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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



Fig. 2523. A Glimpse of Nature, 



with water will keep the cut flowers in a 

 fresh state for a long time. 



AN EXCELLENT PLAN FOR A TWO ACRE 

 CEMETERY. 



In view of the great need for a step for- 

 ward in this particular department of land- 

 scape art, we reproduce from an old copy of 

 this journal, a good plan for a village ceme- 

 tery, with instructions for carrying it out. 



AWAY WITH FENCES AND HEDGES 

 ABOUT LOTS. 



In the first place, an imperative rule 

 should be established, that railings, copings, 

 hedges, and fences of any kind, around 

 cemetery lots be strictly prohibited. They 

 are not only utterly useless, but they seri- 

 ously detract from the natural beauty of the 

 landscape. They render the tidy keeping 

 of the ground almost impossible, and, as 

 they become dilapidated with age, they are 

 offensive to refined taste. It is a traditional 

 notion which originated many hundred years 

 ago when church-yards, improperly fenced. 



were the only burial grounds. In the mod- 

 ern cemetery, the boundaries of lots should 

 be marked by small corner posts, sunk in 

 the ground so that the tops are level with 

 the sod, in order that the lawn-mower may 

 be worked without hindrance. 



Any one who has been accustomed to see 

 only the old style cemeteries, with lots fenced 

 like sheep-pens in a show yard, and who will 

 take the trouble to see an improved ceme- 

 tery, where all enclosures have been abol- 

 ished, will readily become convinced of the 

 folly of expending millions of dollars on 

 useless railings. 



ONE MONUMENT ON A LOT. 



Secondl) — The height of headstones 

 should be limited to two feet, or less. Few 

 old style, tall, slab headstones are erected 

 anywhere now, because of the difficulty of 

 keeping them erect, their liability to be 

 broken when leaning over, the certainty of 

 their becoming moss-covered and their alto- 

 gether unpleasing appearance. In a ceme- 

 tery which is to be beautified they should be 



