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is a gallery or projection, on the outside, three feot and nine inches in 

 width, around which will bo placed battlements, and doubtless an iron rail- 

 ing, so as to make a walk around the tower perfectly safe to all. Around 

 the summit there will also be battlements and a railing, and seats for the 

 acconamodation of visitors. Beneath the projection are brackets of granite, 

 which add to the ornamental appearance as well as the support of the struc- 

 ture. The ascent is by means of spiral stairs of granite, of which there are 

 93 in the interior. These will allow two or three persons to walk abreast, 

 being three or four feet in width. There are three arch windows, ten feet 

 in height ; the entrance below is seven and a half feet in height, by four in 

 width ; and that opening upon the gallery is seven and a half feet, by three 

 and a half. The blocks of granite are well laid, and the structure, when 

 completed, will be solid, durable and beautiful. 



The view from the gallery is very extensive, embracing the entire ceme- 

 tery, Roxbury, Brookline, Brighton, Watertown, Charlestown, and all towns 

 and villages for several miles around. The view from the summit will, of 

 course, embrace a wider range. There is no observatory in this vicinity 

 where the eye can take such an extensive survey. The tower rests upon a 

 foundation of granite, embedded to the depth of six and a half feet; upon 

 an area ton feet from the base, the granite flagging is five feet deep. The 

 sides of the eminence will be graded, and three flights of steps up to the 

 tower will be laid ; the lofty trees in the immediate vicinity, which would 

 obstruct the view from the gallery, will be levelled. The work was com- 

 menced on the 27th of June, and already the tower has reached the height 

 of forty feet. It will be completed by the middle of September. The cost 

 will be about $1Q,QQQ. The work is being done under contract, by Messrs. 

 Whitcher, Sheldon & Co., of Quincy. The design was by Dr. Bigelow, of 

 this city. — [Chronicle.) 



Art. III. Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 



Saturday, Aig. luth, 1853. — Exhibited. Flowers : From C. Copeland, 

 P. Barnes, J. Brock & Son, J. Nugent, E. Chamberlain, Messrs. Burr, A. 

 Bowditch, Miss Russell, B. Harrington, J. Hovey, Winship & Co., and 

 Hovey &- Co., cut flowers, bouquets, hollyhocks, &c. 



AWARD OF PREMIUMS FOR HOLLYnOCKS. 



For the best twelve varieties, to P. Barnes, $5. 

 For the second best, to Hovey & Co., $4. 

 For the third best, to E. Chamberlain, .$-3. 

 Fruit : [The Chairman's report for this meeting has not been received, 

 and we are obliged to omit it] 



Sept. 20. — An adjourned meeting of the Society was hold to-day, — the 

 President in the chair. Messrs. Wight, C. M. Hovey, Story, Lovett and 

 Breck were appointed a committee to nominate a list of officers for 1854. 

 Adjourned one week to Sept. 27. 



