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tains of Wachusett, and probably, even of Monadnock, will be 

 comprehended within the range of vision. 



The grounds of the Cemetery have been laid out with inter- 

 secting avenues, so as to render every part of the wood accessi- 

 ble. These avenues are curved and variously winding in their 

 course, so as to be adapted to the natural inequalities of the sur- 

 face. By this arrangement, the greatest economy of the land is 

 produced, combining at the same time the picturesque effect of 

 landscape gardening. Over the more level portions, the avenues 

 are made twenty feet wide, and are suitable for carriage roads. 

 The more broken and precipitous parts are approached by foot- 

 paths, which are six feet in v.idth. These passage-ways are to be 

 smoothly gravelled, and planted on both sides with flowers and 

 ornamental shrubs. Lots of ground, containing each three 

 hundred square feet, are set off, as family burial places, at suita- 

 ble distances on the sides of the avenues and paths. The per- 

 petual right of inclosing and of using these lots, as places of 

 sepulture, is conveyed to the purchasers of them, by the Horticul- 

 tural Society. It is confidently expected that many of the pro- 

 prietors will, without delay, proceed to erect upon their lots such 

 monuments and appropriate structures, as will give to the place a 

 part of the solemnity and beauty, which it is destined ultimately 

 to acquire. 



It has been voted to procure, or construct, a receiving tomb in 

 Boston, and another at Mount Auburn, at which, if desired, 

 funerals may terminate, and in which the remains of the deceased 

 may be deposited, until such time as the friends shall choose to 

 direct their removal to the Cemetery ; this period, however, not 

 to exceed six months. 



The principal entrance to Mount Auburn, will be through a 

 lofty Egyptian gateway, which it is proposed to erect on the 

 main road, at the commencement of the Central Avenue. Anoth- 

 er entrance or gateway is provided on the cross road at the eastern 

 foot of the hill. Whenever the funds of the corporation shall 

 justify the expense, it is proposed that a small Grecian or Gothic 

 Temple shall be erected on a conspicuous eastern eminence, 

 which in reference to this allotment has received the prospective 

 name of Temple Hill. 



As the designation and conveyance of the lots requires that they 

 should be described with reference to places bearing fixed ap- 

 pellations, it has been found necessary to give names to the 

 avenues, foot-paths, hills, &c. The names v.hich have been 

 adopted, were suggested chiefly by natural objects and obvious 

 associations. Taken in connexion with the printed plan, they 

 will be found sufiicient to identify any part of the ground, without 

 the probability of mistake. 



