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RM2AWFAY8–The woods and by-ways of New England . nly more satisfactory and more picturesque. Herethe imagination finds scope for agreeable exercise, with-out the weariness produced by a view of illimitable space,and the consequent seeking after something beyond ourken. Nature does not surfeit her intelligent creatureswith scenes of beauty or grandeur. She economizes herwealth and her resources, and makes no attempt, likeambitious men, when improving her works, to dazzle thesight with uninterrupted splendor. She has opened manylittle valleys among the hills, to collect within them agreater amount of beau
RM2AWFD74–The woods and by-ways of New England . ferings one by one, leading from harmony to har-mony, as early twilight ushers in the ruddy tints of mom.We perceive both on the earth and in the skies the formsand tints that signalize the revival of Nature, and everyrosy-bosomed cloud gives promise of approaching glad-ness and beauty. By the frequent changes that mark the aspect of theyear we are preserved at all times in a condition to re-ceive pleasure from the outward forms of Nature. Hertints are as various as the forms of her productions; andthough spring and autumn, when the hues of vegetation , a
RM2AWMTT6–Mount Auburn: its scenes, its beauties, and its lessons . ish soon, like her who lies below : Thus all mankind are doomed alike to die, And buried thus will for a season lie ; But, as the flowers in spring awake and bloom, We too shall rise immortal from the tomb ! VII. I gathered up my flowers ; I roamed no more :But learned a truth I scarcely knew before.I learned the state of those we call the dead;And on my sisters tomb their hopes had read;Yet still sometimes I cannot cease to weep.To think how drear the places where they sleep !I dried my tears; I could no longer roam ;And to my sister b
RM2AWMNRN–Mount Auburn: its scenes, its beauties, and its lessons . eared, and shrivelled up his heart. So from the way in which he was trained up, THE FUNERAL. AN ECLOGUE. 197 His feet departed not; he toiled and moiled, Poor muck-worm ! through his threescore years and ten,And when the earth shall now be shovelled on him.If that which served him for a soul were stillWithin its husk, t would still be dirt to dirt. STRANGER. Yet your next newspapers will blazon him,For industrv and honorable wealth,A bright example. TOWNSMAN. Even half a millionGets him no other praise. But come this way,Some twelve mon
RM2AWMK4W–Mount Auburn: its scenes, its beauties, and its lessons . intellect whose heavenly trace Redeemd our earth : — away ! Ah, these are thoughts that well may rise On youths ambitious pride;But I will sit and moralize This lonely stone beside. Here thousands might have slept whose name Had been to thee a spell,To light thy flashing eyes with flame, — To bid thy young heart swell. 286 MOUNT AUBURN. Here miglit liave been a warriors rest,Some chief who bravely bled, With waving banners, sculptured crest,And laurel on his head. That laurel must have had its blood.That blood have caused its tear, — Lo
RM2AWMRGN–Mount Auburn: its scenes, its beauties, and its lessons . here and there a violet bestrown, Fast by a brook or fountains murmuring wave,And many an evening sun shine sweetly on my grave! We have the similar testimony of another poet. AllanCunningham was offered by Chantrey a place in his ownnew elaborate mausoleum. The reply w^as, — No, no. Ill not be built over when I am dead; Illlie where the wmd shall blow, and the daisy grow uponmy grave. 12 HARVARD HILL. The spot that contains the grave of President Kirkland, has beennamed Harvard Hill. It was purchased by the Corporation of theUniversity
RM2AWMMF7–Mount Auburn: its scenes, its beauties, and its lessons . ves us at his will, — We work as slaves in his employ. Once the earth for us was made ; We revelled in its sunshine warm ;Ours were the flowers that decked the glade, Our plaything Avas the wintry storm.Now what we own is marked by sextons spade. We gaze upon a lock of hair, And marvel if its o-old were ours : — & If eyes so faded erst were fair ; — If cheeks once blossomed like the flowers.So ixdlid now and lined bv care ! OUR LOST CHILDHOOD. 261 Earths childhood comes with every Spring; Bat ours soon spent returns no more;Earth sees b
