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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
Sketch of various Foundations 
' A ' L L STONE WOBA IS To BE SET ON FOUNDATIONS AS BUILT Qy THE CEMETERY 
Depths given refer to the low point of grade. 
5tone work should be cot accordingly 
Plush Headstones Headstones with- Low 
Markers or Monument* out Bases or Sockets Markers 
Moving stone, etc., across neighboring lots and 
attaching guy ropes is forbidden except at such 
places as the Superintendent may direct. In setting 
work, employees must be careful not to injure ad- 
joining lots. They must not leave tools, clothing 
etc., upon lots, and all refuse material must be 
removed. The grounds must be left in good order. 
All work must be done during the working hours 
of the Cemetery and cease at the sound of the bell 
at the close of the day. 
The annua! report of Forest Hills just 
issued tells of some interesting improve- 
ment work accomplished. 
The replacing of the old wooden fence 
with the new iron one has continued, and 
sections running from Morton street to the 
stone lodge on Forest Hills avenue, in- 
cluding a handsome new entrance on Can- 
terbury street, have been completed during 
the year. The work on the grass on per- 
petual care lots has continued and a large 
area regraded. The straightening of head- 
stones and markers throughout the ceme- 
tery has been finished. Another section of 
the Field of Manoah has been regarded, 
and it is hoped to finish this work during 
the year. This has been a notable im- 
provement in that section of the cemetery. 
The trees in the cemetery are in excellent 
The unusually severe weather experi- 
enced in Southern California early in 
January, when an unparalleled record was 
made, created conditions that were any- 
thing but opportune for one from the East 
to see the parks and cemeteries for the 
first time. Jack Frost hit every unpro- 
tected flower, and there were many. The 
stately Poinsettias, almost as common in 
San Diego as sunflowers in Kansas, were 
cut down in all their beauty, and all soft- 
wooded shrubs, vines and plants suffered. 
The daily press has told of the great dam- 
age to the citrus industry, but this, it has 
later developed, was greatly overestimated. 
The absence of deciduous trees, com- 
mon throughout the East, is very notice- 
able, their places being filled, however, by 
the Eucalypts, Schinus molle (pepper tree), 
Acacias, Palms, Monterey cypress, Casua- 
rinas, Araucaria and others seldom seen 
outside of conservatories east of the Rock- 
ies. This is indeed a land of great possi- 
bilities for the landscape gardener. Its 
wealth of plant life is a veritable embar- 
rassment of riches, and the rapid develop- 
ment it makes under favorable conditions 
is likely to be a pitfall to the uninitiated. 
The soil, too, must be reckoned with, for 
what with adobe, hardpan, decomposed 
granite, sandy loam, etc., all within a 
comparatively small area, a combination 
presents itself that the Easterner knows 
little about and must learn before lie can 
make much progress. 
The city of San Diego owns 200 acres 
condition, and the gypsy and brown-tail 
moths under control. A new plan of the 
cemetery is being prepared, and will soon 
be ready for distribution. 
Ninety-three new lots were sold during 
the year, and fifteen old lots were placed 
under perpetual care. Thirteen lots were 
deeded to the trustees in trust. The in- 
of land which was set apart years ago for 
cemetery purposes. It overlooks San Diego 
Bay and the Pacific Ocean, with the San 
Miguel range of mountains for a back- 
ground. Here was an ideal setting for a 
cemetery, but few cities, while in the 
making, give much attention to landscape 
plans in improving their cemeteries, and 
the rule holds true here. Mt. Hope Cem- 
etery has been subdivided into five or more 
parts. The Masons, the Odd Fellows, the 
Grand Army of the Republic and the He- 
brews have been allotted ten acres each, 
under separate management, and the re- 
mainder of the ninety acres of improved 
land is controlled by the city. Monterey 
cypress predominates, some growing nat- 
urally into majestic trees, others clipped 
to resemble great cones, and still others 
forming border hedges. This handsome 
evergreen is only hardy in Southern Cali- 
fornia and the Gulf States. 
Adjoining Mt. Hope is Greeenwood, a 
modern lawn plan cemetery of 102 acres, 
established in 1S08 by a company with a 
capital stock of $200,000. Eighteen acres 
have been improved under the direction of 
J. B. Smith, who for twenty years was in 
charge of Mt. Hope. One of the im- 
proved sections, called Palm Terrace, is 
dot ted with young Cocos, all of them 
browned by the January freeze. Rose 
bushes planted by the lot owners and 
hedges of pink and white Cherokee and 
Cecil Bruner roses on the borders make a 
handsome sight during the flowering sea- 
crease in the Perpetual Care Fund amounts 
to $23,500.75, which would have been $13,- 
OCO larger if taxes had not been assessed 
by the city of Boston upon this fund. 
The Fund for the Permanent Care of the 
Cemetery, after all the lots are sold, is 
now $138,469.49, having been increased 
during the year $8,916.82. 
CEM ETERI ES 
son. Water from the famous Sweetwater 
darn, used on the grounds, costs 2 cents 
a thousand gallons. A private pumping 
plant is in prospect. 
Kentucky blue grass and clover are used 
on the lawns with good results, but eternal 
vigilance is necessary to keep ahead of the 
insistent Bermuda grass. The roots some- 
times go down six feet, making it difficult 
to entirely eradicate. 
As the work progresses Acacias, Euca- 
lypts and pepper trees will be used for ave- 
nues and border planting; 1,000 little pep- 
per trees are growing in the nursery for 
that purpose. Tree planting is not ap- 
proved of in the sections because of the 
difficulty of keeping the lawns in good 
condition. Grave mounds are prohibited 
and markers are, as a rule, set flush with 
the turf, so that they do not interfere with 
the lawn mowers. The erection of mau- 
soleums is discouraged ; there are but three 
in the cemetery. A funeral tent, 16x22 
feet, with chairs, decorated grave and 
lowering device are furnished for $10, 
which includes cost of opening grave. The 
grave decorations consist of pepper Ixmghs 
tacked on muslin. 
An office building and superintendent’s 
residence combined, built in the mission 
style at a cost of $5,000, is opposite the 
main entrance, at the terminus of the elec- 
tric car line. Superintendent Smith is 
ably assisted by his son, Frank, in the 
care of the office and grounds. 
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 
(Special Correspondence.) 
