90 MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The work of grading and filling at Garden Pond is still in progress. 

 The meadow is to be excavated to the depth of six feet. This will be 

 slow work, and to finish it, will cost probably as much or more than has 

 already been expended. 



The work on " Thistle Bog " and Mound Avenue, up to Walnut 

 Avenue, was commenced in 1863, which has been in progress, at inter- 

 vals, until ISTovember, 1868, at cost of S3,392.20, is now completed. 

 As portions of the ground became ready for burial i)urposes, lots have 

 been sold upon it, and from January, 1865, to January 1, 1868, there 

 were sold upon the Thistle Bog improvement, lots to the amount of 

 S16.099.50, one quarter part of which sum was included in the moneys 

 paid your Corporation for 1866, 1867 and 1868; and a further sum of 

 ?5,039 has been divided in the account just settled. 



The " Mound," which is a great ornament to the grounds, was esti- 

 mated to cost $1,800, and was finished a year or two since. 



The work at St. PauFs Lot will probably be finished the coming 

 Spring, and will cost perhaps $1,000. The sale of single lots in this en- 

 closure has commenced, and already about fifty have been disposed of 

 at S25 each. This will be a constant source of income for many years. 



The filling and grading of a hollow near the engine house, on Foun- 

 tain Avenue, has been in progress since 1864, and will probably be 

 completed the present year. 



When the work shops and stock of granite and other materials are 

 removed from the grounds below the engine house, very considerable 

 grading will be required to put the lots in this vicinity in proper condi- 

 tion for sale for burial purposes. 



The expenditures for the coming year will depend upon the time we 



can devote to these improvements. The felling of trees has this winter 



occupied a very considerable portion of the time usually devoted to this 



work. 



I am, most respectfully, your ob't serv't, 



AUSTIN J. COOLIDGE, 

 Treas. Props. Cemetery of Mt. Auburn. 



