LP Regulations for the Library OF THE Pa^i^iactecttisi partiaUtuval ADOPTED 1861. ARTICLE I. , All Books, Manuscripts, Drawings, Eiigraving:8, Paintings, Models, Fur- niture, and other articies appertaining to the Library, shall be confined j to the special care of the Committee on the Library. ARTICLE 11. I When any books or publications are added to the Library, a list thereof I shall be posted up in the Library Room, and all such additions shail be I withheld from circulation for the teiiu of one month. I ARTICLE III. The following Books of Record shali be kept:— j No. 1. A Cataiogue of the Books. I No. 2. A Catalogue of the Manuscripts, Drawings, Engravings, Paint- ings, Modeis, and ali other articles. No. 3. A list of ail Donations, Bequests, Books, or other articies pre- sented to the Society, with the date thereof, and the name and residence of the donor. ARTICLE IV. I Rare and costly books shall not be taken from the Library Room. A list of such works as are to be withheld from circulation shail be made j out from time to time by the Library Committee, and placed in the hands of the Librarian. ARTICLE V. j No more than two volumes shall be taken out by any member at one ! time, or retained longer than three weeks; and for each volume retained beyond that time a fine of ten cents per week shall be paid by the person j so retaining it. And a fraction of a week shall be reckoned as a whole week in computing fines. [ ARTICLE VI. Every Book shall be returned in good order (regard being had to the necessary wear thereof with proper usage), and if any Book shall be lost or injured, the person to whom it stands charged shall, at the election of the Committee on the Library, replace it by a new volume or set, or pay for it at its value to the Society. I ARTICLE VII. j All Books shall be returned to the Library for examination on or before the first Saturday in July, annually, and remain until after the third Sat- urday of said month, and every person neglecting to return any Book or I Books charged to him as herein required, shall pay a fine of twenty cents per week, for every volume so retained. And if at the re-opening of the j Library, any Book shall still be unreturued, the person by whom it is I retained shall pay for the said Book or set. as provided in Article VI, together with any fines which may have accumulated thereon ; and a notice to this effect shall be forthwith mailed to him by the Librarian. ARTICLE VIII. No member shall loan a book to any other person, under the penalty of a fine of $1.00. ARTICLE IX. When a written request shall be left at the Library for a particular Book then out, it shall be retained for the person requiring it, for one week after it shall have been returned. ARTICLE X. Every book shall be numbered in the order in which it is arranged in the Books of Record, and also have a copy of the foregoing regulations affixed to it. ■( I. 1 ?y. Digitized by the Internet Archive • in 2017 with funding from IMLS LG-70-15-0138-15 https://archive.org/details/moderncemetery3418unse The Modern Cemetery Volume III March, 1893 — February, 1894 R. J. Haight, Publisher Chicago CHICAGO BOTANIC GARDEN! 2002 DEACIDIFIED I isr rD e: X . A. * An Italian Campo Santo 6 Ancient Cemetery at the World’s Fair, An 6i Abandonment of Cemeteries 62 Allowances for Tombstones 67 Architectural Foliage 81 At the Sign of the Skull 90 Approaching Millenium, The loi Annual Report— Greenwood Ceme- tery, Brooklyn, N. Y 22 — Forest Hills, Boston, Mass 22 — Spring Grove, Cincinnati 70 — Mount Auburn, Boston 140 — Swan Point, Providence, R. I.. 140 B. Burial Reform 4, 20 Burial Expenses 37 *Belmont Memorial, The, Newport, R. 1 40 Burial by Contract 130 Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo 136 c. Cemetery Stocks i Cemetery Notes.. 10, 21, 34, 46, 54, 68, 83, 93, 104, 1 16, 128, Congressional Cemetery at Washing- ton, D. C 18 Cemetery Reports 22 Cemetery Gardening 25 Conveying Lots 32 Condemnation of Lands for Cemetery Purpose 37 *Chapel in Grove Hill Cemetery, Shel- byville, Ky 43 Correspondence. .47, 58, 95, 107, 1 18, L^o, 143 Cemeteries of Paris, The 53 Cemetery Lots on Easy Payments. ... 55 Cemetery Superintendents’ Assn 58 *Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis. . 64 Care in Selecting Memorials 65 Coming Cemetery, The 67 Chapel and Conservatory, Oakland Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn 79 Convention Echos 79 Classic Epitaph, A 81 Cemeteries of Chicago 82 Cemetery Rates in City of Mexico. . . 89 Cremation 23, 71, 93, 118, 135 Chinese Monument, A 93 Cemetery of the Huns, A loi Constitutionality of Condemnation for Cemetery Purposes 124 Cemetery Planting 133 Cemetery Walks 138 D. Destroying Moles 20 Disposal of Cholera Dead, The 21 Dedication of Street by Cemetery Association 49 Derivation of “Hearses” 55 Death Rates of Great Cities 122 Extracts from Rules and Regulations of Edgewood Cem’t’y, Nashua, N.H. 29 Extract from Annual Report, Lowell Cemetery, Lowell, Mass 45 *Ex- President Harrison’s Monument, Indianapolis 65 Epitaphs 69, 142 ^Entrance to Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn 75 *Entrance to Oakland Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn 77 *Edgewood Cemetery, Nashua, N.H. 80 ♦Evergreen Cemetery 115 English Funeral Flowers 1 17 F. Funeral Reform 50 *P'all Effects at Graceland 100 Foreign Funeral Customs 143 G. Greenhouse in the Cemetery, The. . 