applied to Public Cemeteries. 355 



a very great depth, no trees (except such as may be hereafter introduced for 

 ornamenting particular graves) should be planted in the interior of the cemetery, 

 but only along the borders of the main walks and of the terrace walk, in 

 order to allow the full effect of the sun and wind to dry the ground, and 

 renew the air. That the trees proposed to be planted should occupy as little 

 space as possible ; and, hence, should consist of kinds which have narrow 

 conical shapes like the cypress, a form connected with places of interment by 

 classical and even popular association. That these trees should be all ever- 

 greens, as being from their unchangeable aspect more solemn than deciduous 

 trees; and that they should be of dark shades of green, as being more solemn 

 than light shades of that colour. That no flowers, flowering shrubs, or 

 deciduous trees, be planted in the cemetery by the Company, but only in 

 the reserve gardens, for sale to such persons as may wish to plant them over 

 graves. That, in order to combine security and a solemn effect with economy, 

 the surrounding fence be a hoUy hedge rather than a stone or brick v/all ; but 

 that, for immediate privacy and security, the whole be surrounded with a park 

 paling outside the holly hedge, to be retained there till the hedge has over- 

 toppetl the paling. That the graves should be so arranged that funerals may 

 be commodiously performed, or any grave visited, without treading on graves 

 already occupied. That no catacombs be constructed above the surface of 

 the ground, because the reporter considers every mode of burial, except in 

 the free soil, as unpleasant in idea; and as more or less dangerous to the 

 living from the effluvia which unavoidably proceeds from the coffins, even 

 when bricked up, as that operation is ordinarily performed ; and, finally, be- 

 cause this mode of burial is no security against the disturbance of the coffins 

 at some future time. 



Nevertheless, to meet the opinions and wishes ofthosewho still prefer burying 

 in vaults and underground catacombs, ample space should be provided for them, 

 and also for brick graves; while those who desire to plant flowers or flowering 

 shrubs on the graves of their friends should have full permission to do so ; or, 

 if the directors should desire to plant flowers and shrubs for the general or- 

 nament of the cemetery, some may be planted in beds in the situation where 

 graves are to be made, and of the shape of these graves (see,;%s. 21. to 28., in 

 p. 150. and p. 151.) ; on the principle that the taste of individuals, and even, to 

 a certain extent, of public bodies, ought to be free. 



The general Arrangement of the plan, as founded on these principles, is as 

 follows. 



The Buildings. — The design, estimate, and working plans of the curator's 

 lodge, the chapel, and the responsibility that the cost of execution shall not 

 exceed the estimate, are committed to E. B. Lamb, Esq., architect, whose 

 estimate amounts to 1000/., leaving 600/. for the arrangement of the grounds. 



The Grounds. — The pro[)osed general arrangement of the grounds is 

 shown in the plan No. 1. [fig- 81.], with the signature of the reporter, and is 

 as follows. 



The entire area of 3^ acres is shown enclosed by a holly hedge, planted on 

 the top of a broad bank of soil. The main entrance is proposed to be made 

 at the west end, opening into the Histon Road ; and a secondary entrance 

 will be required from the New Huntingdon Road, at the south-east corner, 

 partly for hearses, but chiefly for carting in and carting out materials. 



On each side of the main entrance, a piece of ground, g g, is reserved, 

 with a view to the following objects. As the curator of the cemetery cannot 

 be supposed to have full employment for two or three years after the cemetery 

 is opened, he may rent these two pieces of ground, and cultivate them as 

 gardens, which, if partly devoted to flowers for sale, might, it is thought, prove 

 an attraction to the cemetery ; while the cemetery in its turn would form a 

 motive to walk from town to the gardens, and ultimately lead to an attach- 

 ment to the cemetery as a place of interment. Or, should the cemetery not 

 be so generally adopted by the public as it is hoped it will be, these pieces of 

 ground, being valuable on account of their frontage, may be let off for build- 



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