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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
LOOKING ALONG THE EDGE OF THE “HONOR SECTION.’ 
gravel, and well watered, so that it 
must be drained at a minimum depth 
of eight feet. There are five catch- 
basins for surface drainage. About 
three-quarters of the ground must be 
drained; the rest, lying lower, is sandy 
and needs no drainage. There are 78 
kilometers, or nearly ,50 miles, of 
drains. From the catch-basins the 
water flows over a dam into the low- 
est portion of the ground. Excessive 
rain-fall or snow water is distributed 
through the sandy portions, where it 
disappears by infiltration. 
There are six miles of wide roads 
and over 40 of water-pipes, with 2,100 
cocks, and fed from the catch-basins 
by pumps driven by petroleum mo- 
tors. About 1.000 benches give facili- 
ties for resting and thought. 
A crematory has separate entrances 
from the main and the Jewish sec- 
tions. 
The bodies must remain in the earth 
at least 15 years; as a rule they re- 
main 25. after the last burial. Burial 
ceremonies of every sort are permis- 
sible. 
In the “honor” section of the cem- 
etery there is a series of statues of 
Truth, Charity, Pity, etc. 
The collection of conifers is very 
rich, and arranged according to the 
country of origin. A particularly in- 
teresting specimen is the Thuja J'crs- 
timuni. Lindens, beeches, sycamores, 
and red oaks are grouped in special 
sections. There are flowers all the 
year around; the Christ-rose peeps 
through the snow, the snowdrop. 
THE SOUTH POND AND ITS PLANTING, 
Ohlsdorf Cemetery, Hamburg, Germany. 
March violet, and anemone follow, the 
crocus and primrose, scilla and "Pfef- 
ferstrauch ;” and among flowering 
shruljs the Pynis syriiiga and rhodo- 
dendron. Then follow azaleas and 
roses, and in late summer asters, 
dahlias, etc. Each sort has in some 
one section its special and well-adapt- 
ed quarter. 
The native birds have made them- 
selves at home all over, and are es- 
pecially numerous in certain sections. 
A beautiful birch-bordered path is 
especially charming in Spring, when 
it scents the surrounding air. 
OHLSDORF CEMETERY, HAMBURG. 
,'\n addition of about 125 acres, with 
chapel, is being prepared. 
Of the thousands of pictures that 
have been taken of this famous cem- 
etery, we give here four. 
One photograph shows the south 
pond, which serves as a catch-basin 
for the surface drainage of the street. 
In the foreground there blooms the 
rose-colored Pyrus Aorihunda ; in the 
background, to the right, a group of 
syringa, and in the middle there is a 
fine wrought-iron bridge. 
Another picture shows a view from 
the side of the “honor” cemetery. 
Here the formation of the land calls 
for terraces. The thickets are orna- 
mented with garlands of dwarf conif- 
ers and high syringas. 
The view from the center of the 
“honor” section shows a figure of 
Christ that is a present from a Ham- 
burg merchant. At its foot there is 
a bronze shield wuth the motto: “Dar- 
an erkenne ich, dass Ihr meine Jiinger 
seid, so Ihr Liebe untereinander habt.” 
St. John III, 35. 
The sides are planted with pillar 
beeches. 
Another photograph shows an urn 
monument and a walk in the birch 
grove, in which are disposed the urns 
with the ashes of those who have 
been cremated. The birches permit 
the passage of enough light through 
their foliage to allow growing flow- 
ers beneath them. This is a most un- 
usual and impressive landscape effect, 
and one that could doubtless not be 
matched in any other cemetery in the 
world. 
The Forest Cemetery in Munich is 
