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other services by the sexton. Lot inclosnres are prohibited, 
and monument foundations must extend at least three feet 
below the surface of the ground. Since the new laws went 
into effect a uniform grade has been maintained and no im- 
provements are allowed on lots without the consent of the sex- 
ton. Grave mounds are made nearly level at the time of 
interment, and the cemetery is conducted on the lawn plan, 
three lawn mowers being kept busy during the summer. The 
driveways are graveled and a flagstone walk leads from the 
entrance to the receiving vault. R. E. Gifford, who has been 
superintendent for nine years, writes that the people take a 
deep interest in the cemetery and every year inake valuable 
additions to its permanent beauty. 
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A recent issue of the Muncy, Pa., Luminary, gives an inter- 
esting historical account of the Muncy Cemetery, which was 
established 49 years ago, and now has a toal of 2,250 inter- 
ments, an annual average of about 48, the population of the 
town being 1,934. The original purchase of land was eight 
acres and the cemetery now contains about three times that 
territory, with about 700 lot holders. 
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Lakewood Cemetery Association, Lake City, Minn., issues 
an annual publication, somewhat different from the average 
book of the cemetery. It is in the nature of a newspaper for 
circulation among lot owners and citizens, and contains 8 
pages, X 8 inches in size. Among the interesting features 
of the present issue is an account of the Flower Day Memorial 
Service of last year, the story of which was given in these 
columns. This service will be held this year on June 18, and 
has come to be a ceremony of great interest to the people of 
the city. A list of the lot holders whose lots are under per- 
petual care is given, showing a gain of 29 names during the 
year. The annual report shows receipts of $1,627.27, and ex- 
penditures of $1,333.29. Two illustrations from Park and 
Cemetery, one of them showing the improvements in Brook- 
side Cemetery, and several extracts and notes from these 
pages are also given. The association urges upon its lot 
holders the adoption of perpetual care, and sends notices each 
year to them, stating the amounts necessary to secure for their 
lots perpetual, annual, and “water care.” The latter is an an- 
nual charge for watering, caring for vases and urns, not em- 
braced in perpetual care, which includes only raking off the 
lots in spring, cutting grass and weeds, and keeping the turf 
generally in a neat and tidy condition. 
CEMETERY RULES FOR PLANTING. 
The following rules and suggestions relating to gardening 
work are in force in Mount Greenwood Cemetery, Chicago : 
The Association is prepared to water the grass on lots 
when ordered. The charges for watering plants include 
reasonable care in weeding, trimming, etc. Watering begins 
May 20th and ends with the first frost in the fall, and will 
be done as often as the Superintendent may consider neces- 
sary for the proper growth of the plants. 
Tender plants are not safe from frost before June ist and 
the Association will not be responsible for damage to those 
planted earlier. 
Hardy plants, as pansies, daisies, forget-me-nots, etc., can 
be planted a month or more earlier, but will not grow during 
the hot summer months, except in shady places. 
The best of care will not make plants grow well in worn 
out soil or if improperly planted; therefore, while the best 
possible care is given in all cases, plants upon graves which 
have not been reboxed before planting, or in beds which 
have not been remade, or plants which have been planted 
by anyone except the gardeners, will not be replaced if they 
fail to grow. 
No one except an employe of the Association, by order of 
the Superintendent, will be allowed to disturb the sod on any 
lot or grave. After a flower bed is prepared or a grave is 
boxed, the owners may, if they choose, set out their own 
flowers therein, subject to the Cemetery rules. 
If, however, any person sets out plants on a lot or grave 
in an unsightly manner, or fails to properly care for them, 
the Superintendent will remove them and sod the grave level. 
Lot and grave owners wishing planting, watering, etc., 
done each year, may leave a standing order at the office. The 
work will then be attended to each season until counter- 
manded, without further notice. Bills will be sent (and pay- 
able) at the beginning of the season. 
All planting orders are filled in rotation, as nearly as pos- 
sible, according to the date received. Every effort will be 
made to have work done at the time specified by persons 
ordering it, but unfavorable weather may delay or entirely 
prevent work of this kind, and the Association distinctly dis- 
claims all responsibility for such delay. 
Each year the Association receives a large number of orders 
.shortly before Memorial Day (May 30th), to be executed be- 
fore that date. It is impossible to execute all of these orders, 
as many of the lot owners fail to send them in until the last 
few days. 
No foundations will be put in or markers set between May 
20th and May 31st; no lots will be sodded between those 
dates and, if necessary or expedient, the execution of any 
or all orders for boxing or sodding graves, planting flowers 
or other work, received after May 24th will be delayed until 
early in June. 
Wooden chairs or settees are not allowed in the Ceme- 
tery. 
The Association strongly advises lot owners not to place 
any chair or settee upon the lot, as it attracts strangers to 
the lot and the constant use of the settee by them destroys 
the grass and is objectionable in other ways. 
Vases, unless very large (three feet or over in diameter), 
are not satisfactory, as they do not hold soil enough to carry 
the plants through the summer in good condition. 
Unplanted vases, beds and boxed graves are unsightly. 
Vases not planted by June 5th of any year must be removed 
from the Cemetery. Boxed graves and flower beds not 
planted by June 5th of any year will be sodded level. 
Receptacles for cut flowers must be sunk level with the 
ground, thus insuring the safety of such articles and facili- 
tating the cutting of the grass from the graves. 
No flowers shall be taken up or removed from the Ceme- 
tery without a permit from the Superintendent. The observ- 
ance of this rule renders it easier to detect and punish thefts 
of plants. 
Vase plants, Alternanthera, Echeveria and English Ivy, are 
not sold, but rented, and the gardener will take possession 
of them at the close of the season. 
No outside gardener will be allowed to do any work within 
the Cemetery, and delivery wagons will not be allowed to 
enter the gates. 
Graves and flower beds will be cleared of tender plants 
after the first frost in the fall. Lot owners desiring to take 
up any plants must do so before this time and must identify 
themselves in satisfactory manner before permission will be 
granted. 
Employes are forbidden to loan buckets, watering cans or 
tools, or to sell or give away soil, fertilizer’ or sod. 
