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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1867 Excerpt:...the appliances of extent and availability which, for a long time, will be required. The original Forest Lawn, comprising about one-third of the present territory, was the first enterprise of any magnitude here, and chiefly the work of a single individual It was eligibly situated, conveniently arranged, and creditably managed; but it was not sufficient for the increasing necessities of our population, and the tenure by which it was held not altogether satisfactory to the public. The purchase of these new grounds, with widely extended capabilities, and the attachment thereto of the older cemetery, with its increasing adornment, has given to the combined territory a breadth and opportunity wherein the choicest culture may be further displayed, and the highest skill be exercised. Were I, of all cemeteries within my knowledge, to point you to one taking precedence Mr. Charles E. Clarke. as a model, it would be that of Spring Grove, at Cincinnati. It lies five miles out of the city, and accessible, like ours, by carriage-road and street-railway. The grounds are based in a valley, running back on the hills, commandinga charming landscape, and comprise 410 acres. It has no greater natural advantages than Forest Lawn, yet of somewhat different character. It is owned by an association, and conducted on the mutual principle, like ours. Ten years ago, the association was poor in purse, and strugglingto meet its current expenses, although it had for years been under the guidance of a professional landscape architect, and patronized by the chief wealth and taste of the city population. Like other leading cemeteries of our country, it was filled with petty iron enclosures, and other barj3ara«» inventions of a false taste, and huddled with grave-stones. Most fort...