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Mr. Minkler. — I now move that this session now close by singing 

 the Doxology — " Praise God, from whom all blessings flow." 



Whereupon the Society and audience arose, and, led by Mr. Minkler, 

 gave an appreciative rendering of that grand old choral, "The Old 

 Hundredth." 



The President then declared the meeting adjourned. 



Thus closed the twenty-fourth annual meeting of the Society. 



The attendance had been more than usually large ; the meeting was 

 characterized, from its opening to its_close, by a general interest taken by 

 the members in the papers read and the discussions held, and by a uni- 

 form deference from each to the opinions of others, indicative of that 

 fraternal feeling which a true love of horticultural pursuits begets in the 

 hearts and minds of its possessors. 



The readers of the proceedings of this meeting will excuse the 

 Secretary for expressing the hope that they may find in them some 

 appropriate food for thought and many valuable suggestions to aid them 

 in the practice of that noble "Art which doth mend nature." 



