LESSON 16 
CEMETERY LoT 
ERE we have presented the problem of the aver- 
age cemetery lot. This problem recurs with 
great frequency, but the solutions commonly 
offered are worked out by everybody except a 
competent landscape gardener. The student is 
now asked to consider what the conditions re- 
quire in the way of clean and orderly treatment. 
Discussion 
The general conditions in this problem are very well under- 
stood, being the same all over North America. Lots are small and 
are surrounded by other lots all suffering from highly individual- 
istic treatment. Each lot owner does his best, though that best 
often indicates lack of both imagination and taste. In a few radical 
cemeteries something has been accomplished by taking the man- 
agement of lots out of individual hands and referring the whole 
landscape treatment, including monuments, to some central com- 
mittee, sometimes placing the matter in the hands of a trained 
superintendent or landscape gardener. 
In general the cemetery lot calls for extreme simplicity, even 
severity, of treatment. Any fanciful “ornamental” features would 
be highly incongruous. The necessity for such restraint, though 
inherent in the individual problem, is much emphasized by the fact 
that each lot is surrounded by others in which the competition for 
display and bad taste easily rises to a height which can never be 
outdone. 
Specifically the requirements of the small cemetery lot may be 
stated as follows: 
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