CEMETERY IMPROVEMENT 
Form of Report 
Any written report of this kind should take a definite form, 
substantially as follows: 
1. Address: It should be addressed to some person, com- 
mittee, corporation or society responsible for the work. This is 
the party spoken of by the landscape gardener as his client. 
2. Statement of problem: The report should begin with a very 
brief statement of the problem, telling where the property is and 
adding any essential facts. 
3. Existing conditions: Next should follow a statement of ex- 
isting conditions, especially such as have a material bearing on the 
problem. 
4. Solution: Now follows the main statement of recommen- 
dations, with any argument which may be necessary to its support. 
5. Details: Next the various details should be taken up, es- 
pecially practical directions for carrying out the work. 
6. Estimates: The probable cost of carrying out the recom- 
mended improvements should be estimated as closely as possible. 
Cemetery Improvement 
Nearly all old cemeteries present the same defects. The fol- 
lowing points must usually be considered: 
1. Clean up: The place must be cleaned up and put in order, 
fences repaired, monuments straightened up, roads put in order, 
etc. 
2. Regrade: Very often the lawns need grading. 
3. Reseed: The lawns nearly always need reseeding, removal 
of weeds, or other attention to the grass. 
4. Plant Trees: Occasionally one finds a cemetery which is 
overplanted with trees. The more common case is a lack of trees, 
especially good ones. It may be doubted whether the common 
tendency toward a predominant growth of evergreens is altogether 
appropriate. Certainly the best landscape cemeteries in America 
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