90 



anil a short crop of liay. Anil I am confiileiit your 

 correspondent will ' never again donlit the utility of 

 the practice,' if in future he will feed his milch cows 

 to the full with stalks, and not leave them to depend 

 for much of their subsistence, in the time, upon 

 grass-feed, however good. 



Yours, with much respect, Lemuel Capes. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



Oct. 



ISSl. 



II o r t i c H 1 t H r e 



Proceedings of the Miissnchusetts Hoiiicultwal So- 

 ciety, at a kneeling held at the Hull of the Institu- 

 tion, on Saturday, Oct. Ist, 1831. 

 The following officers were elected for the en- 



Buing year : — 



PRESIDENT. 



HENRY A. S. DEARBORN, Itoxhury. 



VICE PRESIDENTS. 



ZEBEDEE COOK, Jr. Dorchester. 

 .TOHN C. GRAY, Boston. 

 ENOCH BARTLETT, Rorbury. 

 ELI AS PHLNNEY,/.e,ii"7ig-/o?i. 



CHEEVERNEWHALL, Bos/oH. j 



corresponding secretary. 1 



JACOB BIGELOVV, M. D. Boston. 



RECORUING SECRETARY. 



ROBERT L. EMMONS, Boston. 



COUNSELLORS. 



• Augustus Aspiiiwall, Brooklyn — Thomas Brew- 

 er, Roxbury — Henry A. Breed, Lynn — Benj. W. 

 Crowninshield, Salem — J. G. Cogswell, JVorthamp- 

 ton — Nathaniel Davenport, Milton — E. Horsey 

 Derby, Salem — Samuel Downer, Dorchester — Oli- 

 ver Fiske, Worcester — B. V. French, Bostoji — J. 

 M. Gourgas, Jfcslon—T. W. ftarris, M. D. Cam- 

 bridge — Samuel Jaques, Jr. Chnrkstown — Jos. G. 

 Joy, Boston — William Kenrick, JWwIon — John 

 Leniist, Roxbury—S. A. Shunleff, Boston — E. M. 

 Richards, Dedham — Benjamin Rodman, JVew Bed- 

 ford — John B. Russell, Boston — Cliarles Senior, 

 Roxbttry — William 11. Suxmcr, Dorchester — Charles 

 Tappau, Boston — Jai;oh Tidd, Roxbury— JL A. 

 Ward, M. D. Salem — Jona. Winship, Brighton — 

 William Worthington, Dorchester — Elijah Vose, 

 Dorchester — Aaron D. Williams, Roxbury — J. W. 

 Webster, Cambridge — George W. Pratt, E. W. 

 Payne, Boston — Geo. W. Brimmer, Boston. 



PROFESSOR OF BOTANY AND VEGETABLE PHYSIOLOGY. 



MALTHUS A. WARD, M. U. 



PROFESSOR OF ENTOMOLOGY. 



T. W.HARRIS, M.D. 



PROFESSOR OF HORTICULTDRAL CHEMISTRY. 



J. W. WEBSTER, M. D. 



STANDING COMMITTEES. 



On Fruit Trees, Fruits, S,t. — E. Vosc, Chrtinnan. 

 Robert Manning, Samuel Downer, Oliver Fiske, 

 Charles Senior, Win. Kcnrick, E. M. Richards, 

 B. V. French, S. A. Shunleff. 



On the Culture ar.d Products of the Kitchen Gar- 

 den Daniel Chandler, Chairman — Jacob Tidd, 



Aaron D. Williams, John B. Russell, Nath. Seaver, 

 Leonard Stone. 



On Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, Flowers and 

 Green Houses. — Robert L. Emmons, Chairman — 

 Jonathan Winshin, Joseph G.Joy, David llaggers- 

 ton, Geo. W. Pratt. 



On the Library. — H. A. S. Dearborn, Chairman 

 —John C. Gray, Jacob Bigelow, T. W. Harris, 

 E. H. Derby, Z. Cook, Jr. 



On the Synonymes of Fruits. — John Lowell, 

 Chairman — Robert Maiming, Samuel Downer. 



Oil the Garden and Cemetery. — Hon. Judge 

 Story, Chairman — 11. A. S. DearborDj Jacob Bige- 

 low M. D., G. W. Brimmer, George Bond, Edward 

 Everett, Z. Cook, Jr. B. A. Gould, G. W. Pratt. 



Executive Committee of the Council. — Z. Cook, Jr. 

 Chairman — G. \V. Pratt, ClieeverNewhall, Charles 

 Tappan, Josepli P. Bradlce. 



George W. Brimmer and E. Vose, resigned as 

 members of the E.xecutive Committee. 



The President read the following Report of the 

 Cemetery and Garden Committee which was ac- 

 cepted. 



The committee on laying out the grounds and 

 forming a plan of the experimental Garden and 

 Cemetery of Mount Auburn, respectfully 

 REPORT, 

 That measures were promptly taken for accom- 

 plishing those objects, and although considerable 

 progress has been made, it will require further 

 time to complete the work. 



Alexander Wadsworth, Esq, a skilful civil en- 

 gineer was employed to make an accurate topograph- 

 ical survey, and to locate the numerous avenues, 

 which it was found necessary to establish, through 

 the extensive and beautifully diversified grounds 

 of the Cemetery and Garden, both for convenience 

 I and embellishment. The m.ip has been so far per- 

 fected, that it is submitted for inspection, and to 

 exhibit the general outlines of the projected im- 

 provements ; hut considerable labor isyet required 

 in clearing out the principal carriage avenues and 

 foot paths, before the sites of the jyublic and pri- 

 vate cemetery squares can be definitely establish- 

 ed, and designated on the plan. 



