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the most continued pleasure and surprise. Uninitiated as 

 they were, the railroad men at once recognized the attrac- 

 tions of this variety, even in its crude and freshly planted 

 state, and grimly, after the way of such men, expressed 

 approval. 



I asked the station-master how all this had been done, 

 and how it was to l>e kept in order. He said that a close 

 survey of the ground and existing plants was made last 

 fall. During the winter, maps and planting lists were 

 worked up; and in the spring, a lawn-planting foreman 

 came on the ground, with half a dozen men, and with the 

 help of the map, and one or two visits of the landscape 

 architect, they accomplished the result. 



As to keeping it in order, the work is easily done, he 

 said, by men who are sent from the company's office, at 

 stated times, to mow grass, and to weed and prune. All 

 the station-master is asked to do is to watch that everything 

 is kept in apple-pie shape, and if weeds and grass show 

 signs of getting ahead, to telegraph for help. 



THE CHURCHYARD. 



Churchyards and cemeteries were once essentially 

 identical. All this, however, is rapidly changing. For 

 sanitary and other good reasons, the cemetery is now sepa- 

 rated from the church ; but, unfortunately, with the growth 

 of modern cemeteries is associated curtailment of church- 

 yards. This is greatly to be deplored. Would it not be 

 wiser to even moderate, if necessary the ornamentation of 

 the interior, and secure trees and grass and flowers ? A 

 few may be impressed with holy awe by sculptured nave 



