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vVhether there should be greenhouses or not cannot 

 discussed here on account of the limits of this article, 

 may simply be said that with the greater variety of 

 we ring trees and shrubs which we have to choose from, 

 well as the thousands of hardy, flowering, herbaceous 

 ints, most beautiful effects can be produced without 

 j expense, the continual labor and the bare beds more 

 in half the year, which would follow the construction 

 greenhouses. Usually the selection for planting of 

 ,terial found growing in the adjacent country will help 

 produce satisfactory results with little expenditure 

 money and time. To prevent intrusion, a fence along 

 ; boundary of the cemetery is necessary, but this can 

 a simple inexpensive wire fence, serving in places as 

 support for vines, and in - places being hidden by a 

 .t of trees and shrubbery. No one would now make 

 j cemetery dreary by confining the planting to spruces 



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a meeting of the Association of American Cemetery 

 Superintendents, held at Boston, in 1890, the following 

 rules were recommended by a unanimous vote of those 

 in attendance : 



Rule 1 : (This should be a general rule, stating the 

 authority and conditions on which lots are sold and the 

 restrictions on transfers. The rule, of course, would 

 have to be varied according to conditions existing in 

 each cemetery. ) 



Rule 2 : The Trustees desire to leave the improve- 

 ments of lots, as far as possible, to the taste of the 

 owners ; but, in justice to all, they reserve the right, 

 given them by law, to exclude or remove from any lot 

 any headstone, monument or other structure, tree, plant 

 or other object whatever which may conflict with the 

 regulations, or which they shall consider injurious to 

 the general appearance of the grounds ; but no trees 



1 5. A structural foliage mass, with rugged sky line and irregular ground plan, and embellished with flowers on the margin. 



f 1 weeping willows. On the contrary, every effort is 

 i de to secure bright, cheerful effects by the selection 

 f all kinds of flowering, happy-looking plants. The 

 i dern cemetery becomes in fact a sort of arboretum. 



I includes some evergreens which are most suitably 

 f uped along the boundary belt, and which should con- 



I 1 all kinds of hardy pines, as well as the more stiff 

 i \ formal spruces. The planting of Norway spruces 



in many places been overdone. The development of 

 sractive landscapes in cemeteries is of so much im- 

 I'tance that Mr. Strauch, who was the greatest ceme- 

 t y designer that we have had, used to call the present 

 ithod "the landscape lawn plan." 



L good landscape in the cemetery is usually the result 

 < years of growth. It must first be carefully designed, 

 then receive care and attention from some one 

 i liliar and in sympathy with the scheme adopted. To 

 i ure such attention, and to protect the interest of all 

 1 owners, as well as to maintain the dignity and char- 

 ter of a city of the dead, rules have been adopted by 

 t leading cemeteries. These rules are the result of 

 * dy and experience on the part of many men. At 



growing within any lot shall be removed or trimmed 

 without the consent of the Trustees. 



Rule 3 : Lot-owners may have planting or other work 

 done on their lots at their expense, upon application to 

 the Superintendent. No workmen other than employees 

 of the cemetery will be admitted to the cemetery except 

 for the purpose of setting stone-work. 



Rule 4 : No iron- or wire-work, and no seats or vases 

 will be allowed on lots, excepting by permission of the 

 Trustees, and when any article made of iron begins to 

 rust, the same shall be removed from the cemetery. 



Rule 5 : The Trustees desire to encourage the planting 

 of trees and shrubbery, but, in order to protect the rights 

 of all and to secure the best general results, they require 

 that such planting shall be done only in accordance with 

 the directions of the Superintendent of the cemetery. 



Rule 6 : No coping, nor any kind of enclosure, will be 

 permitted. The boundaries of lots will be marked by 

 corner-stones, which will be set by the cemetery, at the 

 expense of the lot-owner, with the centers upon the lines 

 bounding the lot. Corner-stones must not project above 

 the ground and must not be altered nor removed. 



