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times in the course of the season of vegetation, and this, too, by 

 a skilful Jiand. Edgings for such limited compartments as the 

 Cemetery lots, must be formed of very humble plants, to be in keeping 

 with their size and character ; the box, violet, auricula, Burgundy 

 rose, daisy, or some other plants, not more aspiring, can alone be used ; 

 and for the purpose of protecting the monument, on its circumscribed 

 location, these would constitute no barrier. Hedges of hawthorn, 

 holly, the tripple-thorned acacia, pyracantha, or cedar, or any other 

 naturally tall plant, would, if kept even tolerably well trimmed and 

 cultivated, become so much filled with wood as to present a mass of 

 branches, with but little verdure, save on the evergreens, while the 

 whole ground would be filled with roots ; besides, the whole area of 

 the lots and the monuments would be so screened from observation, as 

 to render them invisible from the avenues and distant points of view, 

 when the latter, at least, should be exposed from its base to its summit, 

 and to accomplish this the space must remain open, or only be enclosed 

 by the lightest constructed trellis, formed with iron posts and delicate 

 pales, or small stone or iron posts and chains. 



As the proprietors of lots have a right to a foot of land beyond the 

 prescribed bounds, for a fence, there will be an area seventeen feet 

 wide and twenty-two feet in length to be improved. The length of 

 the lot, however, is to extend the twenty-two feet from the edge of 

 the strip of land, six feet wide, reserved, for the borders of the avenues 

 and paths, when the end fronts upon tliem ; but where the lots are so 

 laid out, as that the length is parallel thereto, the seventeen feet in 

 width will be outside of the six feet l)order. 



Having equalized the surface of the lot, but leaving it any desired 

 declivity or acclivity, aci-ording as it may be located, on a hill-side, 

 that descends or rises from the avenue or pathway, it should be cov- 

 ered with turf laid down even and compact, leaving an open space, 

 one foot from the exterior edges, and two feet wide, all round, in which 

 bulbous and other perennial flowers may be planted, and so arranged, 

 in conformity to their periods of floration, as to present a constant 

 succession of blossoms, until the commencement of winter ; or, as a 

 less expensive mode, a verge of turf, one foot wide, may be laid round 

 the lot, and the area within sown with grass- seed, and the whole may 

 be thus rendered verdant in a few weeks. For this purpose red-top 

 grass should be alone cultivated, as it forms the most compact, tenacious, 

 and beautiful turf. Red clover, being a biennial plant, should not be 

 introduced, and the other grasses do not send out so many offsets 

 and roots as the red-top, and never produce so fine an effect, even 

 when managed in the best manner. To insure a perpetual green, 

 smooth, and pleasing surfuce, the grass should be cut every two or 

 three weeks ; and the oftener this is done the better ; for if neglected, 

 the tall grass loses its deep verdure, and when cut down, tlic surface 

 of the ground, having been long shaded, will appear seared like a 

 stubble-field. The wliole secret of keeping turf always green is, 

 tlie frequent cutting of the grass ; it can be done in no other way. In 

 England, so celebrated for the spacious and superb lawns, verdant 

 0,venues, and velvet walks, which eroljellish the country seats and 

 rural cottages of that nation of gardens, the grass is mowed, and 

 the turf rolled every fifth or tenth day, and even more often where 

 the best possible effect is desired. 



