PARK AND CEMETERY. 
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ting. A circular space of about one- 
third of an acre just within the en- 
trance which is too wet for burial 
purposes had been allowed to take 
on an unkempt appearance. In 1907 
Mrs. A. B. Davidson, one of the trus- 
tees, assumed the cost of putting this 
tract in good lawn condition. Since 
then this space has been further 
adorned by the planting of shrub- 
bery and flowers. 
Two smaller tracts which had be- 
come unattractive have been beauti- 
fied by Mrs. Russell. 
In 1904 the present superintendent, 
Charles F. Munroe, assumed charge 
of the cemetery. Under his pains- 
taking care and devotion, many lots 
which had become dilapidated have 
been renewed, many stones which 
were leaning, now stand erect, and 
nearly all the monuments and head- 
stones have been cleaned. Through 
his efforts several iron fences have 
been removed from the lots they sur- 
rounded, and it is hoped the few that 
remain will follow. 
The “Perpetual Care” fund amounts 
to about $14,000, and receives some 
additions each year. 
The sum required for perpetual 
care is $100 and $150, according to 
the condition and demands of each 
individual lot. 
Wyoming Cemetery, Melrose, Mass., 
is controlled by the city, and has 
been under the charge of Superin- 
tendent R. A. Leavitt since 1899.. 
The grounds were opened in 1856, 
but there were no restrictions or 
modern features of management un- 
til Melrose became a city in 1899. 
This year Mr. Leavitt built the 
substantial little rustic bridge shown 
here, and next spring expects to 
build a rest house, improve the sunk- 
en garden and extend the water sys- 
tem. 
Wyoming contains sixty acres, of 
which thirty are improved. There 
have been eight thousand interments 
with a yearly average of about 160. 
The tract has a well balanced to- 
pography of level land, hills and ra- 
vines, well wooded with a native 
growth of buttonwood, pine, ash, 
spruce, maple, elm, oak, linden, etc. 
A small lake and two brooks add in- 
teresting water features to the land- 
scape. The cemetery has been con- 
ducted on the lawn plan since 1899, 
and there is now a perpetual care 
fund of $30,000, fifty per cent of the 
price of each lot being allotted to 
this fund. No mounds are allowed 
and the designs of monuments must 
be approved by the cemetery au- 
thorities. 
LAWN WITH PERPETUAI. CARE AND NO MOUNDS. WYOMING CEMETERY, 
MELROSE, MASS. 
THE I.AKE AND THE LODGE, "WYOMING CEMETERY, MELROSE. MASS. 
THE ENTRANCE, PINE GROVE CEMETERY, LEICESTER, MASS. 
