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have a better monument to his memory than the work that he 

 accomplished at Spring Grove. The influence of the reform he so 

 well commenced has spread over the length and breadth of the 

 land, so that no new cemetery is now laid out in any other way 

 than on the lawn plan. 



The lots and avenues are projected on the most liberal scale. 

 "When I inform you that the grass cutting is mosth' done with 

 horse mowers, you will at once see that the lots are large and the 

 spaces between of liberal breadth. All the surroundings are in 

 the same proportion. Hand mowers are used where the larger 

 ones cannot go, and by this combination a great deal of grass 

 cutting is done in a short time. This arrangement also allows the 

 planting of trees in the large spaces between the lots, to better 

 advantage than would be possible were the land more closely occu- 

 pied for burial purposes. This is one of the beautiful features of 

 the place. There is no fear of a request to remove a tree every 

 time a monument is erected, and the ability to retain so many fine 

 and rare trees attests the wisdom as well as the good taste 

 displayed in laying out these grounds, in such a way as to leave 

 sufficient room outside the lots for ornamental purposes. The 

 grounds are rolling, hills and valleys abounding. The avenues, 

 laid out in the valleys, their proper places, are about thirty feet 

 wide, with broad sections of lots between. There is no stiffness 

 about them ; graceful curves are formed instead of the straight 

 monotonous lines too often seen where they might be avoided. 

 Where the avenues meet, the arrangement is such that in driving 

 you see, at a distance before you, a prominent corner lot orna- 

 mented by shrubs in groups with trees. Turning to the right or 

 left the scene may be similar, or you may be interested by a view 

 through a charming vista, or some valley, naturally beautiful but 

 made more so by the hand of art. 



There are many beautiful monuments erected, and we noticed 

 some bearing names familiar to some of us. The Drexel Chapel 

 is very prominently located, near one of the lakes. The monu- 

 ments of Governor Bishop, Nicholas Longworth, Bishop Mc- 

 Ilvaine, the elegant Scotch granite sarcophagus of General Joe 

 Hooker, the family monument of General McCook, having twelve 

 columns representing his twelve children, and two urns which 

 represent the parents of General McCook, are among the most 

 prominent. Here also are the resting places of the late Chief 



