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CHURCH GARDENS AND CEMETERIES. 



of business who can live out of town^ or men of pleasure 

 who can leave it at will. 



As to the order kept in these squares, nothing can be 

 more perfect. Being as a rule small and compact, the eye 

 of the guardian is a thorough protection, if protection were 

 required j but the people seem to require no looking after. 

 Of course there are many who will say that these open 

 and sweetly embellished squares would not be possible in 

 London — which is precisely what the Parisians used to say 

 before squares were tried there. At the hours fixed the 

 guardians of the squares are " instructed to politely invite the 

 promenaders to retire, and the public ought immediately to 

 conform to this invitation.^^ The gates of the squares, 

 gardens, &c., enclosed by railings, are opened to the public 

 from the 1st May to 1st October from six in the morning 

 to ten in the evening, and from seven in the morning to 

 eight in the evening at ail other seasons. It is, however, 

 added, that in case of great heat, of snow, or of bad weather, 

 or when the wants of the department may require it, the 

 hours above indicated may be altered. 



Church Gardens and Cemeteries. 



There is no place in which a fresh little garden can 

 be made in better taste than round a city church; and 

 in Paris, where the difficulty would be to find an open 

 spot that is not planted, it is not likely that the spaces 

 around churches are neglected. 



There are several instances of very pretty little gardens 

 being associated with churches in Paris, and they are so 

 successful that doubtless the system will be extended. The 

 best known is that in front of the new parish church of the 

 Trinite, a large and attractive building. An oval space^ 

 three times as wide as the church, is enclosed in front of it. 

 The gradually ascending carriage-way is cut off from the 

 garden by a white stone balustrade, as shown in the plate. 

 Prom the garden to the church ascent is gained by two 

 flights of steps, and between these steps three curvilinear 

 cascades fall from three groups of statues, the waters unit- 



