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were provided. Addresses were made by 
the president, James Young; Rev. J. 
Wynne Jones, of the Presbyterian Church, 
and others. The return to the city was 
made at 8 o’clock. Oak Lawn Cemetery 
is only eleven years old and is up to date 
and modern in management. Up to the 
present there are over 2,500 interments. 
Oak Lawn Cemetery was among the first 
to use the concrete slabbing in the graves, 
and to use the plank covering at the time 
of burial when mourners are gathered at 
the last sad rites. Tents and chairs are 
provided ; the attendants are uniformed 
and their assistance given at all funerals, 
and the entire cemetery of eighty-six acres 
Cemeteries and all allied industries have 
brought about the abolishing of Sunday 
funerals in Portland, Ore., and all ceme- 
teries have recently issued orders that fu- 
nerals will not be permitted on that day. 
The crematories have joined with the cem- 
eteries in the order, and as there is little 
opposition to the movement the new ar- 
rangement will go into effect. J. A. Strow- 
bridge, secretary of the Lone Fir Cemetery, 
Association, and Theo. E. Anderson, su- 
perintendent of River View Cemetery, are 
largely responsible for the new order, in- 
asmuch as they suggested it to the other 
cemetery organizations and readily secured 
their consent. Following is a copy of the 
agreement made by the several cemeteries 
and the names of those burial places that 
are parties to it : 
“That on and after July 15, 1915, we and 
each of us will not permit nor allow Sun- 
day burials within our respective places, 
saving and excepting therefrom such con- 
Few cities the size of San Diego, Cal., 
are so well provided with parks. In ad- 
dition to Balboa Park, with an area of 
1,400 acres entirely within the city, recently 
mentioned in Park and Cemetery, there 
are several small parks of more than or- 
dinary interest. The Plaza is a small 
square in the heart of the city. Its prin- 
cipal architectural feature is the Wilde 
electric fountain, presented to the city by 
a prominent citizen. It is beautifully 
illuminated every evening. Grouped around 
the fountain are twenty-eight palms, Cocos 
plumosa, that were planted seventeen years 
ago, when they were from two to two and 
a half feet tall ; today they are handsome 
specimens with crowns twenty or more 
feet in diameter. A few blocks away, on 
another street, is a small public square, 
where trees, green lawns and ample seats 
afford a restful spot, also in the business 
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is under perpetual care. There are no 
trees in the cemetery proper, as the man- 
agers believe the moisture and leaves 
therefrom mark and deface the monu- 
ments and headstones. On Sundays boys 
are provided to carry water from the pump 
to those persons at the different graves to 
enable them to water their flowers and 
plants. A park is being formed at one 
end of the ground, which is a very attract- 
ive retiring place, with picturesque view of 
the river and harbor, with tall trees, and 
benches provided for those who desire to 
rest there. James Young is president of 
the cemetery and Louis C. Klerlein secre- 
tary-treasurer. 
tagious cases that may require immediate 
and prompt attention for the good of the 
public health ; and, provided further, that 
this agreement is with the distinct under- 
standing that all the cemeteries and crema- 
toriums, a list of which is annexed hereto 
and made part of this agreement, shall com- 
ply with, and carry out the same to pro- 
hibit Sunday burials, except as stated here- 
in above, and in the event of any of the 
within named cemeteries or crematoriums 
refusing to sign or comply with this agree- 
ment for the purposes therein set forth, 
then the same shall not be of any force or 
effect, and the same shall not be binding 
in any manner upon the parties hereto.” 
Portland Lone Fir Cemetery Company, 
Portland Crematorium Association, Mount 
Scott Park Cemetery and Crematory, Rose 
City Cemetery, Riverview Cemetery, Mult- 
nomah Cemetery, Greenwood Cemetery, 
Milwaukie Cemetery, and Mount Calvary 
Cemetery. 
section. Mission Cliff Gardens, at the 
terminus of one of San Diego’s street 
railways, and owned by that corporation, 
occupy 25 acres of land overlooking Mis- 
sion Valley. Seasonal displays of bulbous 
and perennial plants make this a favorite 
resort for the flower-loving public. A large 
ornamental fountain, well stocked with 
gold fish; a bird house, where birds re- 
main the year round, and a miniature Jap- 
anese garden are interesting features, while 
vine-clad shelters on projecting cliffs af- 
ford delightful spots from which to view 
the distant mountains and ocean and the 
historic valley that lies between. The gar- 
dens are in charge of Superintendent Da- 
vidson, an expert gardener. 
At La Jolla, a dozen or more miles dis- 
tant, is an ideal seaside park w'here the 
moisture .from the Pacific keeps the shrub- 
bery and lawms in excellent condition. A 
bathing beach, pricipitous cliffs with their 
rocky faces worn into inconceivable forms 
by the washing of the weaves, and abundant 
sea-life make this an attractive place for 
visitors. 
Hare & Hare, landscape architects, of 
Kansas City, recently finished plans for the 
park and boulevard system for Spring- 
field, Mo., and delivered their report and 
plan to the park directors. Their Kansas 
City (Kan.) plan and report for a park 
and boulevard system, furnished nearly 
two years ago, is now attracting the at- 
tention of a newly organized City Plan 
Commission, as they embodied about five 
or six pages on city planning for Kansas 
City, Kan., in the report. This park and 
boulevard plan and report were based upon 
the city plan idea, so as not to interfere 
with other features that were sure to come 
later. They are now called upon to meet 
with the City Plan Commission. Both 
members of this firm recently attended the 
City Planning Conference at Detroit. They 
have also recently closed a contract to lay 
out a 126-acre addition to Monongahela 
Cemetery, Monongahela, Pa. 
The nursery business of Chas. G. Cur- 
tis, of Calicoon, N. Y., is since July 1 
known as the Charles G. Curtis Co. Mr. 
Curtis has for the past fourteen years 
conducted a very successful business in 
collecting and growing native plants and 
trees, making a specialty of Rhododendron 
Maximum. The new member of the firm 
is Miss Elizabeth Metzger, of Callicoon, 
N. Y., who has been in Mr. Curtis’ office 
for several years. 
George E. Kessler, landscape architect, is 
drawing up plans for the improvement of 
Station Park, Kansas City, Mo. Mr. Kess- 
ler believes that the city should acquire 
more than the eight and a half acres now 
in the park to make it anything worth 
while. 
The Park Commisioners of Wilmington, 
Del., recently issued their annual report 
for the year ending December 31, 1914. 
Among the work accomplished for that 
year was the liming, fertilizing and seeding 
of an athletic field west of Van Buren 
street in North Brandywine Park. In 
South Brandywine Park in the spring re- 
pairs were made to the macadam of the 
park drive and later the drive was given a 
surface coat of asphalt and screenings. 
The macadam of the park drive near the 
Bayard memorial was repaired in Rockford 
Park and two tennis courts constructed 
near the watch box. A swimming pool 
was completed and opened at Sixteenth 
and Walnut street playground on June 27 
and over 1,7C0 people were in attendance. 
An effort was made to stimulate the use of 
the parks for all kinds of recreation, and 
letters were sent out to Sunday schools and 
churches calling attention to the picnic fa- 
cilities. A considerable number made use 
of the parks for that purpose and a partial 
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