666 Cemeteries of the United States. 



years. The beauty of the establishment renders it deservedly 

 popular. Price of a lot 8 ft. by 10 ft. 66 dollars. Recently 

 attempts have been successfully made to plant every tree which 

 will bear the climate, both foreign and domestic ; in short, to 

 convert the place into an arboretum. The cost of it was 

 100,000 dollars; and the success of the establishment maybe 

 ascribed to its beauty, perfection, excellent management, and 

 admirable regulations. 



3. Monument Cemetery consists of 12 acres, and is situated 

 in Broad Street, continued a short distance beyond the north 

 line of the city proper. Number of lot-holders 4361. A Gothic 

 chapel has been erected, with a handsome spire 100 ft. high, 

 and a house for the superintendant. 



4. Philanthropic. — 3 acres 36 perches are divided into 

 792 lots ; a part is set off for strangers, for whom 4^ dollars 

 form the burial charge ; the lots of the stockholders are 8 ft. by 

 10 ft. 



5. Union. — Ahowt 350 ft. long, by 200 ft deep. 



6. Lafayette. — About 340 ft. each way ; 1400 lots, each 8 ft. 

 by 10 ft., making four graves in each lot. 



7. Machpelah.—2>6^ ft. by 147 ft., lots 8 ft. by 10 ft., and sell 

 from 40 to 50 dollars each. These last four cemeteries are 

 south of the city bounds, and are enclosed by an iron railing set 

 either in granite or in brick. The superintendants reside on 

 the ground, in neat brick houses. 



8. The Woodlands on the west side of the Schuylkill, in sight 

 of the city, late the elegant seat of William Hamilton, deceased, 

 an ardent cultivater of botany. The road to the mansion is 

 through a grove of native forest trees, and the view extensive. 

 Seventy-five of 91 acres are to be devoted to a cemetery. No 

 interments have yet been made. 



9. Green Mount Cemetery, near Baltimore, Maryland, formerly 

 the seat of the late Robert Oliver. Sixty acres, including the 

 mansion, have been laid out for the purpose, and divided into 

 6000 lots, each 16 ft. by 20 ft. It is surrounded by a wall, with 

 a magnificent gateway. 



10. A very handsome one has been laid out at Brooklyn, Long 

 Island, opposite to New York, on the east river. 11. Another 

 at Salem, Massachusetts, 14 miles north-east of Boston; and 

 one (12.) at Worcester, in the same state, 40 miles west of 

 Boston, have recently been laid out. 



13. Mount Auburn, 4 miles from Boston, was purchased in 

 1830, and the association incorporated the following year. 

 The tract consists of 118 acres, and the total cost of grounds 

 and improvements to 1838 was 34,197 dollars. The woodland 

 is covered by forest trees of large size and various kinds ; and 



