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regret and condolence be conveyed to the Relatives of the 

 Late Mr. Kemp." 



Extracted from the Proceedings, 



ELEAZOR ROBERTS, 



Clerk to the Burial Board. 



A memorial card circulated at the time of his death had, 

 according to the then prevailing fashion, a tribute in verse, 

 which read: 



" He made the Landscape meet the eye 

 With Beauty: and turned the barren wastes 

 To noble Parks and Gardens of the Lord. 

 Thus Nature's rugged face 

 By Art he wreathed with winsome smiles 

 That woo'd the Children of the City, and the Sons 

 Of grimy toil and gave delight to all." 



J. C. P. 



Although I have employed two expert English antiquarians 

 for the search, and though I have myself visited the scene of 

 his principal labors for the same purpose, it has not been 

 possible to add any important facts to this meager biography 

 of an able and useful man. His most enduring memorial will 

 certainly be his book on "Landscape Gardening; or How to 

 Lay out a Garden." 



F. A. WAUGH. 