15 Greenwood Cem’tery, Brooklyn, N.Y . 16 God’s Acre 33 Grave Digger, The 113 Gardener’s Burial, The 114 H. ♦Hardy Herbaceous Plants 3 How a Superintendent can Advance the Welfare of his Cemetery 9 ♦Hints on Rock Gardens 35 Hardy Shrubs and their Protection against Drought 98 ♦Harleigh Cemetery, Camden, N . J . . 122 I. Is Flower Planting Desirable in the Modern Cemetery? 88 In a Cemetery 93 K. ♦Kensico Cemetery, The 90 L. Landscape Gardening ii, 44 Location of Monuments Authorized by Statute 55 Leaning Tower of Pisa 70 Leaves, What to do with them 108 Lincoln’s Address at Gettysburg 135 M. Modern Cemetery, The 1 Mexican Funerals 7 Mt. Hope Cemetery of Boston not Subject to Legislative Control 14 Macadam Roads 23 ♦Monument in Fairmount Cemetery, Newark, N. J 30 ♦Monuments of India 66 ♦Monumental Notes 70 Mound Builders 71 Ministerial Aid in Cemetery Im- provement 109 Metric System, The in Mary Magdalene’s Grave 118 Mt. Royal, Montreal, Canada 123 Marion Harland’s Notes on Cemeter- ies at Port Said, Egypt 125 ♦Mortuary Chapel and Conservatory at Mt. Pleasant Cem’y, Toronto, Ont . 127 N. ♦New Office and Residence, Fair- mount Cemetery, Newark, N. J. . . 10 Notings at Waeback Cemetery 57 ♦Notes from Graceland 87 o. Ornamental Grasses 91 Offices and Waiting Room, Ever- green Cemetery, Portland, Me 115 Ornamental Fruiting Shrubs 138 P. Power of Trustees to Sell Land Pur- chased for a Cemetery 13 ♦Pere la Chaise, Paris 38 Plea for Slate Headstones, A 39 Plea for Cremation 42 Plant Early 91 Powers over Burial Places 126 Q- Questionable Burials. Question Box. 108, >31. 124 144 R. Rules and Regulations, Forest Lawn Cemetery, Omaha, Neb 5 ♦Riverside Cemetery, Defiance, Ohio. 8 Reconveying Lots in Trust 13 Rules Regarding Stone Work at Spring Grove, Cincinnati 17 ♦Rhodes’ Memorial Chapel, The, Pine Grove Cemetery, Lynn, Mass 22 Right of Widow to Control Bui ial of Deceased Husband 28 Rules and Regulations., .47, 56, 106, 140 Rules for the Employes of the Ceme- tery of Spring Grove, Cincinnati . . 94 ♦Riverside Cemetery, The, Rochester, N. Y 102 Runic Monuments 126 Rights of Owners of Cemetery Lots. . 134 s. ♦Single Grave Sections, The 2 Suggestions Regarding Stone Work.. 5 Spiritualistic View of Cremation, A. . 20 Springbank Cemet’y, Aberdeen, 'The . 32 Suggestions to Lot Holders. . .33, 56, 114 Seventh Annual Convention of the Association of American Cemetery Superintendents 45. 59, 73 Superintendents’ Convention, The. . . 63 Schneider System of Cremation, The 71 I Should all Lots Front on Paths or Avenues? 98 Superintendent, The 106 ♦Shrubbery no South American Cemetery, A 112 T. To Cemetery Officials 12 Tuberous Rooted Begonias 18 Trimming Graves 32 ♦Talk on Road Making, A 50 Title to Cemetery Lot Acquired by Adverse Possession 63 Trees as Memorials 99 Telford Highways 113 Trees as Tributes to the Dead. . . . 121 Tax on Graves 135 u. Unconstitutional Local Legislation .. 134 V. ♦View in Marion Cemetery, Marion, Ohio 19 Vases and Urns 30 Vigorous Appeal for Reform, A 62 Validity of Mortgages of Public Cem- eteries by Corporations 85 Validity of Statutory Authorized Be- quest to Cemetery-Association 86 Visit to the Graveyards of Hamburg. 92 Vacation Reminiscences. . . .95, 107, 118 w. Why a Cemetery is so Called 7 What a Superintendent Should Be . . 23 Woking Crematorium 31 Wooded Island at World’s Fair, The. 41 Why the Funeral? 46 Water Works at Oakwood Cemetery, Red Wing, Minn 47 Woodlawn Cemetery, N. J 123 Winter Care of Trees and Shrubs. . . 124 Y. Younglove Monument, Lakeview, Cleveland 103 THE MODERN CEMETERY. THE MODERN CEMETERY. D IlLUSmillD MOIIHLI JillllL 10 lit IIItlESI OF tEMtlFOIFS 3R. Jf. A.IOUF'T'. Ir'ieir', 243 State Street, CHICAGO. Subscription $i.oo a Year in Advance. Foreign Subscription $[.25. Special Rates cn Six or More Copies. VoL. III. CHICAGO, MARCH, 1893. No. i CONTENTS. Page THE single grave SECTION 2 *HARDY HERBACIOUS PLANTS FOR THE CEMETERY . . . . 