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PARK AND CEMETERY 
judicious grading when it was being constructed with 
the accompanying walk would have eliminated the 
slight harshness. Nevertheless the pond has a cer- 
tain charm which acts as a relief from the considera- 
tion of the stone cutter’s art. 
Idits of scenery in cemeteries should be highly 
prized and preserved, especially when nature, with 
its diversified topography and natural growths has 
given the opportunity to do so with land which could 
not be advantageously used for burial purposes. Of 
course, the leveling method is often resorted to in 
crowded cemeteries, or to make a complete system 
of lots. But the well thought out plan of the landscape 
architect usually provides for these reservations. 
Cemeteries can never be classed as parks, and the 
treatment is necessarily restricted in a landscape 
sense : but local views can be preserved as made and 
varied scenes obtained by judicious planning. 
The planting at present in ]\It. Auburn Cemetery is 
under the charge of the superintendent, James C. 
Scorgie. 
U. J. Kelloway. 
THE LEHMANN MEMORIAL TEMPLE. 
The Lehmann memorial temple now in course of 
erection in Waldheim Cemetery, Chicago, is a depar- 
ture from the conventional form of cemetery memorial. 
The structure is cruciform in plan, rising from 
a base 36 ft. by 22 ft. to a height of 31 feet to the apex 
of tower. Twenty-eight fluted Ionic columns, ii feet 
in height, spring from heavily moulded pedestals which 
are connected by a granite balustrade. The entabla- 
ture and pediments are richly carved and moulded as 
is the square tower surmounting the roof. Facing the 
entrance steps is a large polished inscription tablet of 
dark granite. 
The roomy vestibule will have a mosaic floor of 
special design, marble walls and ceilings, art glass 
windows and bronze doors and grilles. There will 
be receptacles for twenty-three caskets, faced with 
Italian marble slabs with bronze fittings. The entire 
superstructure is of Barre granite and has been cut 
at the works of Jones Brothers and Barclay Broth- 
ers at Barre, Vt. IMessrs. Joseph Pajeau & Sons, 
Chicago, are the architects and contractors. The cost 
of the memorial is to l)e $50,000. 
THE I.EHM.CNN ME.MOKIAL TEMPLE, CHIC.'VGO 
