THE MODERN CEMETERY. 
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flowers in the cemetery. They are, of course, 
beautiful objects, and it is natural to have flowers. 
We have shrubs, beginning early in the spring, and 
we have flowers, lilacs and spireas, and later still 
the elderberries, and later still hydrangias and 
witchhazel, some have flowers, but we plant trees 
and shrubs. Then we ought to have herbaceous 
plants as well; they deserve a place as well as the 
shrubs, and there are many ways in which flowers 
can be used that could be effective. If we go out 
into the woods in the early spring one of the great- 
est pleasures we have is finding the first spring 
flowers; the first violets, etc. If we would just 
bring those plants and similar plants into the ceme- 
' tery, and put them under the roots of shrubs or 
under the trees, we would have that same pleasure 
in the cemetery, and we would have no further ex- 
pense or trouble, and we would cover the ground 
that is bare just at the beginning of the year, with 
something that would be attractive. 
Again, for a border of shrubs there is nothing 
more natural than to have the hardy flowers. Go out 
into the border of a piece of woods, where you have 
shrubs coming down and forming the edge of an 
open space, you will find asters or golden rod and 
many other of our wild flowers, and I think they 
should be brought in and used in the cemetery in 
the same manner. 
One of the objections to green house plants is 
that they are somewhat expensive, and they require 
a force of men for their work. The fewer men you 
can have in the cemetery the better, not only on 
account of the reduction in expenses, but more on 
account of the quiet effect. If you could have a 
cemetery without any workmen in it at all you 
would reach the ideal in that direction. Of course 
there is another objection to green house plants, 
coming from the fact that they cannot be planted 
in this northern climate until nearly June, and then 
the first frost kills them, so that instead of having a 
beautiful object we have an ugly spot two-thirds of 
the year. 
President Salway: I too, am a dear lover of 
flowers but our tastes have been cultivated in that 
direction, perhaps. We will find rich gorgeous 
colors everywhere. People have their attention at- 
tracted by a striking bed of scarlet geraniums, or 
some other rich gaudy flower, but why not cultivate 
a taste for the different colored foliage that lasts, 
say, for instance, the spruce or the cone-bearing 
family that are permanent in their color. They vary 
a little, but look at the variety of color and form of 
habit there is, it is admirable. These are perma- 
nent and they are certainly ornamental in every re- 
spect. The hardy herbaceous plants mentioneb dy 
Mr. Simonds, and the advantage of these I can tes- 
tify to. They certainly are desirable. They practi- 
cally take care of themselves as far as the weather is 
concerned. They need some care of course; every- 
thing needs care. We do not have anything that is 
worth having but what needs some kind of care and 
protection, but these plants do not need much pro- 
tection, and there is a great variety that do not need 
any protection from the weather. 
Mr. Craig: My views coincide with Mr. Law- 
son’s completely, although I am not able to carry 
them out in my cemetery. I think most decidedly 
that our modern or lawn cemetery would be better 
without so many flowers and with a good collection 
of trees and shrubbery judiciously planted it would 
be better than we could ever make it with the flower 
beds. Still I find, like a good many others, that I 
have to affiliate with lot-owners in some respects. 
Mr. Stone: I admire grass and I admire 
flowers, and the latter have always been cultivated 
quite extensively in the cemetery that I represent. 
I do not believe in placing them on graves but I do 
believe in having some for beds on lots when the 
lots are large enough. I do not believe in planting 
on graves or small lots. In large spaces growing 
plants look very beautiful if it is not overdone. 
Cemetery Rates in the City of flexico. 
The following is a schedule of prices recently 
adopted by the council of the City of Mexico for in- 
terments at the Dolores Cemetery: 
1st. The bodies shall remain undisturbed 7 
years and not 10 as hitherto., 
2nd. The prices for interments shall be the fol- 
lowing: For adults for the term of 7 years: ist 
class, $60; 2nd class, $35; 3rd class, $15; 4th class, 
$8; 5th class, $3; 6th class, free. 
For children, or remains, during a similar 
period: ist class, $30; 2nd class, $20; 3rd class, 
$10; 4th class, $4; 5th class, $2; 6th class, gratis. 
In perpetuity, for adults: ist class, $200; 2nd 
class, $120; 3rd class, $75; 4th class, $45; 5th 
class, $20. 
In perpetuity, for children or remains: ist class, 
$120; 2nd class, $70; 3rd class, $50; 4th class, 
$30; 5th class, $15. 
The Philadelphia philanthropist, Geo.W. Childs, 
has erected a monument in Greenwood Cemetery, 
New York city, to the memory of Richard A. Proc- 
tor, the astronomer, who died in New York of 
yellow fever. Sept. 12, 1888. Since his death Pro- 
fessor Proctor’s body has lain in an unmarked grave 
in the neglected portion of the cemetery, but the re- 
mains are to be removed this month. The monu- 
ment is of Quincy granite and is surrounded by a 
brass railing resting on posts of rustic work. At the 
apex of the stone is a raised star, and on its reverse 
side is an inscription written by Herbert Spencer. 
