PARK AND CEMETERY. 
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money to buy the tract, received back 
that which they advanced, but noth- 
ing more. The Trustees of the Asso- 
ciation have given their time and 
their brains and their business ability 
to the management of the cemetery 
affairs without recompense; and those 
trustees, from the beginning until 
now, have been among the ablest and 
most successful business men of the 
city. The revenues have all gone into 
the care and beautification of the 
grounds, and into permanent funds 
that will provide for needed improve- 
ment in the future. 
The consecration services attend- 
ing the opening of Lakewood Ceme- 
tery were held on September 16, 
1872. The tract selected for the new 
place of interment was a beautifully 
wooded knoll of 128 acres touching 
mentation and surroundings for the 
purpose for which it is dedicated. On 
the west the broad expanse of Lake 
Calhoun with its blue waters and 
densely wooded shores, and on the 
south the smaller Lake Harriet en- 
tirely surrounded by tree clad hills, 
gave to this spot in its natural state 
a beauty that the observers felt could 
scarcely be added to in subsequent 
years by the landscape decorator’s 
art. 
In the forty years that have inter- 
vened, great improvements have been 
made, until it is unsurpassed by any 
cemetery, not only in this country, 
but in the world. This is not only 
due to its location between beautiful 
lakes and its undulating surface, but 
also to the good taste and skill with 
which it has been improved from year 
owners in the Lakewood booklet 
embody briefly some important in- 
formation that all lot owners should 
have to assist them in appreciating 
and understanding modern cemetery 
management ; 
To secure a general good effect In the 
cemetery it is essential that every lot should 
be well cared for, as a single neglected lot 
mars the beauty of the whole section. It is 
a duty which every lot owner owes to the 
cemetery association, to every other lot 
owner, and to himself and his family, to 
preserve from neglect the home of his dead. 
The general care of lots (which covers mow- 
ing the grass, removing fallen leaves, 
branches, etc.) is assumed by the associa- 
tion. For all other work an extra charge 
Is made. 
Unusual outlays are from time to time 
rendered necessary on every lot by the im- 
poverishment of the soil, the decay of trees 
or the effect of time on vaults, monuments 
and headstones. In order to provide for 
these contingencies through all time, it is 
advisable that each lot owner deposit a sum 
with the cemetery association, or leave it to 
THE REST HOUSE AND ITS LAND.SCAPE FRAME, LAKEWOOD CEMETERY, MINNEAPOLIS. 
Lakes ' Calhoun and Harriet. The 
topography of the land presented a 
rolling surface, studded with beauti- 
ful groves of young oaks, and then, 
as now, in the opinion of all who saw 
it, the sun does not shine on a love- 
lier cemetery situation, or one more 
perfectly adapted by natural orna- 
to year. In the subsequent develop- 
ment of Lakewood, adjoining tracts 
were purchased, improvements were 
made, new plans for beautifying 
adopted, the massive gateway con- 
structed, culminating in the new mor- 
tuary chapel. 
The following suggestions to lot 
them by will, the principal to remain un- 
touched, and the interest to be used upon 
his lot as occasion may require. 
This is becoming a general practice among 
the lot owners of leading cemeteries of the 
east. In Forest Hill Cemetery, Boston, 
every purchaser is required to deposit a cer- 
tain sum for the perpetual care of the lot 
before he receives a deed of it. 
In the best cemeteries in the country the 
surface above graves is now kept flat, as it 
