106 MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Judge Story, to show the success of the cemetery at 

 that time, used this language : 



" Mount Auburn has already become a place of general resort 

 and interest, as well to strangers as to citizens ; and its shades 

 and paths, ornamented with monumental structures, of various 

 beauty and elegance, have already given solace and tranquillizing 

 reflections to many an afflicted heart, and awakened a deep moral 

 sensibility in many a pious bosom." 



The committee expressed the hope, that, at a period 

 not far distant, the Society might be able to enclose the 

 grounds with a permanent wall; to erect a temple in 

 which the service over the dead might be performed by 

 clergymen of every denomination; to add extensively 

 to the beauty and productiveness of the garden, and, 

 above all, to lay the foundation of an accumulating 

 fund, the income of which should be perpetually 

 devoted to the preservation, embellishment, and 

 improvement of the grounds. They also suggested 

 that arrangements for bringing water from Fresh Pond 

 into the ponds of the cemetery, to be afterwards 

 conducted into Charles River, would add to the 

 salubrity of the ponds, as well as improve the effect of 

 the scenery. 



The whole expenditure at this time amounted to 

 upwards of twenty-five thousand dollars, and the 

 proceeds of sales of lots fell short of this amount 

 about two thousand dollars. The balance in the 

 hands of the treasurer was over five thousand dol- 

 lars ; and the committee were of the opinion that 

 reliance might safely be placed upon the future sales 

 of lots to defray the expenses of the current year, 

 and that a portion of the funds on hand might be 

 applied to the reduction of the debts due for the 



