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series of lakes, one below another, their surfaces dotted with many 

 beautiful lilies. Trees and shrubs have beeu liberally planted to 

 beautify the grounds. To supply the demands foF plants, etc., 

 for decorative purposes, there are three span-roofed greenhouses, 

 €ach twenty by eighty feet, and three lean-tos, eight by eighty feet. 



"We regret that a large cemetery like this should leave it optional 

 with the purchasers of lots whether they shall be under perpetual 

 care or not. The wisdom of connecting that provision with all 

 sales needs no discussion. The last resting places of Ex-Gov. 

 Sej'raour and Hon. Roscoe Conkling were pointed out to us. They 

 are buried in the same lot, located on a slope commanding a 

 beautiful view of the Saquoit and Oriskauy valleys. 



Garwood Cemetery, Syracuse, is delightfully situated in a 

 beautiful oak grove, only a short distance from the center of the 

 city, and is easily reached by the street cars. Nature has done a 

 great deal here — indeed she seems to have been anxious to bestow 

 all that she could on this one spot. The almost natural places for 

 the drives or avenues are so varied that a charm is before 3'ou at 

 ■ever}' turn, and at some points the lovely views are so impressive 

 that we should have enjoyed stopping for an indefinite time to take 

 them fully in. At the dedication of Gakwood, on the third of 

 November, 1859, Hon. -E, W. Leavenworth, the President, in his 

 address said : " Within its one hundred acres is embraced a com- 

 bination of attractions which, if anywhere equalled, are nowhere 

 surpassed. Placed most fortunately, not too near the city nor too 

 remote from it ; mostly covered with young and thrifty woods of 

 the second growth, so abundant as to allow great opportunity for 

 selections ; its surface diversified by the most beautiful and varied 

 elevations and depressions, presenting views unparalleled in their 

 extent and magnificence ; rendered already attractive by natural 

 lawns, and the most picturesque scenery — it is all that the highest 

 judgment and taste can demand, or the liveliest fancy paint, and 

 the careful hand of improvement will, each successive year, develop 

 and heighten the charms with which nature has so liberally adorned 

 it." This is no overdrawn picture, and it is as true now as then. 



Since that time of course many improvements have been made, 

 and others are now in progress. Many elegant monuments and 

 one costly mausoleum have been erected, and these adornments 

 are not so crowded as to mar the natural beauty of the grounds, 

 as in many of our cemeteries. A convenient chapel and receiving 



