SiitentienY eases to develop Tria asdle ad heels aaa 
trees, shrubs and flowers and works of monumental art. ‘Uhis 
ig in the Pere la Chaise cemetery near Paris, extended to Lon- 
glish cities, and i in the United States, particularly i in Brooklyn 
ed were the people to abide by the old practice that the Hnglish 
ment in 1850, as a sanitary measure, enacted a law for the closing of grave 
yl cities. It was applied first in ita where the danger was 
Toaae aoe quite as senseless a custom, the bina of thie dead with the head to 
the west, has been almost entirely superseded by a promiscuous deposit without 
any view as to the direction in which the body should lie. This also, I imagine, 
has'been brought about principally by the establishment of rural cemeteries, 
which are generally laid out in such manner that but a small portion of those 
_ interred could be laid in that manner. 
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Site. 
Grounds for cemetery, if extensive, should be diversified, consisting generally of 
slight elevations and depressions, interspersed with occasional deeper indenta- 
tions for a fountain or small lake, with space around the same for a grove and 
seats for the weary; also occasional higher elevations with steep banks aro desir- 
able for the erection of vauls or tombs. These differences in elevation should not 
be enough to make the grounds difficult to traverse but sufficiently so to make 
them conspicuous. 
Avenues, Drives and Walks. 
Having selected suitable grounds the next thimg of importance is to locate the 
avenues, drives and walks or paths to conform thereto, which of course will make 
_them more or less circular and often serpentine. To demonstrate, in the plot at 
A and B are prominences, and the ground at A is encircled in an elliptical 
form by an avenue and walks which very nearly correspond to the form of eleva- 
tion. To the west and north of this elevation the descent is very gradual and the 
avenues and walks are lain parallel to the central figure, while in other directions 
they are changed. On the east side of this elevation the descent is more abrupt 
and terminates in a depression sufficient for the erection of a fountain. Still east 
of the fountain and between it and a main avenue is a plot not quite elevated 
enough for graves, and is set apart for a hitching ground. At Bis another slight 
elevation which is surrounded by an avenue and walks, forming a complete circle 
fitting the contour of the ground almost exactly. This section is surrounded by 
others which are laid to conform to the ground inasimilar manner. Other form- 
ations might call for very irregular serpentine avenues and paths, and such is the 
character of the Greenwood and Mount Hope cemetery grounds. 
