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PARK AND CC/nCTERY. 
Dollars, payable as 
follows; 
with interest, at the rate of six per cent, per annum, payable 
annually; when so paid said Association binds itself to make to 
said - - 
the proper certificate of ownership for said lot. 
AND IT IS EXPRESSLY AGREED, That upon failure to make said 
payments, as above stipulated, or either of them, that said 
Association may remove the bodies interred therein to any 
public grounds used for that purpose, and re-sell said lot with- 
out re-payment of any installments before made under this con- 
tract, to any person willing to purchase the same, and thereupon 
all rights of said 
under this Contract, shall cease and determine. 
AND IT IS FURTHER STIPULATED, That in Case of failure 
to pay the whole or any installment of said consideration money, 
such legal proceedings may be had to compel payment as 
are usual in the case of ordinary land contracts, and if a judi- 
cial sale shall be had, the Association to have the same right to 
remove the bodies as in the case of re-sale, without legal pro- 
ceedings. 
WITNESS, The signatures of the parties aforesaid, hereto 
affixed, the day and date first above written. 
RIVERSIDE CEMETERY ASSOCIATION. 
By 
This subject will be continued in the next issue 
by a paper on “Cemetery Accounting” read at a 
meeting of the Association of American Cemetery 
Superintendents. 
Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, R. 1. 
To see this beautiful place of sepulchre at its 
best, pretty as it is at all times, a visit should be 
made early in the month of June, when the flowery 
shrubs are in the midst of their glorious wealth of 
bloom. 
In the treatment of Swan Point, Mr. McCarthy 
has departed from the usual course of planting ob- 
served in most cemeteries, and almost exclusively 
makes use of shrubs for ornamentation. The dis- 
tinctive character of the planting will be a lesson to 
the great majority of cemetery officials, who cannot 
fail to be benefitted by a visit to Swan Point; for 
turn in any direction a contrast is presented. 
In some portions of the grounds, the visitor will 
come across what at first appears an indescribable 
jumble of shrubs as if thrown together by nature in 
all her profusion. Yet here lies the work of the true 
artist, the blending of nature and art so completely 
as to give the appearance of the planting that of 
nature’s handiwork. Azaleas, Laurels, and Rhodo- 
dendrons were fairly ablaze in their glorious wealth 
of many colored flowers, and the contrast of color 
and variety of bloom and foliage was magnificent. 
The grouping is so arranged that the view from any 
standpoint is varied, and after a look from the high 
ground above, or the low lands below, where the 
high boulders and rough stones can be seen peep- 
ing up, or standing out boldly among the shrubs 
and partly covered with Euonymous or other creep- 
ers, makes the observer doubtful as to which is the 
most charming sight. 
Turn where you will in Swan Point, the scene is 
ever changing, and the views delightful, the rolling 
and generally sloping character of the land greatly 
assisting in this object. When on the high land 
looking towards the Providence River, the picture 
is so pleasant as to create a desire"" to immediately 
go down to so charming a spot, but on reaching the 
pretty drive which runs along the bank of the stream 
a glance upward at the high lands 
brings on a change of feeling and a 
desire to reoccupy the beautiful spot 
from which so commauding a panorama 
was to be secured. Swan Point is a 
place where the true lover of nature can 
never tire of visiting. 
In doing his work Mr. McCarthy has 
many difficulties to contend with. P'or 
instance: the land is full of immense 
boulders, all of which have to be re- 
moved before the burial sections can 
be used; some are too large for remo- 
val and have to be left on the surface 
and utilized for ornament; these are 
planted around with shrubs and par- 
tially covered with vines, the smoothest 
face of the stone being left to answer the 
purpose of a natural tombstone for the 
lot immediately in front. Here again 
is the work of the true artist. 
A high boundary wall, composed of great 
boulders, is under construction, wherein no cement 
is used, the weight of the stones being sufficient to 
hold it together. Along the front, and in this wall, 
a profusion of shrubs and creepers have been plant- 