RM2AWMYAG–Mount Auburn: its scenes, its beauties, and its lessons . rish them delightful sentimentswhich are so needful to the comfort of the mourner, andso 2;rateful to all who come to the o-rave to meditate. BURIAL AT MOUNT AUBURN OF A CHILD OF THEREV. MR. WATERSTON. By Mrs. Sigourxet. Rest in Mount Auburns sacred arms, Oh ! early called to layThe blossom of this mortal life Down in unconscious clay. Sleep mid its flowers, thou cherished form. For Summers hand hath shedHer glowing charms profusely forth To deck the dreamless bed. And what so fittino; for thy couch, Which Love had ever drest.As yon unf
RM2AWFAF5–The woods and by-ways of New England . massof foliage. A notion prevails in some parts of Europe,that this tree should not be planted near dwelling-houses, because the flowers emit a powerful and dis-agreeable odor, which is offensive to most people. Ihave not observed any such odor from the AmericanChestnut. In general form and proportions there seems to be nospecific difference between the English and the Americanchestnuts. On this continent it is a majestic tree, re-markable for the breadth and depth of its shade; but it isseldom cultivated by roadsides. It displays many of thesuperficial c
RM2AWFA64–The woods and by-ways of New England . evening twilight havetheir respective harbingers ; and she usually accompaniesthem with peculiar sounds from the elements and fromanimated things. Thus by the croaking of the tree-toadat noonday she augurs an approaching shower, by thechirping of the green nocturnal treehopper she proclaimsthe approach of autumn; but the birds are Natures fa-vorite sentinels, whom she employs to herald the morn. If we now take our stand on an eminence where wecan obtain a clear view of the eastern horizon, a luminousappearance may be observed, forming a semicircle of dimw
RM2AWMR2M–Mount Auburn: its scenes, its beauties, and its lessons . ially namedhim about to be committed to the grave. The kiss of peace is spoken of, and the anointing withholy oil, as the last rites of all ; but these seem not tohave been always observed. It was very usual to strew CHRISTIAN BURIAL. 159 flowers on the grave ; and no old Avriter, how rigidsoever, has reprobated this innocent, beautiful, and mostsuggestive custom. And so fulfilled with the grace and benediction ofHim whom they had learned to know of their Father inHeaven, as their Redeemer to all eternity, in faitli andhope, in the exer
RM2AWMY3P–Mount Auburn: its scenes, its beauties, and its lessons . ll,calm beauty, in the embrace of death — the bride of thegrave. The gloom and silence of the room, the rigidfeatures of the dead, the low solemn chant of the priest,and the noiseless ceremonies of the Catholic burial ser- 70 MOUNT AUBURN. vice, whencontrasted witli the severe simplicity of theProtestant service, produced an effect which it is impos-sible to foro;et. A young child is always carried to the grave in therobe in which it was christened ; and fresh white flowersare strewn upon its coffin. What can be more appro-priate or mor
RM2AWMMJX–Mount Auburn: its scenes, its beauties, and its lessons . lumn of marble. THE PAUPERS DEATH-BED. By GQLtefS. C ex <x Tread softly — bow the head —In reverent silence bow —No passing bell doth toll —Yet an immortal soulIs passing now. Stranger ! however great,Thouo;h laurels deck thy brow,There s one in tha.t poor shed —One by that paltry bed —Greater than thou. Beneath that beggars roof,Lo ! death doth keep his state :Enter — no crowds attend —Enter — no o;uards defendThis palace gate. 236 MOUNT AUBURN. That pavement damp and coldNo smilino; courtiers tread ;One silent woman standsLiftino;
RM2AWF951–The woods and by-ways of New England . seldom in this direction, save when it is lost in awood or a fen, will it disappoint his pursuit. Its intri-cacies are a source of constant amusement, and its mo-mentary disappearances serve but to awaken our interest.While moving with the stream, it can never entirely eludeour observation. But if we turn the opposite way, andtry to discover its source, we soon become involved inthe perplexity of the metaphysician when he endeavorsto unravel the mystery of final causes. But there is a peculiar excitement attending a searchfor the original source of the st
RM2AWF8X5–The woods and by-ways of New England . those of the other spruces are sessile, those of theHemlock have slender footstalks, yielding them a slightmobility. The spangled glitter of the foliage is caused bya slightly tremulous motion of the terminal sprays. In a deep wood the Hemlock shows some very im-portant defects. There it forms a shaft from fifty toeighty feet in height without any diminution of its size,until near the summit, where it tapers suddenly, forming ahead of foliage that projects considerably above the gen-eral level of the forest. The trunk is covered with deadbranches projecti
