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its immediale proximily to the Capitol of the Slate, it Avill attract universal 

 interest, and become a place of healthful, refreshing and agreeable resort, 

 from early Spring until the close of Autumn. 



" To accomplish these two great objects, it is necessary that a fund 

 should be created immediately, sufficient for the purchase of the land, 

 surrounding it with a substantial fence, the erection of a Gardener's Lodge, 

 laying out the grounds, and preparing them for the purposes of an Experi- 

 mental Garden and Cemetery. That this can be done, your Committee 

 do not entertain a doubt, and respectfully recommend the adoption of the 

 following measures, as best calculated to insure success. 



" 1. That it is expedient to purchase, for a Garden and Cemetery, a tract 

 of land, commonly known by the name of Sweet Auburn, near the road 

 leading from Cambridge to Watertown, containing about seventy acres, for 

 the sum of six thousand dollars ; provided this can be raised in the manner 

 proposed in the second article of this report. 



" 2. That a subscription be opened for lots of ground in the said tract, 

 containing not less than two hundred square feet, at the price of sixty 

 dollars for each lot, — the subscription not to be binding until one hundred 

 lots are subscribed for. 



" 3. That when a hundred or more lots are taken, the right of choice 

 shall be disposed of at an auction, of which reasonable notice shall be given 

 to the subscribers. 



" 4. That those subscribers who do not offer a premium for the right of 

 choosing, shall have their lots assigned to them by lot. 



" 5. That the fee of the land shall be vested in the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society, but that the use of the lots, agreeably to an Act of 

 the Legislature respecting the same, shall be secured to the subscribers, 

 their heirs and assigns forever. 



" 6. That the land devoted to the purpose of a Cemetery shall contain 

 not less than forty acres. 



" 7. That every subscriber, upon paying for his lol, shall become a 

 member, for life, of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, without being 

 subject to assessments. 



" 8. That a Garden and Cemetery Committee, of nine persons, shall be 

 chosen annually, first by the subscribers and afterwards by the Horticul- 

 tural Society, whose duty it shall be to cause the necessary surveys and 

 allotments to be made, to assign a suitable tract of land for the Garden of 

 the Society, and to direct all matters appertaining to the regulation of the 

 Garden and Cemetery ; five, at least, of this Committee shall be persons 

 having rights in the Cemetery. 



" 9. That the establishment, including the Garden and Cemetery, be 

 called by a definite name, to be applied by the Committee." 



The Report submitted to the Society, by the President, on the third of 



