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VoL. III. CHICAGO, MARCH, 1893. No. i 
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THE single grave SECTION 2 
*HARDY HERBACIOUS PLANTS FOR THE CEMETERY . . . . 3-4 
BURIAL REFORM 4 
RULES AND REGULATIONS 5 
SOME SUGGESTIONS REGARDING STONE WORK 5 
*AN ITALIAN CAMPO SANTO 6-7 
♦RIVERSIDE CEMETERY, DEFIANCE, 0 8 
HOW A SUPERINTENDENT CAN ADVANCE THE WELFARE 
OF HIS CEMETERY 9 
♦NEW OFFICE AND RESIDENCE BUILDING, FAIRMOUNT 
CEMETERY, NEWARK, N. J 10 
CEMETERY NOTES lo-ii 
LANDSCAPE GARDENING 11 
PUBLISHER’S DEPARTMENT I2 
♦Illustrated. 
HE Modern Cemetery enters its third volume 
with this issue, and we may be pardoned for a 
few personal remarks. AVhen starting the Modern 
Cemetery two years ago the publisher fully realized 
what had been the fate of many publications in the 
doubtful sea of journalism and also recognized the field 
in which he was to labor as a comparatively limited 
and exceedingly difficult one in which to make a very 
pronounced success. He had however, been identified 
with the Association of American Cemetery Superin- 
tendents, since its inception, and having been for many 
years engaged in a business that brought him into con- 
tact with cemetery interests, was impressed with the fact 
that there was need of more general knowledge on mat- 
ters pertaining to cemetery management. Especially 
was this need apparent in the rural districts, where 
owing to the want of cemetery literature the burial 
places were being sadly neglected, and it was in the 
hopes of being instrumental in shedding at least a faint 
light in these gloomy places that the Modern Ceme- 
tery was established. While the publication has fallen 
short of what it is our desire to make it, yet it is grati- 
fying at this time to say that it has been well received, 
and in the words of many of its subscribers is “doing a 
good work.” For the many valuable contributions 
which have assisted so largely in making the Modern 
Cemetery what it is the publisher is grateful, and to 
all who have assisted in the work he returns his sincere 
thanks. 
This issue of the Modern Cemetery is mailed to a 
large number of non-subscribers and from such of our 
readers we solicit one or more subscriptions. The in- 
dex for volume two that accompanies this issue will ac- 
quaint you with what has already appeared in these 
columns, and is indicative of what may be expected in 
the future. The object of the Modern CexMEtery is to 
disseminate among those identified with cemetery work 
information of an instructive nature. It aims to inter- 
est lot owners by familiarizing them with the most ap- 
proved plans for lot embellishment, and by acquainting 
them with all that is most desirable in the maintenance 
of a cemetery, be it large or small. 'Fo this end the 
practice, which already obtains in many cemeteries, of 
subscribing to extra copies of the Modern Cemetery 
for distribution among trustees, and lot owners will be 
found desirable. On another page will be found sub- 
scription rates for one or more copies. A number of 
testimonials could be shown as to the efficacy of this 
plan. 
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It is peculiarly within the province of such a publi- 
cation as the Modern Ce.metery to yield what influ- 
ence it can in the consummation of such reforms as give 
promise of correcting what may be designated as ex- 
isting evils in prevailing mortuary customs. That there 
are many such goes without saying, therefore burial re- 
form in its various phases will as heretofore be advo- 
cated. Cremation, which very naturally comes under 
this head has our unqualified endorsement for reasons 
aesthetical as well as sanitary. With the progress this 
custom is now making, and the appropriateness of lo- 
cating crematoriums within cemetery grounds the time 
cannot be very far distant when they will have become 
a necessary adjunct to every modern cemetery. 
A New York stock broker who is making a specialty 
of cemetery stocks, has the following advertisement in 
one of the leading magazines: 
“Very few people are aware of the fact that the 
shares of cemeteries in large cities are not only abso- 
lutely safe, but pay enormous returns on the investment. 
They are so profitable that they are rarely offered for 
sale. Send for my circular, ‘Cemetery Stocks as an In- 
vestment,’ and you will understand why they yield such 
incredible profits to stockholders,” 
The statutes of several States prohibit conducting 
cemeteries for private gain and it will not be surprising 
if the publishing of such an advertisement does not lead 
to a desire on the part of the public for a more general 
adoption of such laws. 
