148 Landscape Gardening 



curved borders are susceptible of greater beauty in ornamen- 

 tation. There is much greater ease and comfort in getting 

 around by means of gracefully curved walks, and by the 

 blending of all of the ornamentation into one system and 

 under one management that the whole may be made to reach 

 much greater beauty than if each lot were ornamented 

 separately. The care and ornamentation of cemeteries 

 should be under one management, and with authority vested 

 by the condition of the sale of the lots to compel each owner 

 to keep his lot in a neat and orderly condition, or to have 

 it done at his expense by the managers. 



All the planting must be done within certain limits and 

 rules be made and carried out that no one shall plant any 

 tree, shrub, or vine that shall in any way mar the beauty 

 of the whole. 



Under the conditions of a great variety of soil and a 

 large number of people of different ideas of the beauty 

 of the many kinds of trees and other plants that can be 

 used with success in cemeteries, there is much danger of 

 unsuitable trees being planted, and the superintendent must 

 be a man of large experience as to what will give the best 

 satisfaction under varying conditions and who has tact for 

 dealing with the patrons of the grounds. 



A boundary fence is often necessary, but not so often as 

 is generally supposed, for almost everywhere, except in the 

 extreme country districts, animals are obliged by law to be 

 kept within proper enclosure, and when driven along the 

 roadway to be kept as far as possible within the road limits, 

 and the grounds can be made more beautiful if the fence 

 is dispensed with altogether. If one must be put up let it 

 be a simple gas-pipe, or steel posts and wire fence painted 

 green. Near large cities, where more or less injury is done 

 by irresponsible or vicious people, the fence becomes a 

 necessary protection. 



