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" Sweet Auburn," situated in Cambridge, should be purchased. As a 

 large portion of the ground is now covered with trees, shrubs, and wild 

 flowering phints, avenues and walks may be made through them, in 

 such a manner as to render the whole establishment interestmg and 

 beautiful, at a small expense, and within a few years ; and ultimately 

 offer an example of landscape or picturesque gardening, in conformity 

 to the modern style of laying out grounds, which will be highly credit- 

 able to the Society. 



The streams and parcels of bog and meadow land may be easily con- 

 verted into ponds, and variously formed sheets of water, which will 

 furnish appropriate positions for aquatic plants, while their borders may 

 be planted with Rhododendrons, Azaleas, several species of the superb 

 Magnolia, and other plants, which require a constantly humid soil, and 

 decayed vegetable matter, for their nourishment. 



On the southeastern and northeastern borders of the tract can be 

 arranged the nurseries, and portions selected for the culture of fruit- 

 trees and esculent vegetables, on an extensive scale ; there may be 

 arranged the Arboretum, the Orchard, the Culinarium, Floral depart- 

 ments, Melon grounds, and Strawberry beds, and Green houses. 



The remainder of the land may be devoted to the Cemetery. 



By means of a more extensive correspondence, with eminent horti- 

 culturists it is certain that many valuable, rare, and beautiful plants 

 may be obtained, not only from all parts of our own country, but other 

 regions of the globe, which could be naturalized to the soil and climate 

 of New England. This can be efficiently undertaken so soon as a 

 Garden of Experiment is formed ; but it would be almost useless to pro- 

 cure large collections of seeds or plants, until we are enabled to culti- 

 vate them, under the immediate direction of the Society. 



Accounts of the experiments which may be made should be periodi- 

 cally reported and published ; and seeds, buds, cuttings, and uncommon 

 varieties of rooted plants may be distributed among the members of the 

 Society, and be sold for its benefit, in such manner as may be found 

 most expedient, to render the garden the most extensively useful in 

 all its relations with the wants, comforts, and pleasures of life. 



Such an establishment is required for " collecting the scattered rays 

 of intelligence, and blending them with the science and accumulating 

 experience of the times," and then diffiising them far and wide, to cheer 

 and enlighten the practical horticulturist in his career of agreeable and 

 profitable industry. It will powerfully contribute to increase the taste 

 for rural pursuits, — stimulate a generous spirit of research and emula- 

 tion, — suggest numerous objects worthy of inquiry and experiment, — 

 multiply the facilities of information and the interchange of indigenous 

 and exotic plants, — develope the vast vegetable resources of the Un- 

 ion, — give activity to enterprise, — increase the enjoyment of all 

 classes of citizens, — advance the prosperity, and improve the general 

 aspect of the whole country. 



The establishment of a Cemetery in connexion with the Garden of 

 Experiment, cannot fail of meeting public approbation. Such rural 

 burial places were common among the ancients, who allowed no grave- 

 yards within their cities. The Potter's Field was without the walls of 

 Jerusalem, and in the Twelve Tables it was prescribed "that the dead 

 should neither be buried nor burned in the city" of Rome. Evelyn 

 states, " that the custom of burying in churches and near about them, 



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