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Whether there sh 

 be discussed here or 

 It raaj' simply be said that with the greater variet 

 flowering trees and shrubs which we have to choose f i 

 is well as the thousands of hardy, flowering, herbal 

 plants, most beautiful .-llV'-t-; .■.-m h« productMl wit 



the expens 



, the 



than half the year, « i: ■ i , ■ inv tin- r.nj^ti-un i,.n 



of greenliousos. l"-i ' . -ii-u {■<r planl in.' "i 



to produce satisfactory results witli liiilr .xiiiihliiiin' 

 of money and time. To prevent intrusi,,i,, u Imr, :,1 .n.- 

 the boundary of the cemetery is neccs^iu n , Imi thi- run 

 be a simple inexpensive wire fence, ser\ ini; in phir.s as 

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

 belt of trees and shrubbery. No one would now make 

 the 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 



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

 authority and conditions on which lots are sold and the 

 1, -tri.tii.iis on transfers. The rule, of course, would 

 li i\r |.. Ih varied according to conditions existing in 



Kiilr J : I'i'h- Trustees disire to have the improve- 



I, Mills .,( lois. as far a, |..-^il.lc , I., fhr taste of the 

 MiviHTs: l.iii. ill jii-i i-i 1,, " :'. . -Tve the right, 



-ivrii iliciii liv la\\ , I" . : I from any lot 



aiiv lira.lsi..rir". iii..iiiiiih III ..i .i i,, i -. i ii.tnre, tree, plant 

 oruther object wliatmi' ul.ali uiaj imflict with the 

 regulations, or which they shall con.sider injurious to 

 the general appearance of the grounds ; but no trees 



1235 A structural foliage 



ith rueged sky line and irregular ground plan and embellished wit 



I the margin 



and weeping willows On the contrirv every effort is 

 made to se< ure bright cheerful effects by the selection 

 of all kinds of flowering happv 1 loking plants The 

 modern cemetery becomes m fact a sort of arboretum 

 It includes some evergreens which are most suitably 

 grouped along the boundary belt, and which should con- 

 tain all kinds of hardy pines, as well as the more stiff 

 and formal spruces. The planting of Norway spruces 

 has in many places been overdone. The development of 

 nttra'-tivA |;i,i.fs,..,p,.j in c-iivt'-i-i--^ is of so much im- 

 ): aiiins 1 M .1 Mr ^th:,!, -i I i . i i a s the grcatcst cemc- 

 ti'i n' . • I Mi I ■ .1 to call the present 



A - 1 I IIP I- ap- III 1 1 IN. ;. :■■ is usiiallv the result 



of years of growth. It must lir-t I an-l'iiUy designed, 



and then receive care and att.niinn fn.m' some one 

 familiar and in sympathy with tin srlninn adopted. To 

 insure such attention, and to |>rntn,'t th.- interest of all 

 lot-owners, as well as to maintain tlie dignity and char- 

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

 all leading cemeteries. These rules are the result of 

 study and experience on the part of many men. At 



growing withm an\ lot shall be removed or trimmed 

 without the consent of the Trustees. 



Rule 3 Lot owners nny 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, n>el iviieii any article made of iron begins to 

 rust, tin - MiM .],,!! lie removed from the cemetery. 



Kul- i 1' Ti I i.es desire to encourage the planting 

 of ti-ei - I ty, but, in order to protect the rights 



of all I 1. -I III. 1 he best general results, they require 



that sunli j.laiit inu -hall be done only in accordance with 

 the dire, thills ,,t' the Superintendent of the cemetery. 



Rule i; : ,\.i e.i|,iiiL.'. nor any kind of enclosure, will be 

 permitted. Tin- li.nindaries'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. 



