PARK AND CEMETERY. 
coping or fencing was regarded as essential to the 
furnishing of a cemetery lot as the family monu- 
ment itself, and the introduction of a law against 
such inclosures was regarded as arbitrary if not posi- 
tively unjust. Its force however, has long since 
been demonstrated by results equally gratifying to 
lot owners and cemetery officials. 
The objections to coping are plainly apparent 
when we see how the frost throws it out of line, 
separates the stones, and renders repairs constantly' 
necessary to keep it sightly, which repairs are sel- 
dom carried out. Further, the cost of mowing is 
much increased, to say nothing of the difficulty of 
doing such work properly; and more than that, cop- 
ing has proved itself of no practical value in ceme- 
tery work. All new lawn plan cemeteries positively 
prohibit lot enclosures of any kind, prescribe that 
corner posts shall be set level with the sward, and 
allow only a head marker to each grave, limited to 
one foot in height in some instances and to nearly 
the level of the ground in others. 
Such rules are in harmony with the beautiful 
lawn plan idea which carried out to its proper limit 
will in connection with perpetual care make the 
cemeteries of to-day worthy of the care of future 
generations rather than a reproach that must be 
remedied in the interests of the community by their 
extinction. 
An appreciation of the tendency of the times 
should lead all cemetery officials, where the rules 
do not prohibit coping and tall stones, to adopt the 
lawn plan in all new sections. To encourage the 
removal of all useless and unsightly enclosures, 
many cemeteries undertake the expense of removing 
them from the lots without cost to the owners, for 
the purpose of securing an improvement of their 
grounds, and the annual reports of many of the 
Eastern cemeteries make mention of the number of 
enclosures annually taken out. 
For many years custom demanded both head 
and foot stones, and of variable heights according 
to individual taste, now a head stone is only per- 
mitted, in most cases not over one foot above the 
ground. The same with corner posts, which not long 
ago were several feet in height, are now set level with 
the ground, inconspicuous, neither interfering with 
the work of the lawn mower, nor marring the land- 
scape. Steps at entrances of lots are now generally 
prohibited or are restricted by rigid rules. The 
work of remodelling our cemeteries is going rapidly 
forward, and when removals are made the tall 2 in. 
slab headstones, when reset find themselves either 
cut down in halves, or buried to a sufficient depth 
in the ground. 
Let the good work go on until our grave 
yards become veritable burial parks, worthy of 
the perpetual care so righteously advocated. 
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'lhe following extracts from the rules regulating 
the stone work in a large eastern cemetery are sug- 
gestive: 
All monuments, headstones and other devices, 
to designate the names and burial places of the dead, 
must be approved by the Cemetery Management 
before a permit will be issued for their erection in 
the cemetery. 
No monument shall be placed on a lot contain- 
ing less than 162 square feet. 
To prevent the excessive and unsightly crowding 
of tombstones, not more than one monument, grave- 
stone, or mark that exceeds five inches in height 
above the surface of the ground, shall be permitted 
in any entire lot or plot. This rule applies also for 
the two and the three-grave sections. 
But one mark shall be placed at any grave. 
No gravestone or mark can be set in a socket or 
with a dowel, it must be of one solid stone. Gran- 
ite is recommended as the best and most durable 
material for grave marks and monuments. 
Double head or footstones embracing two or 
more graves will not be permitted. 
No advertisements in any form will be allowed 
on any stone work in the cemetery. 
Before contracting for improvements on your 
lot, consult the Cemetery Management as to the 
feasibility of the intended improvement on the 
same. 
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Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky., now lim- 
its the height of markers in the new ground to not 
exceeding ten inches. 
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Much attention has been given to the subject of 
forms of bequest of funds for the future care of lots, 
and the following is that adopted by the Kensico 
Cemetery, New York City: 
I give and bequeath to The Kensico Cemetery the sum 
of dollars (or other properly, real or personal— des- 
cribing it,) upon trust, however, to apply the income arising 
therefrom, under the direction of the Directors, ta the repair, 
preservation or renewal of any tomb, monument or other struct- 
ure, and the planting and cultivating of trees, shrubs, flowers 
and plants in or around lot number in Section in the 
cemetery grounds of the said Corporation; and to apply the sur- 
plus thereof, if any, to the improvement and embellishment of 
the said grounds. 
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Suggestions to Lot Owners. 
Always remember to touch nothing on the ceme- 
tery that does not belong to you. 
If your Cemetery Association does not provide 
for the perpetual care of your lot it is your duty to 
do so. 
Better to have no monument on a lot than to 
