THE CARE AND EMBELLISHMENT OF CEMETERIES. 183 



la many of our cemeteries, especially those owned by the cities 

 or towns in which the}^ are located, a considerable area is occupied 

 by what is linown as the City or Town Lot. We know that 

 our friends who are compelled, from necessity, to malce the 

 principal use of these public burial places are just as sensitive, 

 and have just as much grief in the loss of kindred, as the most 

 favored ones, who have means to do as they wish. Remembering 

 this, we want no one to feel the dollar division in the cemetery ; 

 and how to avoid placing these humbler graves on one side, or 

 isolating them, is a question that has perplexed us all. 



In many of these places disorder seems the rule ; in other 

 words, every one does as he pleases. Large headstones are 

 erected where there is too little room for them ; elsewhere, un- 

 shapely wooden boxes or trellises are placed around graves, and 

 are frequently left to decay and disfigure the grounds ; and, not 

 unfrequently, unsightly mounds are raised over the graves. It is 

 not difficult to see why a lot that has been filled in this way is hard 

 to keep in order. I have noticed that in some cemeteries hedges 

 have been grown to surround these special burial-places ; but I 

 cannot commend that, for when you see such a hedged-in place, 

 3'ou are impelled to look inside, and the result invariably is a 

 disappointment. 



Let me ask you how it would work to establish and post up, to 

 be seen, read, and obeyed by all, the following 



Rules and Regulations Concerning Public Lots. 



1. No graves in these lots can be reserved for future use. 



2. No wooden structures of any kind will be allowed on these lots, 



unless it be for the protection of tablets or for the purpose of 

 placing flowers in during the winter season. 



3. No raised mounds over the graves in these lots will be allowed ; 



but persons wishing to cultivate flowers upon them are invited 

 to do so. 



4. No headstone will be allowed over two feet wide at the base, 



or over three high from the grade of the lot ; and the stone 



upon which the number of the grave is cut must be retained, 



unless the number is cut upon the headstone. 



In addition to this, when an interment is made and you hand 



to the friends the card designating the place, date, etc., let these 



rules appear in print on the back of each card ; and in this way 



