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seeks a place in which to settle for life. The products of horticulture are the 

 most delightful accompaaiment of a home, and in the development of some 

 branch ot horticulture, no matter what the principal occupation may be, one 

 gets a wholesome satisfaction that softeus the years and renders life more 

 enjoyable. Michigan presents to the home-seeker a great many advantages 

 that appeal at once to the practical good sense of those who are seeking a place 

 in which to build up a home. A recapitulation of these advantages may be 

 given very briefly as follows: 



Michigan is practically free from debt j her public institutions are her pride, 

 and her educational system is commended by the best educators in the country. 



The agricultural advantages for mixed husbandry are of the very best; the 

 climate is not equaled by any northern State ; the air is clear, the water pure, 

 and the variations in temperature comparatively slight. 



The landscapes are beautiful, and a wide range of fruits, plants, flowers and 

 trees, that form the accompaniments of a well embellished home, can be grown 

 successfully. 



Delightful resorts are near at hand everywhere; and a refined and intelli- 

 gent people make up her present population. 



Michigan has a motto upon her coat of ikvms, Si qicceris peni}isulam amcenam 

 circumspice : If you wish to see a beautiful peninsula, look about you. That is 

 no flaming advertisement of exaggerated proportions, but is a simple introduc- 

 tion to those who enter our borders, the apparently complimentary language 

 of which is found by every visitor to be a truthful statement. 



The old derisive songs that told of ague, marshes, rattlesnakes, and wolver- 

 ines as the natural products of Michigan are not sung any more; and none 

 visit the peninsular State who do not go away with pleasant accounts of her 

 climate, soil, productions, and people. 



