George E. Whitaker, superintendent Ceme- 
tery, Youngstown, O. Youngstown was se- 
lected as the place of meeting in 1916. 
This concluded the program, and all ad- 
journed for lunch, which had been pre- 
pared by the committee at the Hotel Phil- 
lips. 
After lunch the party took automobiles 
for a visit to the private park, called 
Hills and Dales, belonging to Mr. Patter- 
son, of the Cash Register Works. This 
park consists of 1,200 acres of ground, and 
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when the landscape work is completed will 
be one of the finest private parks. 
After viewing this beautiful park, the 
part}- was driven to Woodland Cemetery, 
for an inspection tour of this beautiful 
cemetery. After viewing the many spots of 
interest in the cemetery they were taken 
to the residence of Superintendent J. C. 
Cline, where light refreshments were 
served. After spending more than an 
hour in a social way at the residence of 
Mr. Cline the convention came to a close. 
From point of attendance and enthusiasm 
shown at this meeting it proved to be the 
best meeting of the association up to date. 
The Ohio Association includes in its 
membership wideawake, progressive ceme- 
tery men, and the slogan in Ohio is "the 
best kept and cleanest cemeteries of any 
state.” E. A. Sloan, 
Secretary. 
ORGANIZING and DEVELOPING a MODERN CEMETERY 
By Sid J. Hare and S. Herbert Hare, Landscape Architects, Kansas City, l\lo. 
VII. Planting. 
Any scheme of landscape development 
depends for its final success largely upon 
vegetation. This does not mean, however, 
that the designing of roads, paths, and 
grading can be shirked with the idea that 
planting will cover up shortcomings in 
these directions. Planting, to be sure, will 
in some cases obscure bad curves, profiles, 
and grades, but this fact does not justify 
the existence of any such weak points in 
the design. An intelligently designed land- 
scape must so compose that the roads, 
grading, planting, and any constructions 
will be obviously arranged, each in proper 
relation to the other so that the whole will 
form a complete picture from various 
points of view. 
The problem of planting presents two as- 
pects : First, there is the composition or 
arrangement — the proper placing for effects 
of mass, support, enframement, sky line, 
and screening, which are purely considera- 
tions of design ; and second, the selection 
of varieties to give the above effects, and 
for foliage, flower, fruit, and combina- 
tions or continuations of these effects, 
v. hich is primarily a problem in horticul- 
ture. Trees, evergreens, shrubs, and flow- 
ers. no matter how beautiful and interest- 
ing in themselves, if improperly placed in 
relation to the conformation of the land, 
the roads, and the buildings, will only de- 
tract from the beauty of the scene as a 
whole. As in the case of a building, much 
depends upon the choice of materials, yet 
carefully selected materials cannot alone 
insure a successful design. Therefore, 
proper importance should be given first to 
the arrangement of vegetation, without, 
however, forgetting the added beauty and 
interest which comes from a happy choice 
of varieties of plants and the application 
of a thorough knowledge of horticulture. 
PLANTING ARRANGEMENT FOR BLOCKS PICTURED IN LAST ARTICLE. 
