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Fic. 27. Prosecr ror Two Cemetery Lots 
The ground should be smooth and level. Mounding, bank- 
ing or terracing is inadmissible, unless very exceptional conditions 
have to be met. 
The ground should be in grass, and the grass should be kept 
mowed. There are, of course, exceptions to this rule also, but they 
are genuine exceptions. 
The monuments, head-stones and foot-stones should be as few 
as possible; and each one should be as small, simple and incon- 
spicuous as it can be made. 
All these furnishings should be kept in repair; they should 
always stand plumb. 
Other furnishings, such as iron fences, iron garden seats, etc., 
should be omitted. 
Deciduous trees, with their quiet shadows upon the mown 
lawns, make the ideal plantings for cemeteries. While it is imprac- 
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