PARK AND CEMETERY 
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A hammered and carved monument , suitable 
only for light colored granite. This style of 
finish shows carving to best effect. 
Sarcophagus monument. The two bases and 
cap are of light granite, hammered , a>id the die 
of dark granite polished. Red granite, is some- 
times used in such combinations. 
Square cap monument , sometimes called 
Cottage Monuments ” when small sizes are 
referred to. Frequently surmounted by a Gothic 
finial , urn or cross. Style most common for 
small marble monuments. 
Memorials and Planting' 
It should be immediately recognized that any sug- 
gestions in regard to memorials and shrubbery for the 
embellishment of small cemetery lots, would largely 
fail in their practical effect in any cemetery unless 
rules and regulations framed to that end were re- 
spected by the lot owners. And again, the whole plan 
of lawn cemetery arrangement, or, in fact, any scheme 
for the improvement and care of the smaller cemeteries, 
must have regard to the fundamental laws of unity and 
harmony, absolutely essential to attractive landscape 
effects. Or, to put it in another way, to venture into 
the field of cemetery improvement on such a scale as 
may be required in our smaller towns and rural dis- 
tricts, conditions must be created whereby some au- 
thority is permitted to control the work, in order to 
prevent the absurdities which the indiscriminate uned- 
ucated taste of a majority of the lot owners would 
bring about. This question of control is an essential 
consideration in the matter of making lawn plan cem- 
eteries of the smaller burial grounds. 
Take, for example, a section in any small cemetery, 
uncared for except in the usual rural fashion, and 
what a sight it is, as a rule ! Monuments and markers 
of all descriptions and sorts, cheap and tawdry manu- 
factured decorations scattered everywhere, and an- 
nuals, perennials and plants of all kinds distributed at 
random, a condition brought about by the license af- 
forded everv lot owner to do as he will with what he 
for Small Cemetery Cots. 
deems his own, a doctrine now declared false as to 
such license in the larger cemeteries. 
Look on the other picture, where an experienced 
man is given control, and he may be either an enthu- 
siastic citizen or a paid superintendent ; a section of 
small lots, but having a clean-cut lawn refreshing to 
the senses ; no division marks above the surface to de- 
fine the areas of the lots ; one small well-proportioned 
family memorial for each lot where appropriate, al- 
though a well-kept lot with inconspicuous well-de- 
signed markers and a beautiful patch of shrubbery 
would be still more desirable, and answers all pur- 
poses, and sufficient planting over the area of the sec- 
tion to make, in connection with the whole cemetery, 
a beautiful scene. Is this not a contrast to the old 
style of doing things in the small cemetery, and a con- 
summation devoutly to be wished? The single lot 
must not be treated as though it were a separate in- 
stitution, but it must be made to harmonize in char- 
acter and appearance with the whole section ; and as 
a finality with the whole cemetery, producing unity and 
harmony in the landscape effect. 
In any cemetery the lot owners must be constrained 
to obey such rules and regulations as will conduce to 
its improvement and welfare. The following sugges- 
tions on the care of lots are incorporated in all up-to- 
date practice : The grass is cut and all lots are kept 
ticlv and clean bv the cemetery officials. Grave mounds 
A double headstone , low and massive. One Rustic or rock- faced headstone. Grave mark, set flush with the sod ; does not interfere with 
base could be left off. Boulder type. the lawn-mower. Used where mounds are dispensed with. 
