Art Out-of-Doors 



tion, bidding for public patronage by means 

 of costly horticultural establishments and 

 verbose advertisements of their floral re- 

 sources and achievements. All this is 

 wrong — wrong from the point of viev/ of 

 good sense, from the point of view of true 

 sentiment, and from the point of view of 

 art. 



The true ideal for the making of an 

 American cemetery, whether large or small, 

 is this : That spot should be selected which 

 has the greatest natural charms in the direc- 

 tion of peacefulness of effect and the harmony 

 which means variety in unity. Its features 

 should be as carefully preserved as possible 

 in laying out the walks and drives, and 

 these should not be more numerous than is 

 actually required for purposes of burial and 

 of visiting the graves. Such planting as is 

 needful should be done in a way to com- 

 plete the existing kind of beauty, and ac- 

 centuate, not disturb, the natural character 

 of the spot. No costly exotics or showy 

 flower-beds, and no formal plantations of 

 any kind, should be allowed : they are out 

 of keeping alike with the kind of beauty 



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