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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
BOUNDARY TREATMENT OF CEMETERIES 
By Sid. J. II are and S. Her- 
bert Hare, Landscape Architects. 
A PICTURESQUE BOUNDARY FENCE. 
“Dry" stone wall overgrown with vines and 
backed with a shrubbery border. These 
vines are mostly Hall’s honeysuckle, which 
is nearly evergreen. 
The boundary treatment of a cemetery 
's influenced by three factors: First is the 
primary and practical consideration of 
safety and protection ; second is the ques- 
tion of seclusion and privacy, and lastly, 
of course, beauty can never be neglected 
either as regards the exterior or interior 
appearance of the modern cemetery. In 
any actual case it is necessary to consider 
all these requirements more or less simul- 
taneously as they bear a close relation. 
For purposes of control it is desirable to 
have all persons enter a cemetery at the 
properly designated gates. Easy entrance 
at other points invites trespassing and pos- 
sibly desecration by those that do not in- 
tend to obey the rules. Therefore, it is es- 
sential that the enclosure, of whatever na- 
ture it is, shall be substantial and difficult 
to climb. A border of shrubbery alone is 
by no means sufficient, and a hedge, unless 
WELL DESIGNED WROUGHT IRON 
FENCE. 
Too expensive and elaborate for general 
border use, but suitable to go near entrance. 
of very strong, spiny branches, is not safe. 
If, however, it is desirable to have this 
effect of hedge or shrubbery, a sufficient 
protection can be supplied in the form of 
a woven wire fence, which will be hardly 
visible, especially if placed within foliage. 
Most hedges require attention to prevent 
interference from adjoining trees and 
shrubbery which would tend to prevent the 
full and compact growth. An uneven, thin, 
ragged hedge is worse than none at all. 
Another way of utilizing a wire fence is 
as a support for vines. With the proper 
choice of varieties, continuation of flower, 
foliage and fruit effects can be secured for 
most of the season. In some portions of 
the country evergreen vines will supply 
winter foliage. The fence, of course, has 
TERMINUS OF A PANELLED BRICK 
WALL SUITABLE FOR CEMETERY EN- 
CLOSURE. 
to be substantial enough to withstand the 
rather severe use that the vines impose 
upon it. In the first place, it should be 
heavily galvanized, as the moisture retained 
by the foliage will quickly rust ordinary 
wire. A well-made galvanized fence should 
last fifteen to twenty years, or even longer. 
The horizontal strands should be of coiled 
spring wire in order to be always tight un- 
der all degrees of temperature, and strong 
enough to carry the weight and pull of the 
vines, which become quite an item in the 
course of a decade. Substantial and per- 
manent posts which will outlast the fence 
are necessary. Reinforced concrete is the 
most lasting material. Several strands of 
barbed wires on brackets at the top of the 
CAST CONCRETE POST AND PANEL 
FENCE, WITH CLIMBING ROSES. 
For cemetery purposes this fence should 
set closer to the ground. 
BORDER OF MOUNTAIN LAUREL 
BACKED BY EVERGREENS. 
fence will make it almost impossible to 
climb. It is best to have the mesh of the 
fence small enough at the base to exclude 
rabbits. Woven wire was mentioned first, 
principally because it is the least expensive 
form of fence as regards first cost. 
Wrought iron fences are more expensive 
and also more substantial 'and permanent. 
Designed along the modern lines of sim- 
plicity, they are both practical and have a 
dignified ornamental value which has 
brought them very much into favor. It is 
necessary in thinking of wrought iron to 
relieve our mind of the hideous over- 
ornamental work of some years ago. The 
relation between this work and the recent 
productions is rather distant. 
The use of wood in a cemetery fence is 
hardly worth serious discussion, as it is 
too temporary for the expense involved in 
securing a satisfactory design. 
Masonry of various kinds is well adapt- 
ed for use as an enclosing wall. The ma- 
