APPENDIX. 



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

 POSITED UNDER THE CORNER-STONE OF THE NEW HALL. 



The box is made of zinc, and twelve Inches long, ten wide, 

 and four deep. In the box the annexed list of articles are 

 enclosed : 



1. A Silver Plate, measurino; eig-ht inches lon^ and six 

 wide, upon which the following is engraved : 



THIS EDIFICE IS ERECTED 



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. 



C. M. HOVET, 

 JOSIAH StICKNET, 

 M. p. WiLDEK, 



C. O. Whitmore, 

 W. R. Austin, 



Building Committee: 



H. H. Hunnewell, 

 Joseph S. Cabot, 

 J. F. C. Hyde, 

 L. Wethekell. 



Architects: 

 Gridley J. F. Bryant and Arthur Oilman. 



To this Society the community are indebted for the foundation 

 and consecration of Mount Auburn Cemetery. 



