chester County, eight miles north of Harlem
Bridge, and along the line of the New York, Harlem and Albany Railway.
It is easily reached by means of this road. It was incorporated in 1863,
and laid out in 1865. It comprises about 325 acres, and is naturally one
of the most beautiful cemeteries used by the city. It is easier of
access than Greenwood, there being no ferry to cross, and the Harlem
Railway Company having instituted a system of funeral trains which convey
funeral corteges to the entrance to the grounds. This, together with its
natural beauty, is making it a favorite place of burial with the New
Yorkers. The grounds are being rapidly improved, and, it is believed,
will eventually rival Greenwood. Since its opening, in 1865, there have
been nearly 9000 interments in Woodlawn. Admiral Farragut was buried
here in 1871. The main avenue or boulevard from the Central Park to
White Plains will pass through these grounds, and afford a broad and
magnificent drive from the city to the cemetery.

IV. CALVARY, AND THE EVERGREENS.

CALVARY CEMETERY is the property of the Roman Catholic Church, and
contains only the graves of those who have died in that faith. It is
situated in the town of Newtown, Long Island, about four miles from New
York. It comprises about seventy-five acres, and was opened in August,
1848, since which time about 84,000 bodies have been buried in it.

The Cemetery of the Evergreens is situated about three miles and a half
to the eastward of Williamsburg. It lies on the western end of a range
of hills, and is one of the largest and most picturesque of all the
cemeteries of New York. It is being steadily improved, and is growing in
favor with the people of the great cities at its feet.

Another burial ground once used by the people of New York, but now
abandoned by them, is the New York Bay Cemetery, situated on the shore of
the bay in the State of New Jersey, about two and a half miles from the
Courtlandt Street Ferry. It comprises about fifty acres of ground, and
contains 50,000 graves.

No burials are now permitted on Manhattan Island, except in the Cemetery
of Trinity Church, which lies at the intersection of Tenth avenue and
One-hundred-and-fifty-fifth street. From Tenth avenue the grounds extend
to the river. The new public drive passes through the cemetery, and has
greatly injured it. The grounds comprise an area of thirty-six acres,
are beautifully laid off, and are sha