RM2AWMRYW–Mount Auburn: its scenes, its beauties, and its lessons . strangely impressivescene, and the thrill of mingled awe and wondea seizesevery fibre, both of the body and mind. To get someidea of the multitudes of figures on the walls, I took thetrouble to count those which occupied a space two feetwide and twenty feet in height, extending from the floorto the ceiling, and I found them to be two hundred andfifty-four. They all seemed to have a meaning ; and nodoubt many parts of them could have been read and in-terpreted by one who had the requisite skill ; so thatprobably the contents of ten thous
RM2AWF7NF–The woods and by-ways of New England . hat is generally consecrated to burial-grounds, and that most frequently overshadows the gravesof the dead. It is a tree of second magnitude, and re-markable for its longevity. The American Yew is seldomanything more than a prostrate shrub, resembling branchesof fir spreading over the ground. It is said, however, thatalthough it is a creeping shrub on the Atlantic coast, itbecomes a tree on the coast of the Pacific; in like man-ner the alder, which is a shrub here, becomes a tree inOregon and California. In New England, the Yew is a solitary tree, growing
RM2AWFCBK–The woods and by-ways of New England . ays itcovers the nakedness of the stone wall with foliage andflowers, and produces an abundance of wild fruit forchildren and birds. Tons of whortleberries would beproduced every summer by rustic waysides and the bor-ders of fields, if the sordid land-owner did not destroy thebushes that yield them. I cannot see that a growth ofthis kind close to the fences would diminish the space that 84 WAYSIDE SHRUBBERY. should be occupied by the farmers crops. Yet were itnot for the persistent efforts of Nature, who plants hershrubs with liberal hand in neglected fie
RM2AWF9HY–The woods and by-ways of New England . n supplied with a new growth of trees. Inthe place of them were a few scrub oaks, some whortle-berry-bushes, and other native shrubs; the trees weresmaller, and there was a greater predominance of pitch-pine in all the more sandy parts of the tract, and nu-merous white birches had sprung up among them. Such is the change, he remarked, which is graduallytaking place over the whole continent. He seemed toregret this change, and thought the progress of the civil-ized arts, though it rendered necessary the clearing of thegreater part of the wooded country, ou
RM2AWMJPY–Mount Auburn: its scenes, its beauties, and its lessons . ?* ^%i <j?y Wl FE Of? H S CHASE ^Ji£0 AUG ST iSi^ACtO 3 KS. ..^Ift J ^^t^:M :^-;^ .^^;- ^%«^^i,^^^.-^=-^j*^.
RM2AWFDXW–The woods and by-ways of New England . de Shrubbery 79 Weeping Willow Salix Babylonica 37 Western Plane Platanus occidentalis .... 225 White Birch Betula alba 305 White Pine Pinus strobus 411 White Spruce Abies alba 377 Whortleberry Pasture 210 Whortleberries and Huckleberries 215 Willow, Swamp Salix eriocephala 29 Willow, Yellow Salix vitellina 26 Winter Wood-scenery 354 Witch-Hazel 345 Wood-Paths 285 Woody Nightshade Solatium dulcamara . . .190 Y. Yellow Birch Betula excelsa 313 Yew Taxus Canadensis 400 Cambridge : Electrotyped and Printed by Welch, Bigelow, & Co. I m. BOSTON:JAMES R. OSGOOD
RM2AWFDPR–The woods and by-ways of New England . ither so regular as to be formal, norso broken as to detract from its peculiar grace. Whenstanding with other trees in midsummer, in the borderof a wood, or mingled with the standards by the roadside,the Ash would be sure to attract admiration. But nosooner have the leaves fallen from its branches than ittakes rank below almost all other trees, presenting a stiff,blunt, and awkward spray, and an entire want of thatelegance it affects at other seasons. The Ash is a favorite in Europe, though deficient therein autumnal tints. It is a tree of the first magni
RM2AWF9WF–The woods and by-ways of New England . t growth,it is not a homely shrub. The numerous small and erectbranches that spring from the creeping boughs resemble abed of dense low shrubbery. And when we see it in anold, dark-shaded wood, crimsoned by the tinting of autumn,and full of bright scarlet fruit, we cannot but admire it. THE ARROW-WOOD. Among the several species which I shall not attemptto describe, one of the most common and familiar isthe Arrow-Wood, so called from the general employ-ment of its long, straight, and slender branches bythe Indians for the manufacture of their arrows. Thist
