. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1893. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. 43° The Canadian OUR RURAL CEMETERIES. HERE is certainly much room for improvement in the laying out and planting of our rural cemeteries. The city of the dead is at best a mournful place, for it is so associated with the grief arising from the dear departed. But it is not good to give ourselves over to mourning, and the cemetery ought to be made bright and cheery by landscape art, so that its associations may be robbed of gloom, as far as the beauties of nature and art have charms to effect. The f
. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1893. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. 43° The Canadian OUR RURAL CEMETERIES. HERE is certainly much room for improvement in the laying out and planting of our rural cemeteries. The city of the dead is at best a mournful place, for it is so associated with the grief arising from the dear departed. But it is not good to give ourselves over to mourning, and the cemetery ought to be made bright and cheery by landscape art, so that its associations may be robbed of gloom, as far as the beauties of nature and art have charms to effect. The following extracts from Rules and Regulations of a Western Cemetery, will be interesting to many of our readers : The sub-division of lots by the lot owner is not allowed. The joint purchase of a lot is not recommended, but when it occurs, the board of trustees, on application in writing if deemed expedient, may allow a transfer duly executed by either owner to the others, but to no other persons. No transfer is valid until entered on the ce'metery records, and no transfer of a lot by sale or otherwise by a lot holder, without the consent of the board of trustees, will be recognized by the association. To prevent the excessive and unsightly crowding of tombstones, not more than one monument, grave stone or mark exceeding two feet in height above the surface of the ground, shall be permitted in an entire lot. Grave stones or marks must be placed at the head or foot of the grave, and must be placed upon foundations not less than four feet deep, and not less than twelve inches square, unless the stone be a single piece, in which case a depth of three feet below the ground will be sufficient. No grave stone or mark can be set in a socket. No fence, coping or enclosure of any kind will be permitted on burial lots. Boxes, shells, toys and similar articles scattered upon the graves and lawn, are inconsistent with proper keeping of the ground and will not be permitted. Every lot holder
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