FIRST ANmiAL REPORT. 103 



Soon after the proposal of Mr. Brimmer to sell 

 " Sweet Auburn " for a rural cemetery, Gen. Dearborn 

 drew up a Memoir explanatory of the great objects for 

 which the land could be advantageously used, and the 

 means of accomplishing them. Besides the Experi- 

 mental Garden and Cemetery, the plan recommended 

 in this Memoir included a Botanical Garden and an 

 Institution for the Education of Scientific and Practical 

 Gardeners ; but it was not deemed expedient to com- 

 mence the last two branches, from an apprehension that 

 they might involve such an expense as would jeopar- 

 dize the success of the experimental garden and cem- 

 etery, which were considered of primary importance. 



Judge Story, as chairman of the Garden and Ceme- 

 tery Committee, submitted at the annual meeting of 

 the Horticultural Society, held on Saturday, September 

 21, 1833, the first regular annual report from that 

 committee. From this report it appears that the whole 

 quantity of land in the garden and cemetery, including 

 the purchases during the year, was then one hundred 

 and fen acres. The number of cemetery lots then laid 

 out was about four hundred, of which two hundred and 

 fifty-nine lots of different dimensions were sold, which, 

 with the premiums paid for choice, amounted to the 

 sum of $17,229.72, most of which was then paid in. 

 The loan authorized by the Society amounted to $4,400, 

 and the total receipts to $21,694.72. 



The committee paid out for the year ending Sep- 

 tember, 1833, for land, house for the gardener, fence, 

 gate, avenues, implements, tombs, and miscellaneous 

 expenses, $18,521.65. There was then due to Mr. 

 Cutter, David Stone, and to the heirs of C. Stone, for 

 land, twenty-six hundred dollars. Besides the receiving 