.Models and drawings of the Egyptian Gate- 

 ways, and of a Gothic tower, and a Grecian 

 tower, one of which Is proposed to bo erected on 

 the highest hill, have been made, and are offered 

 for examindtion. 



It has been ascertained, that the most lofty emi- 

 nence is one hundred and twcntyfive feet above 

 Charles river, which gracefully sweeps round its 

 gently sloping base ; and wlien crowned by the pro- 

 posed tower will become a most interesting pla 

 of resort, as commanding an extensive panoramic 

 view, of that richly variegated region of magnifi- 

 cent scenery, embraced within the far distant 

 heights which encircle the metropolis, and the 

 waves of the ocean, while it will present a promi- 

 nent and imposing feature in the landscape, of 

 which it liecomes the centre. 



At some future period, when the munificence of 

 the citizens shall be commensurate with their debt 

 of patriotic gratitude, this .Mrncture may perhaps 

 give place for a stupendous monument, to the 

 most illustrious benefactor of his country ; — there 

 will be reared thoconotaph of Waishingion, in mas- 

 sive blocks of granite or ever during marble. Sliould 

 the funds hereafter justify it, a Doric Temple, to 

 be used as a chapel, for the performance of fu- 

 nereal riles, and lodges for the gardener and su- 

 perintendent of the Cemetery, are contemplated, 

 anil designs are in progress for each. 



As the season for rural labor is far advanced, it 

 is not considered expedient to commence the con- 

 struction of the avenues, before the next spring ; 

 but they can be divested of the underwood, and 

 the whole of the grounds so far cleared up, as to 

 give them the appearance of a park, during the 

 present autuiiiii. It is expected that the lots may 

 be assigned within twenty days. 



The committee has been cheered in the dis- 

 charge of its duties, by the deep interest which 

 has been manifested for the success of an un- 

 dertaking, so important to the prosperity of the 

 Horticultural Society and so honorable to the 

 country. Such is the exalted estimation in which 



it is held by the public, — so universal is the appro- 

 bation, — so intense the iuierost, that, beside tlie J 

 constant requests for permission to become subscri- I 

 hers, by the more affluent, numerous applications | 

 have been made for cemetery lots, by farmers, J 

 mechanics and dealers in building materials, on I 

 condition, that they may be paid for in labor, or 

 uch articles as shall be required in the piosccuiion 

 of the proposed improvements. Within a few 

 days offers have been made to a considerable 

 amount ; and as it was the intention and is the 

 auxiou.-» desire of the Society, that every citizen 

 should have an opportunity of participating in the 

 advantages of the establishment, tlie comniittce has 

 availed of the services thus tendered in executing 

 much of the work which has been perlbrmnd, and 

 there is not a doubt, that a very considerable por- 

 tion of the expense in constructing roads, fences, 

 gate-ways and the various other edifices, may be 

 defrayed, by a conipeusation in cemetery lots ; this 

 will not only be a great accommodation to munerous 

 individuals, who are (iesirons to become subscribers 

 but be highly advantageous to the Society ; it \a 

 therefore recommended that the committee b« 

 authorized, to prosecute such improvements, n.>) 

 mav be deemed necessary, on these reciprocally 

 beneficial terms. 



With the view of fully meeting the expectations 

 and exigencies of the community, it is considered 

 advisable that sites for single graves should be 

 designated, in various ])arts of the cemetery, em- 

 bracing all the diversified localities, to afford an 

 opporUinity for individuals, who have no families, 

 and the friends of such strangers as may be wept and 

 honored far distant from their native land, to procure 

 eligible places of sepulchre, on reasonable terms. 



As the tract which has been solemnly consecra- 

 ted, by religious ceremonies, as a burial place for- 

 ever, is so abundantly covered with forest trees 

 many of which are more than sixty years ohl, it 

 only requires the avenues to be formed, the bor- 

 ders,for some ten feet in width, planted with shrubs, 

 bulbous ami perennial flowers,the underwood clear- 

 ed out, the feiices,gateways and appropriate edifices 

 erected, to put the grounds in a sufficiently comidete 

 state for the uses designed, and to render them at 

 once beautiful and interesting. All this can be 

 done within two years, at a comparatively small 

 expense, and a result produced which could not 

 have been realized for forty years, if it had been 

 necessary to have commenced the establishment, 

 by.])lanting out forest trees. There are numerous 

 maj;!stic oaks, pines, beeches and walnuts, which 

 have braved the storms of a century. Towering 

 aloft amidst the genera) verdure, and e.xtending 

 their huge branches far and wide, they appear as 

 the venerable monarchs of the grove, but still ex- 

 hibit the vigor of their luxuriant progeny, which, 

 in umbrageous contiguity, cover each hill and 

 plain avd sloping vale, and form many an 



* alley green, 



Dingle, or bushy dell, in tliis wild wood. 

 And many a bosky bourn, from sida to side' 



The Garden also, can be very considerably ad- 

 vanced, within the same short period which will 

 suffice for developing the im|)iovements of the 

 Cemetery. Tiie nurseries may be established, the 

 deparlmtiuts for culinary vegetables, fruit, and 

 ornamental trees, shrubs and flowers, laid out and 

 planted, a green house built, liot beds formed, the 

 small ponds and morasses converted into pictures- 

 que sheets of water, and then margins diversified by 

 clumps and belts of our most splendid native flow- 



