The New York correspondent of the Philadelphia Ledger, referring to the Decoration Day ceremonies in New York, says:

"Apropos of the day itself the Hour makes a timely suggestion, namely, as a great deal of money is spent in the decoration of the tombs, why not use a part of it in making the decoration permanent? ' Cut flowers,' we are reminded, ' fade before they have lain twenty-four hours on a grave or monument, and potted flowers, dropped hastily, do not last much longer. For the money that the flowers of a single grave often cost, a handsome rhododendron, Japanese maple, or some other hardy and long lived ornamental shrub might be planted. The appearance of prominent monuments, shortly after Decoration day, is even worse than that of flower-strewn graves in cemeteries, as every one will know who may pass next week the Lincoln and Washington statues in Union Square; yet a little money would provide low receptacles in which flowers would bloom until December".