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By HOWARD EVARTS WEED, M. S., Landscape Architect 
A New Text Took on Modern Cemetery Planning and Management 
The author discusses every phase of cemetery affairs in which he has 
been assisted by Mr. Wm. Salway, Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, O., 
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Contents — Cemetery History and Burial Customs in America; The 
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Mausoleums, Monuments and Headstones; Rules and Regulations; Per- 
petual Care Fund; Cemetery Records; The Cemetery Buildings; Charges 
for Lots and General Services; The Improvement of Old Cemeteries 
Cremation; Cemetery Law; Cemetery Literature and the A. A. C. S. 
Illustrations — Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio; A Too Com- 
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A Water Effect is Always Pleasing; A Mausoleum Poorly Designed; A 
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Proper Setting; Natural Boulder Monuments; Chapel and Waiting Room; 
Evolution of New England Cemetery; Park Scene, Galt, Ontario; Arrange- 
ment of Sections; A Modern Cemetery; Artificial Lakes; Correct and In- 
correct Grading; Views in Graceland, Chicago. 
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