3-4 BURIAL REFORM 4 RULES AND REGULATIONS 5 SOME SUGGESTIONS REGARDING STONE WORK 5 *AN ITALIAN CAMPO SANTO 6-7 ♦RIVERSIDE CEMETERY, DEFIANCE, 0 8 HOW A SUPERINTENDENT CAN ADVANCE THE WELFARE OF HIS CEMETERY 9 ♦NEW OFFICE AND RESIDENCE BUILDING, FAIRMOUNT CEMETERY, NEWARK, N. J 10 CEMETERY NOTES lo-ii LANDSCAPE GARDENING 11 PUBLISHER’S DEPARTMENT I2 ♦Illustrated. HE Modern Cemetery enters its third volume with this issue, and we may be pardoned for a few personal remarks. AVhen starting the Modern Cemetery two years ago the publisher fully realized what had been the fate of many publications in the doubtful sea of journalism and also recognized the field in which he was to labor as a comparatively limited and exceedingly difficult one in which to make a very pronounced success. He had however, been identified with the Association of American Cemetery Superin- tendents, since its inception, and having been for many years engaged in a business that brought him into con- tact with cemetery interests, was impressed with the fact that there was need of more general knowledge on mat- ters pertaining to cemetery management. Especially was this need apparent in the rural districts, where owing to the want of cemetery literature the burial places were being sadly neglected, and it was in the hopes of being instrumental in shedding at least a faint light in these gloomy places that the Modern Ceme- tery was established. While the publication has fallen short of what it is our desire to make it, yet it is grati- fying at this time to say that it has been well received, and in the words of many of its subscribers is “doing a good work.” For the many valuable contributions which have assisted so largely in making the Modern Cemetery what it is the publisher is grateful, and to all who have assisted in the work he returns his sincere thanks. This issue of the Modern Cemetery is mailed to a large number of non-subscribers and from such of our readers we solicit one or more subscriptions. The in- dex for volume two that accompanies this issue will ac- quaint you with what has already appeared in these columns, and is indicative of what may be expected in the future. The object of the Modern CexMEtery is to disseminate among those identified with cemetery work information of an instructive nature. It aims to inter- est lot owners by familiarizing them with the most ap- proved plans for lot embellishment, and by acquainting them with all that is most desirable in the maintenance of a cemetery, be it large or small. 'Fo this end the practice, which already obtains in many cemeteries, of subscribing to extra copies of the Modern Cemetery for distribution among trustees, and lot owners will be found desirable. On another page will be found sub- scription rates for one or more copies. A number of testimonials could be shown as to the efficacy of this plan. 4: 4= * It is peculiarly within the province of such a publi- cation as the Modern Ce.metery to yield what influ- ence it can in the consummation of such reforms as give promise of correcting what may be designated as ex- isting evils in prevailing mortuary customs. That there are many such goes without saying, therefore burial re- form in its various phases will as heretofore be advo- cated. Cremation, which very naturally comes under this head has our unqualified endorsement for reasons aesthetical as well as sanitary. With the progress this custom is now making, and the appropriateness of lo- cating crematoriums within cemetery grounds the time cannot be very far distant when they will have become a necessary adjunct to every modern cemetery. A New York stock broker who is making a specialty of cemetery stocks, has the following advertisement in one of the leading magazines: “Very few people are aware of the fact that the shares of cemeteries in large cities are not only abso- lutely safe, but pay enormous returns on the investment. They are so profitable that they are rarely offered for sale. Send for my circular, ‘Cemetery Stocks as an In- vestment,’ and you will understand why they yield such incredible profits to stockholders,” The statutes of several States prohibit conducting cemeteries for private gain and it will not be surprising if the publishing of such an advertisement does not lead to a desire on the part of the public for a more general adoption of such laws. 3 'iHE MODERN CEMETERY. The Single Grave Section. In the November issue of the Modern Cemetery the single grave section of Graceland cemetery, Chica- go, Ills., is illustrated in such a way that the reader can obtain a very good idea of what that section is, although little is said about it in the text. In the December number our good friend, Mr. Salway, treats on the same subject intelligently and interestingly. Coming from such a source it is authority based on long practi cal experience, he being not only superintendent of the leading cemetery in the United States but president of the A. A. C. S. We were glad to hear from him for the further reason that he has spoken thoughtfully. It is not my purpose to enter into any argument as to the best plan for and management of a single grave section, but to give a simple statement of the plan we have al Forest Hills, for I imagine that we cannot all do alike and if we could, I do not believe it would be wise. AVerc we starting a new cemetery we might be glad perhaps to adopt the plan of one of the places alluded to and con- sider ourselves among the fortunates if we succeeded as they have. The single graves in Forest Hills are not what is frequently known as paupers’ graves; they are sold at