THE LANDSCAPE BEAUTIFUL 



Considerable areas of Graceland to-day 

 present the stone-yard and junk-shop ap- 

 pearance of the usual cemetery. These 

 sections need not be considered in the 

 artistic scheme. They are certainly not 

 part of Mr. Simonds' design. The eastern 

 section of the present cemetery, however, 

 has been developed and retained fairly 

 within the ideal set by the designer. It 

 has been kept practically clean of archi- 

 tecture, stone masonry and other mortuary 

 gewgaws, and also of canna beds, coleus 

 borders and the other usual vulgarities. It 

 contains a broad, quiet stretch of lake, 

 heavily bordered by luxuriant plantings of 

 shrubbery and comfortable trees. Here and 

 there are quiet stretches of unbroken lawn. 

 From many points there develop strongly 

 composed pictures of quiet, restful, rural 

 scenery. The feeling of peace, quietude 

 and rest which ought to characterize a 

 cemetery is here realized as fully as the art 

 of landscape gardening can realize it. 



Graceland Cemetery has enjoyed the 

 distinction of being one of the most suc- 

 cessful of landscape cemeteries in America 

 and so has exerted a large influence on 

 other projects of a similar sort. 



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