Published: 2017-11
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Excerpt from Harmony Grove Cemetery, Salem, Mass The organization of Horticultural and kindred associa tions in New England, (the older ones date their origin some thirty or forty years or more since), awakened and have continued to exert a great influence in nurturing a taste for the pleasures of rural life, and in directing attention to a more refined culture and to the embellish ment of our country residences with a happy combination of trees, shrubs, lawns and gardens; thus adding a new and very agreeable feature to our scenery and con tributing much to the amenities of our New England home. The influence of these associations would natur rlly direct the minds of the people to bestow a corres ponding care in the selection of places to deposit the remains of dear and beloved friends, and to cover the graves with verdure and to adorn them with flowers, appropriate emblems of pure and holy feelings. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