RM2AWMN9D–Mount Auburn: its scenes, its beauties, and its lessons . E W^HO FELL AT THERMOPYLJE. In dark Thermopylae they lie ;O death of glorv, there to die! 212 MOUNT AUBURN. Their tomb an altar is, their nameA mighty heritage of fame :Their dirge is triumph — cumbering rust,And Time that turneth all to dust —That tomb shall never waste nor hide, —• The tomb of warriors true and tried. The full voiced praise of Greece aroundLies buried in that sacred mound ;Where Sparta^King Leonidas,In death eternal glory has. By the same : — ON THE SAME. These for their native land, through deaths dark shade. Who fre
RM2AWN0JM–Mount Auburn: its scenes, its beauties, and its lessons . as erected for the performance of burialservices in those cases in which the state of the weather,or other circumstances connected with the funeral of thedeceased, might render it necessary or convenient. Itwas designed also to afford a depository for statues a,ndother works of sculpture which require protection fromthe weather. This building is also of granite, and issituated on a conspicuous elevation, at the right ofCentral Avenue. It is sixty feet by forty in its dimen-sions, and its decorations are in the pointed style ofarchitectu
RM2AWN074–Mount Auburn: its scenes, its beauties, and its lessons . coming,when thou, who didst once sleep upon her bosom, shaltsleep by her side, being gathered to the great congrega-tion of the dead. She will speak to thee, from her grave,of the worth of innocence, of the importance of chasten-ing the extravagance of thy young hopes, and of lookingthoughtfully and seriously upon the world as a scene oftrying duties and severe temptations, of the countlessevils that join hand in hand and follow on in the train ofa single folly, and of the momentous bearing of thypresent course upon thy peace in this li
RM2AWMN2D–Mount Auburn: its scenes, its beauties, and its lessons . UNKNOWN GRAVE. 219 THE UNKNOWN GRAVE. By Adelaide Anxe Proctor. No name to Lid us know Who rests below,j^o Avord of deatli or birth ; Only the grasses waveOver a mound of earth, Over a nameless grave. Did this poor wandering heart In pain depart ? —Lono-iiiSi but all too late. For the calm home a;;^ain,Where patient watchers wait And still Avill wait in vain ? Did mourners come in scorn, And thus forlorn,Leave him with trrief and shame To silence and decav.And hide tlie tarnished name Of the unconscious claj ? It may be from his side Hi
RM2AWF7GA–The woods and by-ways of New England . he blue sky, and the snow-whiteclouds are cast upon it. We look upon this picturethrough a circle of embroidered mosses, ferns, and lichens, 18 •ilO KUKAL LIFE IN NEW ENGLAND. that cluster upon the old rocks, resembling a flight ofrustic steps down to the fountain below. When the farmers daughter steps out, with her sisters,under the shade of trees or upon the green slope thatfronts the homestead, no princess was ever more devoutlyattended by all the lovely ministrants of nature. Thegales shed around her path the incense of roses and hon-eysuckles, twinin
RM2AWFC9F–The woods and by-ways of New England . dilapidatedstone-wall, half concealed by tall shrubs and vines andby trees that have encroached upon its boundaries.Emerging into this open space we find ourselves in anold orchard that still bears meagre crops of fruit, whichwas an appendage to a farm long neglected and abandoned,now half restored to its original condition as a forest. I have often called the attention of lovers of natureto the peculiar beauty which is apparent in an old or-chard. I know it is not much admired by improvers. Ithas neither trimness nor elegance. There is nothing inthe styl
RM2AWN1BF–Mount Auburn: its scenes, its beauties, and its lessons . ^Jfc ^y^^-TZT^Bost^c CHAPEL IN FRONT. MOUNT AUBURN: ITS SCENES, ITS BEAUTIES, A N U ITS LESSONS. Tiy TV^ILSOT^ IT IL, A^ Gr G , AUTHOR OFS r U U I E S IX T il i: field a X I) FOREST. And we will sleep a pleasant sleep,And not a care shall here intrude,To break the marble solitude, So peaceul and so deep. Heury Kirke White BOSTON AND CAMBRIDGE:JAMES MUNROE AND COMPANY 18G1. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 18G0,By James Munroe and Company,In the Clerks Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.mount
