Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . The gate house is a fine Gothic building, fifty-six feetwide, with a high centre arch and two side arches. Alodge adjoins it, and the whole structure has been muchadmired for its dignity and grace. Near to it stands arustic well house, embowered in roses and running vines. A few steps inside the gate bring the visitor to a smalltriangle, where the avenues diverge. Here stands the dog, the emblem of fidelity and affection, and byhis side is the wonderful Ginko tree, the form and leaf ofwhich demand notice. On the right, towards
Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . The gate house is a fine Gothic building, fifty-six feetwide, with a high centre arch and two side arches. Alodge adjoins it, and the whole structure has been muchadmired for its dignity and grace. Near to it stands arustic well house, embowered in roses and running vines. A few steps inside the gate bring the visitor to a smalltriangle, where the avenues diverge. Here stands the dog, the emblem of fidelity and affection, and byhis side is the wonderful Ginko tree, the form and leaf ofwhich demand notice. On the right, towards the hill, is now seen the RockTower, of which a view is presented on the following tower is constructed of rude boulders, with a spiralwalk ascending easily to the top. Its base is seventy- 286 BOSTON AM) VICINITV. cijrht feet in diameter, and its altitude about thirty its summit are seen Lynn, JSaugus, Nahant, tlie sea,bay, and other objects of intere t. When covered withlichens, mosses, ferns, woodbines, and ivy, this ponderous. T*:^;: pile will be exceedingly attractive. Eventually it is tor^erve as the base for a high observatory of iron. On the left of Entrance Avenue starts off the beautifulN^etherwood Avenue, through which every one shouldpass, either entering or returning. Near its junction withForest Glade Avenue, a few feet from the triangle, tui*n-ing to the right, are seen the receiving tombs, remarkable ii(.»>n)\ AM) VK iMiv. 7 lor their neatness and repose. Iassing on towards thenorth, the long vista of Woodside Avenue will appear;and i)assing through this elegant way, the approach toChapel Hill is marked l;y a beautiful rustic arch, coveredwith wild grape and surmounted by a cro^s bearingon one side the inscription, I am the true vine, and onthe other, Abide in me. In this vicinity are many beautiiid lots and monuments;and near the junction of Ploral and Chajiel Avenuesanother specimen of the Ginko tree is seen. Near tin- entra
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