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can be, it should be done. The more beautiful and attrac- 

 tive features that can be brought together about our school- 

 houses and grounds the more easily will the pupils be 

 governed, and the greater will be their progress in every- 

 thing that makes for good citizenship and upright honor- 

 able lives. 



Cemetery Decoration. 



The decoration of the resting-places of those loved ones 

 who have gone before has always received much attention, 

 and special grounds in very village and hamlet have been 

 set aside sacred to this purpose. 



In the earlier days of our country the space devoted to 

 this use was very limited and the geometrical style of 

 ornamentation employed. The grounds, being enclosed by 

 more or less pretentious fence and the trees and. shrubs 

 arranged in a stiff formal manner, often presented the most 

 gloomy and uninviting features possible, instead of that 

 quiet beauty and rest that we love to think of as the most 

 appropriate resting-place for the bodies of our loved ones. 



Within the past fifteen or twenty years, however, great 

 progress has been made in beautifying these grounds, and 

 to-day we have some of the most beautiful examples of 

 natural landscape or ornamental gardening connected with 

 our park cemeteries to be found anywhere in the world. 



In the selection of the location for cemeteries naturally 

 beautiful grounds, with more or less seclusion and quiet, 

 away from the hurry and bustle of the village or city, and 

 with a dry, rather light, porous soil, are most desirable. 



The more natural features of beauty that can be found 

 the more easily and cheaply beautiful and finished work can 

 be done. 



