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ing area, of one hundred and twenty feet. This 
affords excellent opportunities for effective land- 
scape work, facilities for a good drainage scheme 
and besides, offers fine views of the cemetery from 
every section. With the wealth of material at com- 
mand, the comparatively even seasons, and the 
semi-tropical climate, there should be no question 
as to the ultimate development of this cemetery on 
the highest plane of refined practice. 
The soil is a sandy loam, about iS inches deep, 
overlying a bed of hardpan. This assures dryness 
and immunity from caving. 
The sections are laid out as they may be re- 
quired, and up to date, sections, alphabetically de- 
nominated, from A to G are in use; the largest lots 
have an area of 4,000 feet. 
A section on the south adjoin- 
ing the Catholic cemetery is alotted 
to single graves, arranged in three 
tiers and here headstones only are 
permitted, limited to 18 inches 
high. This section is not included 
under the Perpetual Care clause, 
which operates throughout the 
cemetery with this exception. 
The lawn plan is strictly en- 
forced and some four acres in the 
front of the property is reserved 
for ornamental planting. The 
mounding of graves is restricted 
to a height of four inches, and only 
one monument is permitted to a 
lot, and this subject to approval, 
the design for which must be sub- 
mitted. 
CYPRESS LAWN CEME- 
TERY, SAN MATEO 
CO., CALIF. 
The cemetery question 
n San Francisco, has been 
a much discussed subject 
for some years past, and 
the conditions long ago 
suggested that sooner or 
later cemeteries must be 
established outside the 
city limits. In view of 
this and the facts that a 
new era of cemetery de- 
sign and management had 
come to pass, coupled 
with the unexceptionable 
advantages that the beau- 
tiful climate of California i.<* 
afforded, it was reasonable 
to expect that any new 
cemeteries to be planned 
would incorporate the best practice and most mod- 
ern ideas in their creation. 
The following, accompanied by the illustrations 
given, will show how Cypress Lawn Cemetery, de- 
signed as a burial place for such a city as San Fran- 
cisco, has met the requirements. 
Cypress Lawn Cemetery which was organized in 
1892, is situated in San Mateo Co., ten miles south 
of San Francisco and comprises some 7 3 acres of 
land. It lies on the county road between the Jew- 
ish and Catholic cemeteries, with which it forms a 
line of cemetery frontage of a mile and a quarter. 
The San Brumo mountains rise immediately at the 
rear, forming a pictureque background and giving 
an elevation from front to rear, over its gently roll- 
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