PARK AND CEMETERY, 
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have an inartistic one, or one that closely resembles 
those on adjoining lots. 
Many monuments would be greatly improved if 
they were paitially hidden by an English ivy or an 
Ampelopsis. 
The lower the headstones and the grave mounds 
the better the general effect. Foot stones are un- 
necessary and are generally prohibited. 
Hardy flowering shrubs if carefully selected and 
properly planted are preferable to beds ofshort lived 
annuals. 
PLAZA 
ALAMEDA 
AND PASEO 
IN THE 
CITY OF 
MEXICO. 
I. 
HE second 
block west 
of the Al- 
ameda in 
the Aven- 
ida Juarez 
receives 
the addi- 
tional name of Calle de Patom, and at its west- 
eily end stands the bronze equestrian statue of 
Carlos IV. which was once erected in the Plaza 
Mayor, and afterwards hidden in the patio of the 
University. The inscription upon its pedestal 
states somewhat emphatically that it is preserved 
only as a work of art. 
Humboldt was enthusiastic in his favorable 
criticisms of this statue, and the history of its de- 
sign and execution presents many interesting inci- 
dents. But our present interest in it lies in the 
fact that it has been made the initial point of two 
Paseos. 
The dilapidated and abandoned Paseo di Bucar- 
eli, named after its projector, one of the most ben- 
eficent of the Mexican Viceroys, runs southeily to 
the Garita dc Belem It was laid out upon an at- 
tractive plan, with two glorietas, the one midway 
■ of its length, having had a fountain with a statue of 
Victor}-, in commemoration- of Gen. Vicente Guer- 
rero, a Revolutionary hero, as a part of its design. 
But statue and fountain have participated in the 
general ruin. 
The other Paseo now bears the name of Reform. 
It was laid out during the Maximillian regime and 
was by him intended to be named the Paseo de la 
Imperadora. From the Carlos IV. statue it runs 
southwesterly to the gates of Chapultepec ; which 
are none other than the four handsome iron gates 
which opened to the glorieta in the Plaza Mayor, 
and afterwards adorned the Alameda. The Paseo 
is a broad avenue and contains six glorietas, each 
four hundred feet in diameter, surrounded by stone 
seats. 
The intention is to place monuments relating to 
the history of Mexico, in these glorietas. The 
Carlos IV. statue has no place in this projected ser- 
ies. The first glorieta contains the Columbus 
monument — a group of statues. In the sec- 
ond is the Guantemoctzin monument. The 
third and fourth will probably be devoted to Hidal- 
go and Juarez. And we may be greatly surprised 
if Porfirio Diaz be not commemorated in one of the 
others. The Mexican fondness for flowering plants 
is gratified in these glorietas. 
PASEO DE LA VIGA AND BUST OF GUANTEMOCTZIN. 
