PAIiK AJID BOTA>'IO GABDEN AT UAMILTON COLLEGE. 



the avenues, or in proiips, or as siniLjIe specimens ; and in such connections as, it is 

 hoped, will not otlcnd the eye of cullivaliMl taste, The greater jiurtion of this park 

 will be devoted to grass and trees; hut, in ajipropriate places, shruhs, yincs, and tlow- 

 erinL^ plants, will he introduced. A section of the gr<)un<l will he used as a Botanic 

 Ciarden, in which trees, shrubs, and flowers, will be arranged according to their several 

 families. The College Cemetery, contiguous to these groun<ls, will also bo laid out 

 in a suitable manner. 



AVithin the area newly enclosed, an Astronomical Observatory is soon to be erected, 

 from whose top the view of the heavens above will be unequalled — unless by the 

 view of the earth beneath. 



As soon as the means of the committee having these improvements in charge will 

 allow, it is proposed to ornament the park and garden with vases, sun-dials, arbors, 

 fountains, &c., (fcc. 



These grounds are most favorably situated for the purposes to which they are to be 

 devoted — lying on the brow of a hill sloping gently to the east and south, and com- 

 manding a wide view of the Oriskany valley. In this valley, near at hand, lies the 

 village of Clinton. Beyond it, to the right, are several ranges of hills, on which the 

 spires of two other villages are visible. In the distance, to the left, the city of Utica, 

 the valley of the Mohawk, and the Trenton hills, are distinctly seen. 



It is no vain thing to suppose that the minds and hearts of students will be bene- 

 fitted by daily walks through such grounds, and in view of such a varied and wide- 

 spread landscape. These peaceful shades, and sunny slopes, and laughing streams — 

 this hum of cheerful industry — the music of distant church bells, and the glimpses 

 and echoes here caught of the great thoroughfares of business and travel — these skies, 

 ever chanirincr and ever beautiful, and the seasons rollinof through them, — what mind 

 can be brought into the midst of such scenes, without deriving from them essential 

 profit ? 



The public already begin to appreciate the objects of those who are thus endeavor- 

 ing to render more attractive the surroundings of this seat of learning; and w^e trust 

 they will do so, more and more. Respecting the " material aid" which the committee 

 need to carry out the project thus set forth, the writer does not wish here to enlarge. 

 He will, however, simply say that such assistance is earnestly desired from the j^ublic; 

 and that any one who feels disposed to help us in this enterprise, may remit by mail, 

 directly to Prof. Orex Root, Clinton, N. Y., by whom such remittance will be 

 promptly and thankfully acknowledged. 



Our present object in writing, however, is not to solicit pecuniary aid, but to 

 speak of this undertaking as an encouraging sign of the times. It is pleasing to 

 notice that a taste is springing up all over the land for an improved style of domestic 

 architecture and of landscape gardening. There is a wide-spread and increasing desire 

 to make the homes of our country more and more attractive. And some of our insti- 

 tutions of learning will, ere long, be as famed for the beautiful scenes amid which they 

 stand, as for the scholarship which fills their chairs of instruction. A teacher 



