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THE MODERN CEMETERY. 
FLORISSANT AVENUE ENTRANCE, CALVARY CEMETERY, ST. LOUIS, MO. 
ble is putting the best features of such work into 
practice at Calvary. But he finds it difficult to ap- 
ply some of his good ideas, and were it not that he 
is so fortunate as to have the vigorous backing of 
the Vice-President ofhis board (who is acting Presi- 
dent, ) Mr. J. B. C. Lucas, a man of taste as well as 
of great influence, his position would be more try- 
ing. But intelligent appreciation of one’s work is a 
great factor in its successful conduct. 
Since Mr. Brazill’s appointment many improve- 
ments have been made, and the cemetery has been 
enlarged by the purchase of an adjoining farm of 
2^10 acres. It now contains about five hundred 
acres and is the third in size in the country; Green- 
wood, Brooklyn, and Spring Grove, Cincinnati lead- 
ing it. Its situation is the same as that of Belle- 
fontaine, being on the blufts that face the Missis- 
sippi River north of St. Louis. 
The two cemeteries are separated by a street 
which runs east and west connecting old Bellefon- 
taine road, (formerly the Post “trail” and now 
Broadway, ) with Florissant road, which street forms 
the western boundary of both cemeteries. The en- 
tire grounds are now enclosed by a neat and dur- 
able wire fence seven feet high, with suitable iron 
railings and gates at the two entrances. The 
“lower” and older of these gives old Broadway, which 
is the eastern boundary of the cemetery, for its en- 
tire length, and is down on the level of the low land 
lying between the bluff’s and the river. Just inside 
this gate is the old lodge, (for many years this was 
the only entrance to the grounds.) The entering 
roadway at once divides and curves away up the 
natural ravines, around the face of the bluff’s and 
out of sight. 
Mr. Brazill says that he finds the landscapes 
ready made and only has to lay out roads. Which, 
however is not the whole truth, for he has also cut 
out a forest of trees, all told, to open up the vistas 
which make the beauties of the landscapes visible.- 
This cutting has been judiciously done, and there 
are fine views with charming play of light and shade 
in the picturesque ravines, down the gently declin- 
ing roadways, and out over the almost naturally* 
terraced hillsides to the sunny valley and great 
sweeping river, pouring in these early spring days 
a wonderful flood of turbulent yellow water towards 
the Gulf. 
The “lower” entrance is to my mind more artis- 
tic than the more pretentious new “upper” entrance, 
which is at the west side of the grounds and is now 
much more used, because more accessible than the 
old one. At the new one there are duplicate gate- 
ways for carriages and pedestrians, and the entrance 
is flanked by two semi-gothic buildings, the office 
and lodge, built of rock-laced limestone with rub- 
bed sandstone trimmings. Their rather high pitched 
roofs are of six sided red slates with geometric de- 
signs in green slate. In general appearance this 
entrance is rather picturesque, an effect that will be 
increased when the good planting already done has 
time to show its character more fully. 
Ampelopsis Veitchii is appropriately used as a 
climber for the buildings and its delicate tracery is 
distinctly outlined against the light stone although 
at this time (March) quite leafless. When it sur- 
rounds the square gothic windows and gets up to 
the eaves the entrance will be a pretty picture. 
There are also Clematises and well selected shrubs 
so placed that they cannot fail to greatly increase 
the beauty of the ensemble, and which do much al- 
ready to take from the bare newness of this part of 
the cemetery. 
Calvary is conducted on good business princi- 
ples, and everything is kept in good shape. The 
barns are one hundred feet long and there are tool 
houses, repair shops, a neatly kept brick and stone 
yard, and all appliances for the proper conduct of 
the work. 
There is a large Nursery filled with thousands of 
