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a magnificent Egyptian gate-way will be commenced immediately, 

 as well as the construction of a Receiving Tomb. 



It is very important that measures should be taken without de- 

 lay, for laying out and forming the Garden of Experiment, and 

 furnishing accommodations for a gardener. There is a building 

 on the ground which could be converted into a neat cottage, at a 

 small expense, and the garden could be considerably advanced 

 during the autumn by making the avenues and paths, planting 

 out forest trees and ornamental shrubs on the external borders, 

 preparing compartments for fruit trees, nurseries, esculent vegeta- 

 bles, flowers, and other useful plants. To accomplish this, some 

 two or three thousand dollars are required, as the funds which 

 have been derived from the sale of cemetery lots have been ap- 

 propriated to the purchase of land, the constuction of avenues 

 and fiences, and for other indispensable expenses. The funds, 

 which will accrue in future, will be ample for all the purposes 

 connected with the Garden and Cemetery ; but the interests of 

 the former would be much advanced by an immediate erection 

 of the requisite edifices, and in the preparation of the grounds for 

 commencing their extensive cultivation next spring. 



Believing that there are numerous gentlemen in Boston and its 

 environs, who feel a deep solicitude for the advancement of Horti- 

 culture, and who would be disposed to aid the efforts of our Soci- 

 ety in the establishment of an experimental garden, it has been 

 suggested, by many of our most zealous colaborators, whether it 

 would not be expedient to raise a committee, authorized to obtain 

 funds by subscription, to enable us to precipitate our contempla- 

 ted improvements, instead of delaying them, for some few years, 

 until the proceeds of the Cemetery lots shall have supplied the 

 means. A comparatively small sum being now placed at our dis- 

 posal, would enable the Society to present an advanced and inter- 

 esting garden, even during the next year, and to lay such a foun- 

 dation for its gradual extension, as would warrant the speedy 

 realization of all our expectations, and give great public satisfac- 

 tion. As the monuments are erected in the cemetery, and the 

 lots require to be embellished with trees, shrubs, and flowers, the 

 latter will be in great demand, and the garden may ultimately 

 furnish many of them ; the sooner therefore it is begun, the better 

 for both departments of the establishment. The improvement of 

 each will act as alternate cause and effect ; and we may confidently 

 anticipate the most successful results, from a simultaneous culti- 

 vation and embellishment of all the ground within the inclosure. 



It will be perceived, from the accompanying account of Pere 

 La Chaise, that many years had passed by before that magnificent 

 cemetery claimed public attention, and became a resort of the 

 admirers of the arts, the opulent and enlightened, as well as the 

 common place of sepulchre for the most illustrious in letters, 

 science, and arms, and of the humblest citizen of Paris. A year 



