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grounds into blocks and lots with little or no regard for the con- 

 venience or artistic effect of walks or driveways, one of the things 

 which should be first considered if we are going to have an up-to- 

 date ground. This objection, which is discovered oftimes too late to 

 be remedied, may be avoided by first laying out the principal drive- 

 ways, then surveying into blocks and lots, assigning small angular 

 strips and squares at various points for the purpose of planting shade 

 or ornamental trees and clumps of hardy shrubs, beds of roses or 



Plan of Court House and Grounds at Sibley, Iowa. 



annuals. This class of ornamentation would show to especially 

 good advantage about the cemetery entrance, to lend cheer and spirit 

 to those bent upon the saddest mission of our mortal lives. 



The after care of both park and cemetery consists largely of 

 having them in the charge of a person who is somewhat in touch 

 with nature and not working wholly for the dollars and cents there 

 is in it. Add to this trees, shrubs and roses kept in thrifty growing- 

 condition, with a well kept lawn, and you have a park or cemetery 

 of which any community may well be proud. 



