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All such natural features should be preserved as far as 

 possible, and no attempt be made to bring naturally rounded 

 slope to the level. In case of very abrupt embankments 

 some grading down must be done, but often by introducing 

 large rocks and boulders into the face of the embankment 

 the appearance of naturally projecting ledges or boulders 

 may be produced, that will be far more beautiful than any 

 rounded slope can possibly be made. 



In most cemeteries the main source of income is from 

 the sale of lots, and the great danger to be feared is that, 

 in the desire to secure a large number of lots, the orna- 

 mental features will suffer, and too many lots with regular 

 sides or too many geometrical walks will be produced. 



Economy of space may perhaps be obtained by the 

 arrangement of the ground into squares, but the lots with 

 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 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 



