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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
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MOUNT GREENWOOD CEMETERY, CHICAGO. 
Touching the southwest limits of the city of 
Chicago, and immediately west of Morgan Park, 
easy of access by road, railroad and electric cars, 
lies the cemetery ol Mount Greenwood, a lovely 
tract of undulating land. It has an area of some 
eight}' acres, and forms a part of the northern ex- 
tremity of the celebrated Blue Island Ridge, that 
prolific field for the student in matters pertaining to 
the glacial period of the earth’s existence, which is 
at this point JO feet above Lake Michigan. In its 
conformation it is a remarkably attractive piece of 
land, its rolling char- 
acter offering excel- 
lent opportunities for 
scenic effects, while 
not being so abrupt as 
to militate against any 
of the requirements of 
cemetery service, and 
moreover the soil is 
exactly well suited to 
the pur- 
poses of 
burial, be- 
ing light 
and porous 
and conse- 
q u e n 1 1 y 
free from 
water. It 
was origin- 
ally dense- 
ly wooded, 
the maior- 
VIEWINMT. GREENWOOD CEMETERY, CHICAGO. .. c ., 
ity of the 
trees being white and burr oaks, and in 
the clearing up, care has been taken to 
preserve the finest specimens of trees and 
the natural planting as far as was con- 
sistent with the proper development of 
the number of sections required for use. 
Mount Greenwood cemetery was in- 
corporated July 5, 1879, and the first in- 
terment was made in 1880. Until Oc- 
tober 1886 the improvements of the 
grounds was carried out under the direc- 
tion of Mr. C. W. Dean, superintendent, 
and from that date the cemetery has been 
in the care of Mr. Willis N. Rudd, secre- 
tary and superintendent, now the presi- 
dent of the National Association of 
American Florists, to which office he was 
elected at the last annual meeting of that 
body. 
The permanent structures of the cem- 
etery are: An office building and Re- 
REAR VIEW OF OFFICE. 
ceiving Vault, constructed of limestone and of 
appropriate and pleasing design. A large green- 
house plant and nurseries afford ample resources 
for the floral requirements of the lot owners and for 
the planting purposes of the cemetery, in fact the 
majority of the premiums offered at the annual 
Chrysanthemum show of Chicago have been se- 
cured by the Mount Greenwood greenhouses. 
From what has been said and by the aid of the 
accompanying illustrations, it will be observed that 
there is much that is charming about these grounds. 
They undoubtedly excel in natural beauty, which 
has been considerably emphasized by the efficient 
care bestowed in the development. There is a 
striking sense of restfulness and peace over it all. 
The quiet of the valleys, the expanse of landscape 
from the crowns of the undulations, the pictures in 
the groupings of bush and tree. One seems far 
away from man in a quiet ramble over the fine 
roads, yet looking to the north the smoke cloud of 
VIEW IN MT. GREENWOOD CEMETERY, CHICAGO. 
