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tion of the ashes, while in still another are the little 
wooden boxes for ashes, of the pauper dead. Cre- 
mation of the poor is not compulsory, but it is car- 
ried out if requested, and without charge. 
There are two systems used, one is that of Paolo 
Garini which takes two hours to complete and 
which costs including a mural tablet about $19.00. 
The other method is the Varini gas process, by 
which the corpse is reduced in something like 45 
minutes and for which a charge of $10 is made. A 
sepulchre for the urn in perpetuity costs some $8.00. 
Compared with similar charges in our own United 
States, these figures are astonishingly low, and 
should serve as an argument in favor of this dispo- 
sition of the dead, although the Roman Catholic 
Church expressly forbids it. 
Considering its comparatively small area the 
Monumental Cemetery of Milan contains a fund of 
interesting material connected with the disposition 
of the dead and their commemoration. 
The increase in the population of Milan has been 
such that the cemetery question has again come up, 
and with it what may be the ultimate destiny of the 
cemetery herein described. This is an interesting 
matter and is attracting considerable attention on 
account of its proximity to the city.* 
FROM A MONUMENT IN MONUMENTAL CEMETERY, MILAN. 
*In the preparation of this article the use of photographs and notes 
from Mr. E. Bizzozero, of West Quincy, Mass., is hereby acknowledged 
with thanks. 
MONUMENT IN THE MONUMENTAL CEMETERY, MILAN. 
Garden Achitecture. 
Notwithstanding all that is being written on 
Landscape gardening and Park designing, the sub- 
ject is a growing one, and is attracting, perhaps, 
more attention than ever before, as the enlighten- 
ment of the race progresses. At a recent meeting 
at Halifax, England, of the Society of Municipal 
and County Engineers, Mr. Thomas H. Mawson, 
landscape architect, of Windermere, read a paper on 
“Garden Architecture,” from which the following 
extracts afford much food for thought, and put new 
aspects on certain points of the main c^uestion; 
“The true park must, like most other inven- 
tions, rest on the foundation of good planning, work- 
ed according to whatever characteristic is to have 
predominance, whether seclusion or recreation, or 
an equal combination of both. On level ground it 
is comparatively easy to shut off the various recrea- 
tion grounds into proper compartments, the eye ne- 
ver being high enough to obtain a panoramic view, 
but in dealing with a site with considerably varying 
levels much would depend upon the disposal of 
these features. The trampled grass of the cricket 
crease, the cinder-path of the cycling course, and 
the excited noise of the foot bailers are disturbing 
elements which require careful handling; neverthe- 
less, everything which is calculated to induce phy- 
sical recreation should be included, and receive 
careful attention. The requirements of the sur- 
