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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
driveways, and a multitude of little paths 
which obviate the necessity of crossing the 
grass to reach a given point. 
A noticeable feature in the cemetery 
lawn adopted here by Superintendent Alex 
Hanton and the commissioners is the elim- 
ination of the mound idea, a feature of 
many modern cemeteries that adds to the 
facility with which the lawns can be cared 
for. 
Curbing, coping and posts above the level 
of the lot are all under interdict in Barre 
cemeteries, although it will take some time 
to get rid of the cumbersome looking 
structures of this nature which were in- 
stalled in days when taste in landscape 
adornment had not reached a very high 
standard of development. 
In the scheme for cemetery betterment 
Elmwood came in for its due share. An 
unsightly hedge and ramshackle stone 
fence have been removed from the Wash- 
ington and Hill street boundaries, and the 
stretch of wooded land between these 
streets and the cemetery has been regraded 
and transformed into a park, which will 
be much appreciated as an addition to the 
city’s breathing spaces. 
Upon the westerly side of this ceme- 
tery, too, a park has been laid out, and 
through the aid of the Barre Civic Feder- 
ation seats have been placed and several 
ornamental shelters erected, all of which 
will add materially to the convenience of 
visitors as well as to the fine appearance 
-of the surroundings. 
As already mentioned, part of Elmwood 
— the easterly side — is the old burying 
ground of the early settlers, and here the 
inscriptions upon the ancient slabs and 
tablets indicate the graves of many of the 
pioneers in the granite industry of Barre, 
and likewise those who took a prominent 
part in the town’s development and in a 
public way served their fellow-townsmen 
in their day and generation. 
Upon the newer and what is now the 
main part of the cemetery — which, by the 
way, covers about ten acres — there are 
three fountains supplied by city water, 
PITTOSPORUM 
Pittosporums are nowhere in the United 
States common enough to become familiar 
to the public, although used extensively 
in some parts of the South, notably New 
Orleans, where they are seen exclusively 
in the form of clipped hedges and are 
probably either P. tenuifolium or P. iindu- 
latum. 
In St. Augustine, on the contrary, where 
clipped hedges are unused except on the 
grounds of the large hotels, pencil cedar 
has served that purpose since common 
privet was abandoned because of the rav- 
ages of the white fly, and the Pittosporums 
seen rank as trees in size and appear to 
be limited to P. Tobira and its variegated 
which play throughout the summer season, 
and shade is supplied by a fine assortment 
of maple, birch, elm and various other 
kinds of trees. 
The average of yearly interments in Barre 
cemeteries is about one hundred and fifty. 
Sunday funerals are permitted, although 
not encouraged, as there is a decided 
tendency to take undue advantage of this 
privilege. 
As might be expected in a granite cen- 
ter like Barre, there are in the cemeteries 
some fine monuments and other examples 
of the granite worker’s skill. Prominent 
among these in Elmwood is the Bolster 
monument, erected in 1910 in memory of 
Levi Bolster, once a large real estate 
owner. 
Another striking monument is that 
which marks the last resting place of 
William Barclay, for many years a well- 
known granite manufacturer in Barre and 
three times mayor of the city. 
The Dr. Jackson monument is of the 
rustic or rock-face type and consists of a 
massive rustic cross, with an angel in 
front with outspread wings, all cut from 
one block of granite and resting upon two 
large bases. 
form. The terminal leaves of both va- 
rieties are in rosettes, nearly every one of 
which is finished in the flowering season 
with a sessile umbel of pure white blos- 
soms of delicious fragrance faintly sug- 
gestive, in a tropical way, of trailing ar- 
butus. 
Handsome specimens of both' are found 
in the city and frequently elicit the ad- 
miration and inquiries of visitors. Prac- 
tically no one knows what they are, and 
when told, even repeatedly, find curious 
difficulty in mastering and remembering the 
name. 
Just why mind or memory should balk 
at Pittosporum while peaceably accepting 
The Reynolds and Bruce memorials are 
fine examples of the sarcophagus type. 
Mr. Reynolds was one of Barre’s substan- 
tial merchants, while Alex E. Bruce was 
owner of one of the high-grade dark 
quarries on Millstone Hill. 
Among other notable monuments are the 
Smith and Morse obelisks, the Keith, Mar- 
tin, Fisher, Averill, Wheelock and two 
Whitcomb memorials, the latter six hav- 
ing granite figures surmounting them. 
In Hope Cemetery there is likewise some 
skilful work in granite, perhaps the most 
noticeable being the well-known Corti 
monument, which is unique in its way. 
Elia Corti, whose likeness is fatihfully re- 
produced in the granite figure, is the man 
who carved the panels of the famous Burns 
monument, which occupies a splendid site 
overlooking City Square in Barre and is 
pointed out to visitors as a specimen of 
Barre granite and workmanship. 
Visitors to Barre would be well repaid 
for looking over the cemeteries, and the 
genial and progressive superintendent, 
Alex Hanton, is always ready to welcome 
visitors to see his domains, in which he 
takes great pride and interest. 
James McAdam. 
charmeuse, taupe and chicane adds an- 
other to the unsolved mysteries. The fact, 
however, remains and led to the discov- 
ery that the name is quite natural and 
more reasonable than many. It is from 
the Greek, means pitch seed, and was be- 
stowed in allusion to the resinous coating 
of the seeds. 
The tropical storm of October, 1910, 
treated the vegetation of St. Augustine to 
a salt foot bath which proved the Water- 
loo (no pun intended) of a multitude of 
choice roses and other plants, but seems 
to have had little or no effect on the Pit- 
tosporums ; but the salt spray, which was 
dashed high as the tidal waves struck and 
TREES OF OLD ST. AUGUSTINE 
DRIVE IN BARRE'S MODERN CEMETERY. 
