9 8 THE ART AND PRACTICE OF LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 



necessarily be given to the chapels, to the different portions set apart 

 for the several creeds, to the mortuary house, etc. The desired 

 area next the walks or drives can be divided off equally well in 

 grave spaces whether the roads are straight or curved ; and if, in 

 process of time, that portion of ground taken up at first by groups 

 of planting should be required for burying, the trees and shrubs 

 planted by loving hands at the graves of the departed will serve 

 to replace an effect at first apparent in the general design. 



The chapels should be placed in connection with the ground space 

 allotted respectively to each creed, and it is simple to mark the 

 division of such areas by a walk, or, failing that, by mere stones. 

 It is of the utmost importance that there be very efficient drainage, 

 especially of the subsoil. If this is wet, main drains should be made 

 at a depth of 12 ft. from the surface. Except in the first instance, 

 before the ground is occupied, the ordinary surface drainage is of little 

 use, as it becomes disturbed ; but the drives and walks should be, 

 therefore, the more efficiently drained. It is also wise in convenient 

 places to fill up the main drains to the surface with porous material, 

 that thus the ground may be kept dry. It is of course necessary that 

 in wet land there be a good outlet for the main drain. The worst 

 of all ground is that where there are alternate and uneven layers 

 of clay and gravel. The best is where a poor, dry, sandy or 

 gravelly soil is found on slightly rising ground. In public cemeteries 

 spaces are generally reserved for the Established, Nonconformist, 

 and Roman Catholic creeds, including special allotments for paupers. 

 The grave spaces are divided into classes according to their nearness 

 to the chapels or the main thoroughfares, and the local authorities 

 impose special regulations for the continuous methodical carrying 

 out of their rules. A reserve ground, with a hothouse, is usually 

 provided near the superintendent's lodge for due maintenance of the 

 embellishment of the place. 



