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More than twenty years have passed since these views were 

 expressed, and certainly there is today abundant evidence that th& 

 spot selected fulfils, in a remarkable degree, the conditions named. 

 Nature was by no means sparing here in her bestowal of diversi- 

 fied beauty. Many a fine native tree is seen, which, having been 

 carefully guarded and protected, adds grace and beauty to the 

 scenery, and these, with the hills and dales, lakes and streams, give 

 to the whole grounds more of a park-like appearance than we have 

 observed in any other cemetery. The avenues were so excellent 

 that we took pains to ascertain the mode of construction. We 

 soon learned that an abundance of the necessary material was 

 easily obtained for this purpose ; this, with the superior knowledge 

 of the superintendent in its use, accounted for the excellence of 

 the avenues, as was shown by a piece of new avenue in process of 

 construction. To facilitate this work a Gates stone crusher is 

 used, which, set up ready for operation, cost about $2,500, and 

 turns out from fifty-five to sixty cubic yards a day, at a cost of 

 about fifty cents a yard, delivered in an}' part of the grounds. In 

 my visits to cemeteries I almost always find some one feature that 

 is especially commendable, and in Forest Lawn it is the avenues. 



While riding through the grounds we could not help noticing 

 what seemed to us a deficiency of shrubs and flowers — not the 

 perishable ones that must be renewed each year — bat in grounds 

 where the plots are laid out on the liberal scale here adopted, the 

 attractiveness of the whole is greatly increased by judiciously 

 planting groups of hardy flowers and choice evergreens and other 

 shrubs. But, under the eflScient management of the present 

 superintendent, we have no doubt that all deficiencies will be made 

 good and Forest Lawn will continue to advance toward the front 

 rank among the cemeteries of America. 



We passed Sunday at Hamilton, Canada. Taking a drive over 

 the city we were pleased to see so many neat and cosy cottages, 

 with well kept grounds and a garden attached to each. We looked 

 through the cemetery, which, although clean, was extremely 

 crowded with monuments and iron fences, and showed no signs 

 of modern improvements. The next morning we proceeded to 

 Detroit, to attend the third annual convention of the Association 

 of American Cemeterj' Superintendents. This association was 

 organized to meet a long felt want. We needed to know more of 

 each other ; of the work that we are doing at our respective places. 



