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tempting to cool repose ; or the visitor was tempted to explore and 

 note the grouping, and foliage, and flowers of the many plants 

 displayed, each turn of the walk showing fresh beauty. 



In a larger park provision has to be made for driving and riding, 

 and it is advisable for part of the way that the drive and footpath 

 should be made side by side. Space is saved, and persons walking 

 or driving have each an opportunity of meeting. The size and 

 nature of the property, and the purpose for which it will be used, 

 will determine the class of work that is appropriate ; but the details 

 already given will suffice for practical work, and I have now rather 

 concerned myself with the expression of such leading ideas as seem 

 called forth by the nature of the undertaking. 



And if we provide beautiful places for the living, should we not 

 also prepare for those that have gone before a resting-place, so 

 fitly termed "God's acre," that may coincide with the pure and 

 noble emotions stirring within us, not only at the time we are 

 carrying to their last home the loved ones, but also when we 

 retrace our steps to place on their grave a memorial of our 

 affection ? Far too little has been done in this country to alleviate 

 at the saddest moments of our lives the feelings that almost weigh 

 us down. A churchyard or a cemetery can, and should, by the 

 exercise of art, be made as beautiful as possible. The practice 

 of burying in towns is happily being discontinued, and many of the 

 old, dank, sad, neglected, and forsaken churchyards are being turned 

 into new, bright, cheerful, cared-for, and pleasant retreats for the 

 living, where, with the solemn knowledge of the place in which 

 they are assembled, visitors may with ennobled feelings contemplate 

 the various memories that press on them. In a newer cemetery, 

 how much the more should every effort be made to render the 

 place beautiful ; and this is right on every ground, both sentimental 

 and economic. If the cemetery be laid out as a park, access must 



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