Sights in Boston and suburbs : or, guide to the stranger . f his invaluable services and labors. Mount Auburn. — The cemetery of Mount Auburn,justly celebrated as the most interesting object of the kindin our country, is situated in Cambridge and Watertown,about four and a half miles from the city of Boston, andone and a quarter miles west of Harvard University. Itincludes upwards of one hundred acres of land, purchasedat different times by the Massachusetts Horticultural Soci-ety, extending from the main road nearly to the banks ofCharles River. A portion of the land next to the road,and now
Sights in Boston and suburbs : or, guide to the stranger . f his invaluable services and labors. Mount Auburn. — The cemetery of Mount Auburn,justly celebrated as the most interesting object of the kindin our country, is situated in Cambridge and Watertown,about four and a half miles from the city of Boston, andone and a quarter miles west of Harvard University. Itincludes upwards of one hundred acres of land, purchasedat different times by the Massachusetts Horticultural Soci-ety, extending from the main road nearly to the banks ofCharles River. A portion of the land next to the road,and now under cultivation, once constituted the experi-mental garden of the society. A long watercourse be-tween this tract and the interior woodland formed a nat-ural boundary, separating the two sections. The innerportion, which was set apart for the purposes of a ceme-tery, is. covered, throughout most of its extent, with avigorous growth of forest trees, many of them of largesize, and comprising an unusual variety of species. This ><^mqun r^ km mmm^Z. 1. Road to Fresh Pond. 2. Chapel. 3. Spruce Avenue. 4. Public Lot. 5. Laurel Hill. 6. Walnut Avenue. 7. Mountain Avenue. 8. Mount Auburn Tower. 9. Dell Path. 10. Pine Hill. 11. Central Square. 12. Cedar Hill. 13. Harvard Hill. 13 14. Juniper Hill. 15. Temple Hill. 16. Rosemary Path. 17. Jasmine Path. 18. Chestnut Avenue. 19. Poplar Avenue. 20. Meadow Pond. 21. Lime Avenue. 22. Larch Avenue. 23. Garden Pond. 24. Forest Pond. 25. Central Avenue. (145) 146 SUBURBAN SIGHTS. tract is beautifully undulating in its surface, containing anumber of bold eminences, steep acclivities, and deep,shadowy valleys. A remarkable natural ridge, with alevel surface, runs through the ground from south-east tonorth-west, which was for many years a favorite walk withthe students of Harvard. The principal eminence, calledMount Auburn, is one hundred and twenty-five feet abovethe level of Charles River, and commands from its sum-mit one of the finest
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