PARK AND CEMETERY. 
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RIVERSIDE CEMETERY, ROCHESTER, N. Y. 
Among the modern cemeteries, which have been 
projected and established strictly under the lawn 
plan, as that term is understood in its best signifi- 
cance, is Riverside Cemetery, Roch- 
ester, N. Y., illustrations of which 
are given. Active 
work began on its 
development only 
six years ago, but 
the views are 
very express- 
ive of the 
strides that 
have been ^ 
made in actual 
progress, and 
further than 
this, the quality receiving vault. 
of landscape art that marks its condition today. 
To start a cemetery under the conditions involved 
in a strict interpretation of the lawn plan, implies 
the ignoring of much of current prejudice and old 
established custom, and a campaign of education to 
set forth the desirability and advantages of modern 
ideas. This involves large outlay to prepare the 
grounds as an object lesson in the beginning, and as 
a means to induce the purchase of lots. It requires 
strong business foresight and common sense to en- 
gage in such an undertaking, but the end justifies 
the venture, as is demonstrated in the growing suc- 
cess of this cemetery. 
Riverside comprises one hundred acres of beau- 
tifully diversified 
land, one mile from 
the city limits of 
Rochester, N. Y., 
and about four 
miles from its bus- 
iness center. It is 
bounded on the 
west by the boule- 
vard which runs to 
Lake Ontario, and 
on the east by a 
romantic stretch of 
the Genesee river. 
The original plan 
of the asssociation 
to preserve and 
imp rove every 
feature of the 
grounds that would finally lead to the finest landscape 
effects, are being consummated as fast as practic- 
able by the superintendent, Mr. J. H. Shepard. 
Along the high banks of the river a considerable 
ENTRANCE. 
VIEW IN RIVERSIDE CEMETERY. 
belt of woodland has been preserved, through 
which a most picturesque drive skirts the stream. 
This has been left practically in a state of nature, 
and wherein a wealth of ferns and wild flowers, 
in their 
season 
lend their 
varied 
charms, to 
attract at- 
ten t i o n 
and divert 
the mind. 
Betw e e n 
the belt 
of woods 
whi chit 
is intend- 
ed shall 
remain as a part of the development, and the boule- 
vard, the grounds extend in such undulating con- 
tours as to offer fine opportunities for effective 
planting, and the natural features of the land have 
been interfered with as little as possible, consistent 
with the work required to adapt it to the purposes 
for which it was secured. 
Some small lakes, fed by natural springs, help 
to complete the series of pictures which are offered 
to the lot owner and visitor in this cemetery. The 
beauties of the Genesee river, bounding the property 
on one side, offer great opportunities for adding to 
the landscape attractions of the grounds. 
Under the strict observance of the lawn plan, 
one sees little to 
detract from the 
lovely lawns and 
most e ff e c t i v e 
plantings save here 
and there a monu- 
ment. There are 
no mounds, and 
stones marking in- 
dividual graves are 
set level with the 
grade and have 
their i n scriptions 
on top. These also 
must not be less 
than six inches 
thick, and only one 
is allowed at each 
grave. Another 
rule is that only one monument rising above the 
level of the lawn is permitted to be erected on any 
lot, and this must be not less than twelve inches 
thick. The officials exercise an efficient oversight 
