APPENDIX. 



DESCRIPTIOX OF THE BOX, PLATE, AND OTHER ARTICLES, DE- 

 POSITED UXDER THE CORXER-STOXE OF THE XEW HALL. 



The box Is made of zinc, and twelve inches lonji, ten wide, 

 and four deej^. In the box the annexed list of articles are 

 enclosed : 



1. A Silver Plate, measuring eight inches long and six 

 wide, upon which the following is engraved : 



THIS EDIFICE IS ERECTED 



IHassafUusdts funiiniltutal ^oridy, 



For the purpose of encouraging and improving the 

 Science and Practice of Horticulture, 



And this Corner-Stone laid, August 18, 1864, 



BY THE PRESIDENT, 



CHARLES M. HOVEY. 



Bu ilding Com m ittee : 



C. M. HOVET, 



JosiAH Stickney, 

 M. P. Wilder, 

 C. O. Whitmore, 

 W. li. AUSTIX. 



h. h. hunnewell, 

 Joseph S. Cabot, 

 J. F. C. Hyde, 

 L. Wetherell. 



Architects : 

 Gridley J. F. Bryant and Arthur Oilman. 



To this Society the community are indebted for the foundation 

 and consecration of Mount Auburn Cemetery. 