a fixed price, the parties purchasing them taking a receipt in regular form, and so long as the graves are occupied by the departed friends of the purchaser or his legal heirs, that gives them the right to their use, but should the dead be removed to any other cemetery, the graves then revert back to the corporation. Should the owner buy a lot in the cemetery he is allowed the full price paid for the grave or graves, paying for the reinterment from the grave to the lot. The advantages of such a plan are commendable, as there are a great many people who do not want a lot, no matter how small, and there are others who want only three or four graven, whose limited means will not allow them to pur- chase even a small lot, with perpetual care. These graves are all well kept. Wishing to make myself clear- ly understood, the accompanying diagram will illustrate the way in which our single graves are arranged. The sections are all in grass, each one is 17 feet 6 inches wide, exclusive of the intervening walk and any given length according to the space set apart. Each grave is 7’x2’-8” at the head of the grave, if for one stone only, the lower base cannot exceed 2’-4”xi’-5”, and in very few cases is that much called for. For two or three graves a stone or one base can be of proportionate length, but no wider. Looking at tlie diagram. No. i is occupied by a child under ten years of age; No. 2, a full-sized body; 5 and 6 is owned by one person and is designed for husband and wife, with one stone for both graves, and so on the same way until you get to Nos. 25 and 26 and, on the other side of the* same section, 29 and 30, the same party having bought these four graves, two on each side entitle them to the whole space between the heads of the graves in the center of the section. As shown in diagram, instead of separate stones for each grave a small granite monument occupies this central space on a base 2-0 square and 5 feet high. This is virtually a small lot, owned by a worthy man who lost his wife. He wanted to do the best he could in the shape of a burial place; this much he could do, and provide a place for the remaining members of the family should they require it. Had we not such a place I do not know where he could have provided one within his means and have been satisfied. Pass along to 34, 35 and 36, these are owned by one person, he placed one stone at the head which answers for three or even more if needed, as they are allowed to bury two deep. The reader will see that some graves have no stones, others smaller ones as their owners’ tastes dic- tate. The height is governed by the thickness of the stone, which must be set to the satisfaction of the superintendent on a solid foundation of stone and cement laid as deep as the bottoms of the graves, some few stones are marble, but the large majority are gran- ite, all of neat designs. This variety, we think, adds to the appearance of the section much more than it would if each one were obliged to conform to a set pattern or style. Where there is no stone and an interment has been made a small mound, not over three or four inches high, is formed, which shows that the grave is occupied by a small or full grown person, according to the length. The space between the front lines of the head- THE MODERN CEMETERY. 3 stones, including the walk, is 17 feet, and in the summer time, when the flowers and the myrtle are at their best, it is a pleasing spot; nothing unsightly is allowed. A large number of graves are planted and cared for by an annual payment in advance, and the revenue derived from the care of the myrtle graves and those planted with flowers is sufficient to pay for the labor of caring for each section during the season, which are kept in good order. During the year r892 the sales of single graves was nearly one a day. A large class of our most respectable and worthy citizens are accommodated with this system, and the interest they manifest in their care is commendable and far greater than that of many of the lot holders. A good, well located, carefully man- aged single grave section should be in every cemetery, and is an addition to it, for there is no class of people that appreciate what is done for them more than the proprietors of the single grave sections. The following rules govern our sections: No more than two adults, or one adult and two children under ten years of age, will be allowed to be interred in one grave. Whenever a grave shall become vacant by the re- moval of the body or bodies therein, the land shall re- vert back to the corporation. But in case the owner thereof become a purchaser of a lot in the cemetery, the original price for the grave shall be allowed in part pay- ment for the lot. The graves are not transferable. No enclosures nor posts will be permitted in any of the single grave sections. John G. Barker. Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Mass. Hardy Herbacious Plants for the Cemetery. THE PLANTAIN LILIES. F0NKIA SUB-l.O.