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flowers and shnibbeiy — if these last should be added, so much 

 the better, as they will contribute much to the charms of the 

 rural home. If at any time the farmer's children should mi- 

 grate a'.id seek a settlemant in other places, the early associa- 

 tions clustering around the place of thei • )ii-m will be the more 

 endeared, if connected with a rural retreat, sequestered in some 

 shady nook, and surrounded with pleasant gardens, with the 

 honeysuckle and the rose bush entwined around the door-way, 

 and the drooping elm and other ornamental trees scattered 

 along the way-side. 



The labor of keeping these grounds in order can be performed 

 at odd moments, and very frequently by those inmates of the 

 household who do not engage in the more arduous duties of the 

 farm. 



These hints have been suggested by examining the list of 

 contributors, and ascertaining, as far as circumstances will per 

 mit, their respective places of residence; and are presented with 

 a sincere desire that more attention should be given to this 

 branch of culture, not only by the farmers themselves, but by 

 others. Even in our larger towns where so much appears to be 

 done, more can be accomplished that would add much to the 

 productive industry of tlie county, if the small parcels of ground 

 attached to many dwellings were devoted to fruit or vegetable 

 gardens. 



The society has done much for the accomplishment of this 

 object — more yet remains to be done. The work has, as it were, 

 but just commenced ; let no effort remain untried to secure so 

 desirable a result. 



Henry Wheatland, Chairman. 



MIDDLESEX. 



Report of the Committee. 



The committee on vegetables, having attended to the duty 

 assigned them, are highly gratified in being able to state, that 

 the exhibition,, in their "judgment, surpassed any thing of the 

 kind we have had on former occasions, both as regards the 

 quality and variety of products exhibited. 



The display made by Mr. J. B. Moore, of Concord, was re- 



