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distinguished services freely, both publicly and privately; 

 but it was at once found that the want of means precluded 

 the accomplishment of his wishes. The estabhshment of 

 a Rural Cemetery had also occupied the attention of sev- 

 eral gentlemen interested in the subject previously to, and 

 immediately after, the organization of the Society, and the 

 combination of the two, it was tliuught, would bring about 

 the desired result. In December, 1830, therefore, apian 

 was submitted to the Society for purchasing Sweet Auburn, 

 the property of George W. Brimmer, Esq. The plan was 

 accepted and a committee appointed to carry the same into 

 effect, by which the Society were to become the owners of 

 Mount Auburn. In June, 1831, a detailed report was 

 submitted by Gen. Dearborn, in which it was declared 

 expedient to purchase the property, and proceed to the 

 formation of a garden and cemetery. 



This report was a most interesting and valuable recapitu- 

 lation of the labors of the Society for two years, and an 

 elaborate account of the mode of establishing and con- 

 ducting an Experimental Garden. Such establishments in 

 Europe were successful, but it was overlooked that they were 

 sustained by the aid of Government. So grand were the 

 conceptions of Gen. Dearborn's comprehensive mind, that 

 all the income from the Cemetery in its present prosperous 

 condition would scarcely support it ; and to encourage in- 

 dividual efforts in Horticultural art was more within the 

 province of the association than embarking in such a haz- 

 ardous enterprise. It was subsequently abandoned. 



