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THE MODERN CEMETERY. 
ROSES AND VINES. 
Among the Roses suitable for cemetery use 
Madame Plantier takes first place. It is perfectly 
hardy in most localities. It makes a very free 
growth, sending up scores of slender branches, 
which in June are laden with great clusters of rather 
small but perfect flowers of a pure white. The old 
Provence Rose should have a place in all grounds, 
because of its great beauty and wonderful sweetness. 
So should the Scotch and Austrian Roses, because 
of their profusion of bloom. The climbing Roses and 
the hybrid perpetuals I cannot recommend for gen- 
eral use, because they will seldom do well without 
good care and protection, which they cannot be sure 
of receiving. 
Vines are not used as much in cemeteries as 
they ought to be. If there are trees large enough to 
support them, plant Virginia Creepers or Bitter- 
sweets. These can be found growing in most old 
pastures and along the banks of streams. Another 
most charming vine to clamber over trees or old 
stumps or rock work is our native Clematis. Its 
feathery white flowers are exceedingly beautiful, 
and I have often wondered why the superintendents 
of cemeteries do not make more frequent use of this 
plant. 
CHOOSING NATIVE SHRUBS. 
We have many native shrubs which are suitable 
for use in cemetery work. The Sumach makes a 
most brilliant display of color in fall. Some of the 
Alders are remarkably appropriate, for their spikes 
of rich scarlet fruit remain on through the winter, 
and if we plant them in positions where they can 
have a background of evergreens against which to 
display their brilliance nothing can be more effec- 
tive. 
Such native plants as the Goldenrod and Aster 
should not be overlooked. They seem particularly 
appropriate in the decoration of a country cemetery, 
if planted in such a manner that they retain their 
own wild grace, and given positions similar to those 
they select when left to choose for themselves. The 
wild rose is beautiful anywhere, and when we see 
it growing in the home of the dead it seems to take 
on a fresh beauty and a charm unnoticed before. 
And bulbs, such as the Tulip, Hyacinth, Crocus, 
Lily and Snowdrop, may be made very effective in 
cemetery work, because they are entirely hardy. — 
Ebm E. Rexford in Ladies Home Journal. 
An epitaph in Mt. Zion churchyard, near Wash- 
ington, D. C. , reads: 
Little Samuel 
Died Jan. 21, 1887, 
I year, 2 m, 4 da, 3 hours 
and 20 minutes old. 
CEMETERY NOTES. 
Rocky hill sides and ravines that at one time 
formed what was considered worthless portions of 
the Wyltwick Rural cemetery at Kingston, N. Y. , 
have been converted into most desirable sections. 
This was accomplished by the removal of a large 
quantity of stone and the use of hundreds of tons of 
earth for filling in. The cemetery is provided with 
water from a living spring, and is available at five 
different points. Mr, James Hargreaves, superin- 
tendent, informs us that the use of brick graves 
covered with blue stone flags is becoming quite 
general. 
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The Forest Hill cemetery association of New- 
ark, N. J., has been re-organized into a cremation 
society. It is their intention to build a crematorium 
to cost about $12,000. 
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The Highland Cemetery Co., of Covington, 
Ky. , recently completed a building equipped with 
all modern conveniences for the use of their visitors. 
As a place of shelter in inclement weather, it will 
be greatly appreciated by lot owners. 
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One of the features of a new cemetery company 
recently started at Norristown, Pa., is a provision 
whereby every stockholder who purchases a lot or 
lots can utilize fifty per cent of the amount of his 
stock in payment therefor, having the amount cred- 
ited to him as advance dividends on his stock. 
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A Philadelphia paper says, “An undertaker who 
is known as a “hustler” has devised a scheme for se- 
curing patronage which is not looked upon with 
favor by his colleagues. He was recently presented 
with a building lot in the suburbs, but instead of 
using it to erect a house on, he has cut it up into 
small sections and now anyone who calls upon the 
undertaker to inter a relative, unless he has a lot of 
his own, is presented with a piece of ground in 
which the remains may be laid.” 
We are indebted to Mr. J. C. Cline, superinten- 
dent of Woodland Cemetery, Dayton, O. , for a 
photograph of the Archer Mausoleum illustrated in 
this issue and recently completed at Woodland. 
The mausoleum is 20x14 feet, substantially con- 
structed of massive blocks of Barre granite and has 
a handsomely finished interior with a capacity for 
sixteen adults. Staniland, Merkle and Staniland of 
Dayton, O. , were the designers and builders. 