RM2AWMWER–Mount Auburn: its scenes, its beauties, and its lessons . mplemight incite the living to virtuous designs. The Egyp-tians ever blended death with life. At their feasts, theirbridals, the rigid features of the dead, croAvned and girdedwith lifes fading flowers, were beside them, and its fleet-ing joys became more precious from their contrast with 92 MOUNT AUBURN. the silence of the tomb. If they who worshipped beforethe mystic veil of Isis, or hung with awe upon the shadowywords of the priestess of the tripod and the dove ; if theymade death the companion of their daily paths, — shouldnot we, t
RM2AWFAA3–The woods and by-ways of New England . ew country must be awakened chiefly by the objectsof nature; for art is disagreeably vapid and ostentatiouswhere the wealthy inhabitants are chiefly ambitious tosurpass each other in the parade of their resources. Ifthe wild and rude character of the landscape were de-stroyed, if the spontaneous woods were despoiled, andnothing remained but a general baldness, nature wouldafford but little relief from the glare and insipidity ofornamental art. Yet I cannot feel that the venerablebuildings of an old country full of antiquities would makeamends for the abse
RM2AWF8BG–The woods and by-ways of New England . m and the hemlock is graceful,but that of the Norway spruce resembles an artificialarrangement, and reminds me of garments hanging upona patent clothes-line. I think the tufted mode of growthof the American spruces would be generally preferred tothe formal drooping foliage of the Norway spruce andEuropean larch. THE BLACK SPRUCE. The Black Spruce is a taller and larger tree in its na-tive forest than the white spruce; but the latter, whenplanted in pleasure-grounds, makes a more beautifulstandard than the other, which is apt to grow scraggyand defective,
RM2AWFBR2–The woods and by-ways of New England . tered groups on a. wide plain,without the interference of art, it surpasses every otherdescription of wood-scenery. An assemblage of trees on ahillside is called a hanging wood, because it seems tooverhang the valley beneath it. Thus situated it formsoppositions of a very striking sort, by lifting its summitsinto the sunshine while it deepens the shadows thatrest upon the valley. Wood on steep declivities is aninteresting sight, especially if an occasional opening re-veals to us the precipitous character of the ground, andshows the difficulties which the
RM2AWMJ9F–Mount Auburn: its scenes, its beauties, and its lessons . ..^Ift J ^^t^:M :^-;^ .^^;- ^%«^^i,^^^.-^=-^j*^.. >•? -^ •^^ ^^^.r^^-^^- -^^Cc ss^!SS^?•i^;¥;^5^- ? -^^^-^ ostmi. H.S.CHASE. THE CHASE MONUMENT. This monument — a solid shaft of marble — is situated on Sorrel Path;is of elaborate design and finish. On the front is placed the following : — I GO TO PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU. ELIZABETH AUGUSTA, WIFE OF H. S. Chase, DIED August 23, 1855, AGED 39 tears. Calm on the bosom of thy God, Fair spirit rest thee now!Even while with us thy footsteps trod, His seal was on thy brow. H. S. CHASE On the
RM2AWMKNK–Mount Auburn: its scenes, its beauties, and its lessons . study and ven-erate the wonders of our own country. MOUNT AUBURN IN AUTUMN. By Mrs. Eliza Lee Follen. I LOVE to mark the falling leaf,To watch the weaning moon; I love to cherish the belief,That all will change so soon. I love to see the beauteous flowers In bright succession pass.As they would deck lifes fleeting hours. And hide his ebbino; o-lass. I love the rushing wind to hear,Throuo-h the dismantled trees, And shed the sadly soothing tearOer joys that fled like these. 274 MOUNT AUBURN. I love to tliink this glorious earth Is but a
RM2AWMX3G–Mount Auburn: its scenes, its beauties, and its lessons . lovely spot then seemed Like opening paradise to my young heart; And nature here in rich luxuriance teemed, Where monuments now rise of vying art: O ! why should pride in this still spot have part! Rather let nature in her wildness live, And oer all scenes her living hues impart. From whence the soul heavens blessing may derive. And feel its lagging powers again in life revive. The evening shades are fast assembling round. And to his airy seat each songster hies, While all is hushed throughout this hallowed ground. Save where from yonde
RM2AWMPR8–Mount Auburn: its scenes, its beauties, and its lessons . t mhls the walls Of kingly sepulchres en wrought with brass ;And the long shadow of the cypress falls Athwart the common grass. The living of gone time Builded their glorious cities by the sea ;And awful in their greatness sat sublime, As if no chano;e coidd be. There was the eloquent tongue; The poets heart; the sages soul was there ;And loving w^omen with their children young. The faithful and the fair ! They were, but they are not; Suns rose and set, and earth put on her bloom.Whilst man, submitting to the common lot, Went down into
