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order ; time during which they are to be kept in order for the sum paid ; 

 name of the undertaker ; name of the clergyman who performed the ceremony; 

 name of the sexton.' — All these particulars are entered in the order in which 

 they are here enumerated. 



3. A Ledger, in which an account is opened for each grave in the following 

 manner : two folio pages contain the same number of columns, and the same 

 headings as in the Register, but the body of the pages is divided into spaces, 

 one of which is allotted for each number of a grave, in the same manner as 

 the pages of a ledger are divided into spaces for each name or account, 

 which has been opened ; and in this space, which exhibits the transac- 

 tions which take place with the grave it represents, is inserted the number 

 of each of the different funerals that have taken place in it. For example, 

 a brick grave, 60 ft. deep, may have ten different interments of as many dif- 

 ferent numbers, dates, and names, of the deceased ; and hence a space at 

 least equal to ten lines will be left for it. A private grave, 36 ft. deep, which 

 will only contain six coffins, requires only six lines ; a vault of twenty cata- 

 combs a proportionate space ; and a single catacomb in a public vault only 

 one line. The utility of such a ledger, in the case of extensive cemeteries, is 

 exemplified in the case of that of Kensal Green, as any one may be con- 

 vinced of by applying at the office, 95. Great Russell Street, London. 



4. A 3Iap Book. — In the cemetery office there ought to be one map 

 showing the entire cemetery, with all the roads, walks, squares, beds, &c., and 

 even the trees and shrubs, correctly laid down. Then there ought to be a 

 book in which every square or bed is laid down on a sufficiently large scale 

 to admit of inserting in it the plan of each particular grave. The scale for 

 these separate squares in the Kensal Green Cemetery book is 2 in. to 6 ft., 

 and in the Tower Hamlets Cemetery 3 in. to 8 ft. In small cemeteries laidout 

 in beds, like the Cambridge Cemetery, such a map book may be dispensed with ; 

 but where the imaginary square system of laying out is adopted it is essential. 



5. Some subordinate books are convenient for abridging labour, and in- 

 suring accuracy, such as printed forms for certificates of registry, for per- 

 mission within a certain time to place a head-stone or other monument, for 

 receipts for cash or fees, &c. The books for the Kensal Green Cemetery 

 were prepared by Messrs. C. and E. Layton, Stationers, 150. Fleet Street ; 

 those of the East London Cemetery by Mr. T. H. Hoppe, 79. Strand ; and 

 those of the Tower Hamlets Cemetery, the last London cemetery which has 

 been formed, by Mr. E. Colyer, 17. Fenchurch Street. The common business 

 accounts which require to be kept, of course, do not differ from those in 

 use in general business. 



We have omitted to notice some minor details required for the working 

 of a cemetery, but they are such as will readily occur in practice ; and 

 they may be foreseen by procuring a printed paper of the rules and re- 

 gulations of any of the principal London cemeteries, or of the burying-grounds 

 belonging to the Incorporated Trades of Calton, Edinburgh. The latter, 

 which have been kindly forwarded to us by Mr. Hay, the recorder and su- 

 perintendant, are remarkable for their comprehensiveness and efficiency. 



The curator of a cemetery ought to be a man of intelligence, and of cul- 

 tivated feelings, with a taste for and some knowledge of gardening; for all 

 which reasons we think the situation one well adapted for a middle-aged gar- 

 dener, 



( To he continued.) 



Art. III. On the Exhihitions of the London Horticultural Society, 

 and on various Matters connected with Horticultural Exhihitions. 

 By Amicus. 



The subject I am about to introduce may be thought, by some, unfit for such 

 a publication as the Gardener'' s Magazine; but, as it is chiefly for the benefit 



