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PARK AND CEMETERY . 
ure and it is no less so at Spezia. One 
of our illustrations shows the burial 
place of the Marmori family. The lower 
part is built in alternate courses of Ital- 
ian White and Dove Marble, while in 
the upper part, yellow Verona marble 
takes the place of the Dove. The in- 
terior has a small altar of Breche Vio- 
lette and Seravezza Marble facing the 
■RORDIGONE MONE.MENT, 
bronze entrance gates. There is also 
a portrait bust of the head of the fam- 
ily Vincenzo Marmori in the chapel. 
A wide gravel drive runs round the 
whole cemetery just inside the boundary 
walls. These are about fourteen feet 
high and are constructed with four rows 
of niches or catacombs as will be seen 
from the photograph, each of which will 
take two coffins. Each vault is closed 
by a slab of Red Levanto marble, and 
a tablet of white marble bearing the 
EVERGREEN C 
Evergeen Cemetery, Los Angeles, Cal, 
is particularly fortunate in its location 
and in having a perpetual charter from 
the city. The grounds, while within 
easy distance from the center of the 
city, and readily accessible by three car 
lines are not in the line of direct city 
growth and therefore not likely to be 
encroached on by residence or business 
growth. 
The tract which was laid out in 1877, 
contains about 70 acres of which about 
hft\' are improved. The ground is well 
drained, high and rolling, with a good 
dry sub-soil, and gives excellent growth 
to a wide variety of palms and subtrop- 
ical trees and plants. 
usual inscription is fixed thereon. At 
intervals round the walls there is a kind 
of Lodge or Chapel. These are being 
gradually taken up as Mortuary Chapels 
or burial vaults by some of the wealthier 
members of the community. The pic- 
ture shows one of these chapels, which 
belongs to the family of Guilio Beverini, 
in the foreground. In the distance the 
monumental entrance gateway of the 
cemetery is seen. 
The soil of the Cemetery is a loose 
rock}- gravel, and although roses and 
other flowers ‘flourish abundantly, grass 
is conspicuous Iw its absence, and the 
restful effect which grass gives to the 
American burial ground is altogether 
wanting. In consecpience the grounds 
have an unfinished and bare appearance 
which to an American visitor is de- 
plorable. 
The slopes of the rising ground are 
mainly occupied by the poorer class of 
graves and the memorials erected there- 
on arc small and insignificant. There 
are crosses, weak in design and work- 
manship, of wood, iron and marble, as 
well as small tablets of marble. Some 
of these have photographs of the de- 
parted inserted in them. A wild pro- 
fusion of gigantic and gaudy metal and 
wreaths of wire and beads, many of 
them with long streamers of wide black 
or violet ribbon, impart an air of un- 
kempt and ragged neglect to the whole 
place. 
The very unsubstantial character of. 
these memorials probably arises from the 
fact that these are common graves, the 
property in which lapses after about ten 
years, when the graves are liable to be 
reopened and used again. Then the me- 
morials are carried to a rubbish heap in 
a quiet corner, although the owmers may 
remove them if they desire, and use 
EMETERY,' LOS 
The newer part of the grounds is laid 
out on the lawn plan, and several sec- 
tions are reserved for perpetual care. 
There are certain restrictions regarding 
monuments, grave mounds and other 
modern features of management which 
have kept the grounds in excellent con- 
dition. and the business affairs are care- 
fully managed. 
There have been a total of about 35,- 
000 interments, -wdth a yearly average of 
about 1,200. Four sections, including 
about 30 acres are under perpetual care. 
The improvements are of substantial 
and thorough construction, and include 
a special reservoir and pipe line to bring 
them again for other members of the 
family. 
The point which would probably strike 
an American mason more than anything, 
is the very inferior quality of the marble 
that is used in this land of Marble. 
Spezia is only some twenty miles from 
Carrara, yet the marble, instead of be- 
ing carefully selected as one would ex- 
pect, is of the poorest quality. It -would 
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MARMORI FAMILY TOMB. 
appear that anything is thought good 
enough. No attention is given to the 
matching of the material, so that one 
sees the most violent contrasts of colour, 
veining and texture in different pieces 
of the same Monument. 
One comes away with the feeling that 
although there is much in the ordinary 
American Cemetery that is capable of 
improvement, our own cemeteries after 
all have many and great advantages over 
those of the smaller Italian cities. 
ANGELES, CAL. 
the city water to the grounds, and a 
handsome chapel and crematory. 
The chapel and crematory is con- 
structed of native granite, with open- 
timbered gables and slate roofs. All 
floors are of iron beams and concrete. 
The Chapel is reached through a hand- 
some stone porch, and its Gothic roof 
with massive ornate and richly carved 
hammerbeam trusses, gives an unusually 
fine architectural effect. 
Stained glass window-s and dark oak 
furnishings add completeness to the 
structure. 
From the Chapel floor a richly deco- 
rated catafalque descends to the crypt 
by carefully adjusted machinery. There 
