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because it never grows too large; the Colorado and 
Douglas Blue Spruces both do finely; the Scotch 
and Austrian Pine are no longer planted because 
they only live about thirty years; there is one Cedar 
of Lebanon that is doing fairly, it is on the Clay plot 
near the monument; Oriental and Siberian Arbor- 
vitae and Juniperus tamarisifolia do nicely; the Ca- 
nadian Yew is fairly good; and some English Yews 
that are sheltered by larger evergreens from the sun 
are very good. 
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A large amount of shrubbery is used and each 
kind is grown in quantity where- 
ver it is introduced. The groups 
and masses are .formed natural- 
ly, that is: Lilacs and other 
suckering plants are left undis- 
turbed to spread at will, while 
Snowballs, .Spirae prunifolia and 
other easily rooting shrubs are 
layered at the tips of the outer 
branches to produce masses. 
Besides all of the good shrubs 
one sees in the north I noted a 
plant of Scotch broom (of which 
the Superintendent is naturally 
proud); California Privet, which 
winter kills to the ground in 
severe winters but grows again 
very rapidly; tree Box; Mahonia 
aquifolia, which is perfectly 
hardy and is used in abundance 
with fine effect; it blooms pro- 
fusely in spring, its foliage is 
fine all summer and in the fall 
takes' on rich bronze and mahog- 
any tones; and Callicarpa pur- 
purea. An extraordinarily fine 
specimen of the last impressed me as being one of 
the most ornamental fruiting plants I have yet seen. 
It was planted at about the time of the beginning 
of the Civil war and has been killed back several 
times in severe winters. It is now five or six feet 
high and ten feet across and formed a mound- 
shaped mass of gracefully drooping branches loaded 
with small circular clusters of violet colored berries, 
an exquisite and uncommon color among fruits. It 
is very attractive. 
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Most of the planting in the new ground remains 
to be done, although many specimen trees are al- 
ready established as well as numerous boundary 
plantations of trees and shrubs, including numbers 
of evergreens. Boundary plantations as screens are 
to be made a feature of the new ground an im- 
provement on the original design. 
The rich historic interest of Lexington centres in 
this cemetery. 
About 1,000 Federals and lOO Confederates are 
buried here, each having a section; that of the Fed- 
erals is marked by upright cannons as in National 
Cemeteries, and the Confederates by two monu- 
ments, a view of the more artistic being given here- 
with. 
Among the best known names of those who 
sleep here are John C. Breckenridge, Vice President 
of the United States with President Buchanan; 
John Morgan, the famous raider whom Mr. Bell 
speaks of as handsome, courteous and debonair; 
Robert S. and Eliza Todd, the father and mother of 
Mrs. Abraham Lincoln, and a large number of her 
relatives; the mother of Henry Clay and, chief of 
all, Henry Clay himself — which, of course, alone 
makes the place famous. 
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A detailed description of the Clay monument 
will be given in a subsequent issue of Park AND 
Cemetery, together with interesting matter per- 
taining to the life of Clay, some of which has not 
heretofore been published. 
* * * 
When the City of Lexington fully appreciates 
the fine character of her cemetery she will probably 
furnish what it now woefully lacks — a fitting ap- 
proach. Landscape work that has the approval of 
Elias Long is worthy of honor at home. 
CORNER OF POND. 
