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A Memorial Park so that "Time Will Not Dim the Glory of Their Deeds"

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(DSC09896) In his design for the layout of the cemetery the landscape architect (Gardener Dailey) visualized a park-like background for the memorial and graves plots which would assure a rotation of bloom to embellish perpetually this resting place of the honored Dead. In so doing he achieved in effect the creation of a large botanical garden with stately stretches of broad lawns and magnificent vistas, using genera and species which are representative of the great wealth of flowering trees, shrubs, palms and foliage plants of the Philippines, the East Indies, and the warmer climates of southern Asia, Africa and Tropical America. It is impracticable to include in this booklet the entire plant-list of the cemetery, but visitors are invited to refer to a copy of the plant-list, which is available at the Visitors' Building. The grass covering most of the cemetery is Zoysia Matrella. All of it has been propagated from two square yards sod shipped in 1951 from the United States Department of Agriculture Experimental station at Beltsville, Maryland. (Taken from http://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries/cemeterie s/ml_pict.pdf)

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    • photo of rasim1
    • Fabulous shot.

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    • 2010.07.29 at 17:12:03 PDT

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