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,ite in their plant at Barre, Vt. There is 
something beautifully suggestive about the 
Percy memorial with its association '^f, the 
Jiving plant with this very effective ren- 
dering of the temple form of architecture. 
The conception is in perfect harmony 
with the restful character of the burial 
plat in the m_oclern lawn cemetery. It is 
at once noticeable with what grace and 
signed the work. It is of the following 
dimensions : Bottom base, in one piece, 
5-2x3-ll')4x0-6 ; urn ^l>ase, l-8.xl-8.x0-10 ; 
uni, 1^8xl-8x4-0 hfgli ; bronze plate, 
1-11/2x1-0. " ... 
The “Heavenrich" monument is a- very 
simple, practical form of the vase memo- 
rial in combination with the small upright 
talilet. A semi-circular projection on the 
re’.f witli comeiUionalization, yet he care- 
fully fashioned Nature’s "wild, free' 
growth" to suit his needs by arranging' 
ipra_\ upon siiray in a pleasing pattern., 
Raixly vve hnd maturalism so perfectly* 
managed. ' The successful result here is 
due to the formal arrangement of the; 
can'ed details. Confined within the per-, 
pendicular <trips, the carving follows the 
NEW "GARDEN TYPE’’ OP CEMETERY MEMORIAL. 
McDonnell & Sons, Buffalo, N. Y., Contractor-s. 
purity of st.\le and perfection of detail 
the architectural lines of this memorial 
have been carried out. This is a modern 
classic of its type, one of the few real 
additions to cemetery memorial art that 
have been produced in recent years. This 
work was erected for the Walker Perc}’ 
estate in Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, 
-Ala. It is of the following dimensions : 
Base, 10-0x3-6x1-5; die, 6-0x2-5x3-8; urns, 
2-2 in diameter, 1-4 high. 
Seldom has a more appropriate, pleasing 
or original type of small cinerary memo- 
rial been devised than the rarely graceful 
urn memorial illustrated in the "Slade” 
monument. The urn is particularly ap- 
propriate for the cinerary monument and 
it has seldom been rendered in better mon- 
umental form than in this dainty little me- 
morial. The incinerary chamber is cut in 
the marble ledger slab and closed by the 
bronze plate that may be seen in our illus- 
tration. This is executed in Alabama 
marble and 'was erected by the W. 
Leland Company of New York in Wood- 
lawn Cemetery in ■ that city. Howard 
Greenley, the New York architect, de- 
base is hollowed out and encloses a small 
evergreen. The tablet is tastefully de- 
signed and decorated, and the work as a 
whole shows how the vase monument may 
be adapted to the uses of the inexpensive 
cemetery memorial. This wJs erected in 
Woodmere Cemetery-, Detroit, by Cart- 
wright Bros. Granite Co. of that city, and 
was executed by them in Mt. Airy granite. 
The base is 4-8x2-2xl-0 and the die 4-8xl-0 
,x4-7. The vase is cut solid with the base 
and has a projection of about 17 inches. 
Modern variants of the Colonial head- 
stone are gaining popularity, particularly 
in the Eastern section of our country. The 
richness and refined dignity of such modest 
memorials as the "Samuel Bowles" may, 
in a measure, account for the favor. Well 
studied distril^ution of the exciuisite dec- 
orative work; a carefully developed sim- 
plicity of outline, together with superb ex- 
ecution are the dominant features of the 
Bowles tablet. Contrasted with so much 
that is cold and rigid in the natural forms, 
h.ow crisp and brilliant is the modelling 
here of the laurel leaf and stem ! While 
the artist has not greatly concerned him- 
“stiucfural lines and thus becomes part and 
parcel of the composition” and in no sense 
has the effect of lieing added. As if to 
deny an over-insistent sulijection to this 
formality of treatment note how the de- 
signer has caused one or two leaves to 
over-step the confining boundaries. The 
wreath is admirably arranged and the tan- 
gential sprays relieve what might have 
been a severe element. The lamp, signify- 
ing "Light and Learning,” is here pecu- 
liarly litting, for Samuel Bowles was a 
scholar and journalist. The modest but 
beautiful memorial ser-^-es but to mark his 
final resting place, for in the world-famous 
Springfield Republican he and his family 
have their greatest monument. The Bowles 
was closely fashioned after a slate head- 
stone of similar design and is the work of 
William F. Cook of Springfield, IMass. It 
was carved in W'esterly granite by the 
Joseph Coduri Granite Company of West- 
erly, R. I. The dimensions are 2-2.x0-5x3-6 
out of ground. 
Contrasted with so much that is medi- 
ocre and indifferent in our moderate 
priced memorials, how pleasing are the 
