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TRUSTEES’ REPORT.

THE Cemetery of Mount Auburn, the earliest establishment of its
kind in the United States, continues to take precedence in appearance
and preservation over most of those which have since been constructed
on its model. The general condition of the grounds is satisfactory,
the roads and paths are in good repair, and the whole aspect of the
Cemetery has been improved during the past year, by the introduction
of many new monuments and stone inclosures, of beautiful and elaborate
workmanship.

The eminence called on the maps “Cedar Hull,” and well = as
being the site of the Appleton Monument, has been wholly remodelled,
and converted into a symmetrical mound of oval shape, uniformly
turfed, and made accessible to carriages by a new avenue. ‘This has
been done at the voluntary expense of William Appleton, Esq., and it
will hereafter constitute one of the conspicuous ernaments of the
Cemetery.

The fountain on Thistle Path, announced as contracted for in the last
Annual Report, has been completed, together with its basin, pipes, and
drains, and has been in satisfactory operation for a number of weeks during
the fall. The adjacent land, as stipulated in the contract, has been
conveyed to Mrs. A. Hemenway, to be forever kept open, and the sum
of $6,000, in conformity to the agreement, has been paid by her to the
Treasurer. ‘The remainder of the low land in which the fountain is
situated, is in process of reclamation by the removal of the mud, and
by replacing it with gravel tosuch a height as to render it ornamental
and suitable for Cemetery purposes. "

Tn connection with this operation, with the consent of the proprietors,
the summit -of Laurel Hill in the same neighborhood has been taken
off, and the gravel used to make the new land in the bog. This
process, while it improves the appearance of the hill, is sure to prove
remunerative to the Corporation from the sale of the newly made land,
and of some of the steep SCRE gs which are now made more level
and available.

The new public lot called St. Matthew's Lot, situated on Spruce
Avenue, is completed and enclosed by a hedge. It contains 19,609