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LOOKING ACROSS WILLOWMERE, GRACELAND CEMETERY, CHICAGO. 
An Attractive Vista with Mausoleum as Center. 
other words, a small part of the monument 
or mausoleum is preferable to showing the 
whole. Foliage and monuments should 
present a pleasing ensemble, and the sky 
line, usually undulating, perhaps should be 
punctuated by an obelisk or other tall mon- 
ument. Monuments that may occur in the 
foreground or middle ground should be 
hidden by plantings, or made conspicuous, 
depending on their importance and their 
value to the general scheme. 
Nearby views present a different prob- 
lem. This applies to short range views that 
are seen from the drive or walk, as, for 
example, the view that one gets of a single 
lot with its monument. There are thou- 
sands of such views in cemeteries and all 
may be made attractive and different, pro- 
vided the structure is not too ugly. A fit- 
ting bockground of foliage to the monu- 
ment, and joining it by proper grading and 
planting to the surroundings, enables the 
i designer or superintendent to make these 
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very attractive and distinctive. Here again, 
if another monument breaks the scheme, 
plant - it out. Some of these views may be 
treated as surprises; others made conspicu- 
ous from the road or walk at a distance- — 
features that hold the eye and increase the 
interest as we come nearer to them. 
There are many beautiful views where 
monuments and other structures are en- 
tirely absent, in park cemeteries. These are 
found especially on sections where monu- 
ments are not allowed, and in ravines and 
lowlands. Many of the curves along the 
walks and drives also offer such views as 
these. The more there are of these the 
better, for variety if for no other reason. 
Long distance views to bits of landscape 
perhaps miles away from the cemetery are 
wonderfully attractive and every oppor- 
tunity to secure such views should be 
seized. The axe is too little used in park 
cemeteries, as well as in some parks. Many 
times the removal of a few needless trees 
will open up a beautiful vista to a distant 
countryside. 
In this discussion of views let us not 
forget those from the outside looking in. 
While it is perhaps desirable, in most 
cases, to border the cemetery with planta- 
tions to shut off the immediate neighbor- 
hood, it is often possible to leave gaps in 
this border planting, thus opening up views 
to the interior which will give pleasure to 
the passerby. 
“Vistas” — narrow views of varying 
lengths — are too seldom found in park 
cemeteries. What I have special reference 
to are the vistas that are cut straight 
through the woods to open up views to 
some object of importance, or to some dis- 
tant view. They usually require an impor- 
tant terminus, and what could be better 
than an attractive monument or mausoleum 
of the right proportions? It is usually 
possible to hide, by planting, monuments at 
the side which may interfere with the effect. 
These vistas may be especially effective if 
planted in solid colors. I have in mind a 
private estate in Massachusetts where this 
theme was followed with wonderful re- 
sults. There were rhododendron, vistas, 
azalea vistas, kalmia vistas, forsythia vis- 
tas and others. These could easily be du- 
plicated in park cemeteries. Nor need we 
depend on the one type of shrub for effect. 
