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On the opposite side, in a pauel, is the brief, but expressive Latin 

 inscription, 



" Ossa in terra 



quam dilexit, cohiit, oruavit, 



cives et amici mcereutes 



condinius." 



The monument is appropriate to the character and tastes of him in 

 whose honor it is erected. It is in a lovely spot, not only bearing 

 his name, and near the burial place of his kindred, but one which 

 was with him a place of frequent resort while he was spared to 

 watch the progress of the Cemetery. 



As the most distinguished person whose remains were originally 

 interred at Forest Hills Cemetery, and as the designer of the 

 cemetery, if not its originator ; also as the first President of the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society, it seems proper that more 

 than a mere passing notice should be given of his eminent services, 

 which we copy from the early history of the cemetery. 



In what is known as the old grounds, the improvements have 

 been quite marked the past few years ; nearly all the iron fences 

 have been removed, and many of the unsightly granite curbings, 

 and as far as possible the abrupt terraces have been removed, 

 and gentle slopes substituted ; large and worthless trees, of 

 which there were many, have been cut down, and replaced 

 with smaller trees and shrubs. The grass has greatly improved 

 where this work has been done. In many places grass walks 

 have been substituted for gravel, for in summer time when people 

 visit the grounds most frequently, grass is much pleasanter than 

 gravel to walk upon, and a grass walk adds greatly to the appear- 

 ance of the grounds, as compared with gravel. For several years 

 no gravel walks have been made. 



Forest Hills is by no means a Lawn Cemetery, as some of the 

 more modern cemeteries are termed, but it is a Garden Cemetery. 

 The early history of the place indicates that this was the intention 

 of the projectors. From the only written history, we copy the fol- 

 lowing : "One of the attractive features at Forest Hills is the 

 profusion of flowers which bloom in some parts of it, making it in 

 truth a Garden Cemeter}'. In most of the borders attached to the 

 lots there are flowers in more or less abundance, besides which 

 there are numerous triaugles formed by the intersection of avenue 



