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PARK AND CEMETERY 
THE MAIN ENTRANCE — AFTER. 
ground is laid out strictly on the lawn plan with 
irregularly shaped sections outlined by sweeping 
driveways, the open vistas being bounded and di- 
vided by suitable plantations, while three plots 
each from three to four acres in extent are reserved 
for exclusively park treatment. On these, the beau- 
tiful, natural growth of maples, beech, white, red 
and bur oaks, ash, linden, walnut, elm and other 
trees is to be preserved. The Chicago & South- 
eastern railway runs through the entire length of 
the grounds and its right-of-way, as well as the 
cemetery boundaries proper, are effectually “plant- 
ed out.” A small stream which forms a natural 
boundary along one side, and then winds across one 
end of the cemetery, offers excellent opportunities 
for water eff'ects which have been fully recognized, 
the plan calling for two lakes and a lily pond all 
connected by the running stream. The gravelly 
character of the subsoil renders these features par- 
ticularly desirable from the practical viewpoint. 
While no seed has ever been sown, the entire 
grounds are carpeted with a fine natural sod of blue 
grass. It will thus be seen that nature has been 
prodigal of good gifts in fitting this site to cemetery 
purposes and that the landscape men in charge have 
admirably utilized them in their plan for its de- 
velopment. The splendid native trees have been 
supplemented by the introduction of some twenty- 
two species of deciduous and seven of coniferous 
trees, and the planting further includes about twen- 
ty species of shrubs. 
Interments at Oak Hill average about eighty-five 
a year, funerals being under the direction of the su- 
perintendent who lives on the grounds, as does the 
florist in charge of the cemetery greenhouses. These 
officials make daily reports to the Cemetery Asso- 
ciation. The superintendent also keeps a daily 
weather report. 
The secretary is the only salaried officer of the 
Cemetery Association, and all moneys not absolute- 
ly required for care is placed in an endowment 
fund. The sum of $24,000 has been expended on 
these grounds to date.’ The gates are closed at sun- 
down and the Association discourages Sunday fu- 
nerals. 
• The cemetery has two entrances. The one at 
Main street is an archway of Bedford stone erected 
at a cost of $1,300 by the Women’s Federation of 
Clubs. The M’ashington street entrance, shown in 
an accompanying illustration, is a handsome design 
