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PARK AND CEMETERY 
Plans for New Cemeteries in the South 
Rose Hill, the new cemetery at New 
Orleans, incorporated recently, will embody 
some unusually interesting problems of de- 
velopment. The development of the ceme- 
tery will involve an initial expenditure of 
about $ 37 . 5,000 and will be under the finan- 
cial direction of Baccicb & de Hontluzin 
of that city. Rose Hill consists of about 
65 acres. 
Hare and Hare, of Kansas City, Mo., 
have been retained as landscape architects, 
and Morgan D. Hite, architect of New 
Orleans, will be advisory architect for the 
buildings to be erected. 
The permit issued for this cemetery will, 
it is claimed, be the last one issued for 
similar purpose wdthin the city limits of 
New Orleans, although the city's area is 
something over 106 square miles. The 
rapid de\elopment of suburban communi- 
ties during the last five years within this 
area is the reason. 
Burial in New Orleans reflects the con- 
ditions of the locality and the history of 
the city's beginnings. Founded by the 
French, and alternating between domina- 
tion of France and Spain, with a con- 
tinuance of the effects until the present 
time, the planning and the architecture of 
the city clearly, shows a strong survival of 
the early influences. 
Cemeteries there are architectural pro- 
ductions, — literally miniature cities of the 
dead, planned in regular squares and right- 
angled streets and lanes, paved, and in 
some cases with sidew'alks, and lined on 
both sides of each street with homes of 
the dead — for all burial is above ground in 
the older cemeteries, of which the St. Louis 
is the most ancient. In the newer ceme- 
teries likewise burial is above ground in 
about two-thirds of the instances. This 
gives the aspect of New Orleans ceme- 
teries a foreign uniqueness. The planning 
of a cemetery for this city in\olves a re- 
study of what is customary in cemetery 
planning elsewhere. Burial under ground 
was always objectionable to the early peo- 
ple because of the sea-level elevation. 
Therefore, in planning Rose Hill, due 
allowance has been made fo,r what is de- 
sirable in the older grounds here, and the 
street-plan will be followed to a large ex- 
tent ; but in addition the lawn or park 
aspect will be maintained, especially in the 
sections reserved for large and costly mau- 
soleums and monuments. 
The Greek, or an approximation to that 
style, will be followed, and all architecture 
in the cemetery, whether done by the de- 
velopment company or in the design of 
tombs, monuments, etc., will adhere closely 
to that style. 
The cemetery ground lies between two 
broad avenues in the suburbs — Paris Ave- 
nue and London Avenue ; but the main 
street leading to this site is Gentilly Boule- 
vard, and to* enable more direct access, the 
development company, which owns the land 
fronting on Gentilly Boulevard will open 
a broad avenue through this property, giv- 
ing a direct approach to the entrance of 
Rose Hill on London Avenue. At Paris 
Avenue will be a secondary entrance lead- 
ing towards the city proper. 
The view of this new avenue-approach 
shows the general scheme which is an 
elevated neutral ground walk leading from 
a shelter pavillion (where the street cars 
will stop) to the cemetery entrance. This 
neutral ground will be balustraded on each 
side and in the parked portion will be 
planted with camphor trees. Each side 
of the avenue, on the walks will be planted 
similar rows of camphor ; and on the ter- 
race of the lots adjoining (which is to be 
devoted to a residential suburb) the arbor 
vitae will be used. 
Rose Hill occupies a site on the ridge 
or “backbone'’ of New Orleans, the high- 
est ground in a city of very flat contour, 
there being only a seven foot difference in 
levels anywhere. Gentilly Boulevard, 
which is the main thoroughfare leading out 
of the city toward the East, is a winding, 
old Indian route ; and located upon it 
is the most fashionable residence suburb 
of the city, known as Gentilly Terrace. 
It is intended to adopt the most modern 
ideas in everything concerning Rose Hill, 
both in its development and management. 
The rose, in about 80 varieties, will be 
planted universally, and use made of its 
ENTRANCE TO NEW CEMETERY IN JOPLIN, MO. 