RM2AWFE24–The woods and by-ways of New England . ulip-Tree Liriodendron tulipifera . .129 Tupelo Nyssa villosa 63 V. Vemal Wood-scenery 40 Viburnum, Arrow-Wood . . V. dentatum 24-2 Viburnum, Hobblebusb . . V. lantanoides 241 Viburnum, Maple-leaved . V. acerifolium 241 Viburnum, Wayfaring-Tree. . V. Untago 240 Virginia Creeper Ampelopsis 189 Virgins Bower Clematis 193 W. Wayside Shrubbery 79 Weeping Willow Salix Babylonica 37 Western Plane Platanus occidentalis .... 225 White Birch Betula alba 305 White Pine Pinus strobus 411 White Spruce Abies alba 377 Whortleberry Pasture 210 Whortleberries and Huckleb
RM2AWMMPJ–Mount Auburn: its scenes, its beauties, and its lessons . ji> >T^je>-^- *--:srvA J^I^^l^^ *^%i>^ .:::^i^^«S ^,^?^;^^^^: ^^ Q,, y ^ Co ??^^^?Bo^ton^. J. FOS S. THE FOSS MONUMENT. This monument is situated on Snowdrop Path. It is a noble graniteblock, and tastefully enclosed. Various emblematic designs of the Ma-sonic order are cut upon it. In front of the monument is a marbletable. Upon it rests the figure of a lamb, cut on a marble block.Beneath the table, on a slab, is an encased boquet of flowers. Thefollowing are the inscriptions upon the front of the monument : — Make us etern
RM2AWFC5K–The woods and by-ways of New England . thoseproportions we admire in other trees. It rears its tallform, withered, shapeless, and deprived of many valuableparts, without proportional breadth, and wanting in anydefinite character of outline. Through all the early-weeks of spring we might still suppose it would neverrecover its beauty. But May hangs on those witheredboughs a green drapery that hides all their deformity;she infuses into their foliage a perfection of verdure thatno other tree can rival, and a beauty in the forms of itsleaves that renders it one of the chief ornaments ofthe groves
RM2AWN0B6–Mount Auburn: its scenes, its beauties, and its lessons . and asked if all was oer; — If they who meet on earth, shall meet no more ; — If but this brief companionship in woe, Was all that life or love on earth mio-ht know ? I importuned the grave, as with a friend, Beseeching it but once its veil to rend, — To tell me why, with such oerwhelming strife, It even trod upon the steps of life ? And death, eternity, the grave, replied, We have no voice for doubt, thou child of pride. My baffled spirit bowed in anguish low, —The victim of a doom it could not know :Above, beneath, without a mark or b
RM2AWFCAT–The woods and by-ways of New England . he scent of new-mown hay succeeds that of thegrain harvest, — the odor of ripened vegetation. We nowmark the difference between the savor of herbs when theyare cut down in blossom and. after they have ripenedtheir seeds. The odors of summer are more spicy oraromatic, and have more of an intoxicating quality, thanthose of the harvest. Nature has denied fragrance to theautumnal flowers, except a few that resemble the flowersof spring; such is the graceful neottia, breathing theodor of hyacinths, which is so obscure that it would beoverlooked by the insects,
RM2AWFCND–The woods and by-ways of New England . This is the picturesque viewof the subject; but in the eyes of a botanist grass isalmost infinite in its attractions. In every field or pas-ture that offers its tender blades to the grazing herds,there are multitudes of species, beside the thousandsof herbs and flowers and ferns and mosses which arealways blended with them, and assist in composing theirverdure. What seems to the eyes of a child a mereuniform mass of green is an assemblage of differentspecies that would afford study for a lifetime. Grasses,though minute objects, are vast in their assemblag
RM2AWMP9P–Mount Auburn: its scenes, its beauties, and its lessons . this day,not only are roses planted round graves, but it is usual tokeep the graves freshly strewn over for twelve monthswith green herbs and flowers. 16* CHANNINGS MONUMENT. The Monument to William Ellery Channina; is situated in YarrowPath. It is wrought in fine Italian marble, from a design by Washing-ton Allston. On one side of the sarcophagus is this inscription : — Here rest the remains of William Ellery CHAXNi>rG, Born 7th April, 1780, At Newport, R. I. Ordained June 1st, 1803, As a Minister of Jesus Christ, to the Society wor
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