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ORNAMENTAL GROUNDS AT HAMFLTON COLLEGE. 



doul)tloss fiiul much to interest us. Returning by another road to the Observatory, 

 wo catch a glimpse of the mansion in wliich the late President Davis spent the eve- 

 ning of his life. At the north-eastern extremity of the Park we approach the brow 

 of the hill on which the Colleges stand. The Oriskarty creek sweeps around near the 

 foot of this hill, now liidden among groups of trees, now sparkling in the sun, and 

 filling the air with a pleasant murmur. Turning our steps southward, we will pause 

 a short time at the College Cemetery, which we enter at I. This could not well be 

 introduced into our published plan, and we will, therefore, only say of it here that 

 both this and the avenue leading to it are planted with evergreens and various droop- 

 ing trees appropriate to such places. Several monuments have already been erected 

 over honored and precious dust, and we are confident that taste and aff'cction will 

 continue to render this spot increasingly beautiful. As we proceed again, in a south- 

 westerly direction, we obtain, at one point, a broad view of Clinton, in the valley 

 beneath us ; at another, we see the spires and roofs of the village of Paris, on the 

 summit of an opposite hill ; and at another, we discern the city of Utica, nine miles 

 distant. At several of these points commanding the finest prospects, rustic arbors, 

 and seats, will soon be constructed. 



Having now arrived at the main entrance, it will, pcrliaps, be our good fortune to 

 meet some of the Professors, (a few of whose residences appear on the south side of 

 our Plan,) and to receive under their roofs that hospitality which they know well how 

 to dispense. .Before parting, however, we beg to assure you that the work we have 

 thus begun shall be completed. These grounds are not, indeed, of vast extent ; we 

 have no wealth to lavish in marble fountains and statues, and other costly works of 

 art ; but we will try and not mar what Nature has rendered so beautiful to our hands. 

 By planting trees, shrubs, and flowering plants of every variety of form and foliage, 

 and each, if possible, perfect in its kind; by propriety of arrangement; by such 

 pleasing structures as our means will enable us to adorn the grounds with ; and by 

 rendering all these accessible by roads and walks; we will try to make this plateau a 

 haunt of beauty, and in harmony with the enchanting scenery which surrounds it. 



