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Brimmer, Esq., wliose object was to prevent the destruction of 

 the trees, and to preserve so beautiful a spot for some public, or 

 appropriate use. The purchase which has now been made by the 

 liorticultural Society, includes between seventy and eighty acres, 

 extending from the road, nearly to the banks of Charles river. A 

 portion of the land situated next to the road, and now under cul- 

 tivation, is intended to constitute the Experimental Garden of the 

 Horticultural Society. A long water-course extending between 

 this tract and the interior w^oodland, forms a natural boundary, 

 separating the two sections. The inner portion, which is set 

 apart for the purposes of a Cemetery, is covered, throughout 

 most of its extent with a vigorans growth of forest trees, many 

 of them of large size, and comprising an unusual variety of 

 kinds. This tract is beautifully undulating in its surface, con- 

 taining a number of bold eminences, steep acclivities, and deep 

 shadowy vallies. A remarkable natural ridge with a level surface 

 runs through the ground from south-east to north-west and has for 

 many years been known as a secluded and favorite walk. The 

 principal eminence, called Mount Auburn in the plan, is one 

 hundred and twenty-five feet above the level of Charles river, and 

 commands from its summit one of the finest prospects which can 

 be obtained in the environs of Boston. On one side is the city 

 in full view, connected at its extremities with Chailestown and 

 Roxbury. The serpentine course of Charles river, with the cul- 

 tivated hills and fields rising beyond it, and having the Blue 

 Hills of Milton in the distance, occupies another portion of the 

 landscape. The village of Cambridge, with the venerable edifi- 

 ces of Harvard University, are situated about a mile to the east- 

 ward. On the north, at a very small distance. Fresh Pond ap- 

 pears, a handsome sheet of water, finely diversified by its woody 

 and irregular shores. Country seats and cottages seen in various 

 directions, and especially those on the elevated land at Water- 

 town, add much to the picturesque effect of the scene. It is 

 proposed to erect on the summit of Mount Auburn, a Tower, 

 after some classic model, of sufficient height to rise above the 

 tops of the surrounding trees. This will serve the double pur- 

 pose of a landmark to identify the spot from a distance, and of an 

 observatory commanding an uninterrupted view of the coun- 

 try around it. From the foot of this monument will be seen in 

 detail the features of the landscape, as they are successively pre- 

 sented through the different vistas which have been opened among 

 the trees ; while 'from its summit, a magnificent and unbroken 

 panorama, embracing one of the most delightful tracts in New- 

 England, will be spread out beneath the eye. Not only the con- 

 tiguous country, but the harbor and the bay of Boston, with their 

 ships and islands, and, in a clear atmosphere, the distant moun- 



