THE VILLAGE PARK AND CEMETERY. 



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Fig. 2522. A Vine Ci ad Entrance to a Cemeiery. 



UTILIZING NATURE'S BEAUTY. 



Then, inside the gate, the visitor should 

 not be too soon confronted with a batallion of 

 cold marble. Rather should there be a sep- 

 arateness of family groups, by trees and 

 shrubs, in such a way as to remind one 

 of home life, and not of a vast public 

 gathering. Many of our cemeteries are 

 bare fields ; when near at hand are beautiful 

 rivulets and undulating surface, which could 

 have been had for the same or even less 

 money, and have been an unending source 

 of satisfaction to the lot holders. 



A GLIMPSE OF NATURE. 



Fig. 2523 shows how a little stream, 

 which perhaps could be stepped over or 

 crossed with a plank, can be utilized for 

 a rustic bridge and add wonderfully to the 

 beauty of the landscape. This view is one 

 L contributed to Park and Cemetery by the 

 f late Joseph Meehan, of Philadelphia, and is a 



glimpse in Fairmount Park, but a suggestion 

 that can be adopted in even a village ceme- 

 tery. The clump on the right, along the 

 stream, is the odoriferous spice bush, which 

 bears scarlet berries ; on the left or the ris- 

 ing ground, is a native beech, and on the 

 opposite side are more beech trees together 

 with white, black and red oak trees, a charm- 

 ing collection in any Park or Cemetery. 



FLORAL lECORATIONS. 



We doubt very much the wisdom of en- 

 couraging the planting of annuals on ceme- 

 tery lots, but the use of cut flowers is 

 appropriate at any time. They are the ex- 

 pression of an abiding love, which can well 

 be made by frequent visits with fresh em- 

 blems. For such gifts, nothing is so useful 

 a receptacle as the floral trough, which may 

 be made in any form and placed upon the 

 grave, or removed at will. These may be 

 made in any desired form, and being filled 



