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handiwork without distracting stonework or artificial 

 objects. Others say that "the cemetery should be 

 a cemetery," meaning by this that it should resemble 

 somewhat closely the old conventional churchyard 

 or graveyard, with its multitude of crowded tomb- 

 stones inscribed with the good qualities of those 

 buried within its walls. 



All agree that the cemetery should be so situated 

 and maintained as to menace in no way the health- 

 fulness of surrounding neighborhoods, but, as con- 

 ducted at present, no areas are freer from contagion 

 or do less to pollute the atmosphere than those de- 

 voted to burials. Cemeteries, indeed, rank with 

 parks in preserving open spaces and in the growth 

 of foliage which purifies the air. The ideal location 

 is one where the ground is somewhat undulating and 

 thoroughly drained by having a porous subsoil, while 

 the surface soil is sufficiently rich and deep to sup- 

 port a good growth of vegetation. In some instances, 

 as at Forest Hills, Boston, and at Woodlawn, New 

 York, it has been necessary to blast and remove rock 

 and then fill in the space with earth. In other cases, 

 the natural soil has been so poor that it has been 

 necessary to cover it with a rich earth hauled from 

 a long distance. In still other cases it has been 



