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ited number of the promoters of human happiness, remember the eiForts of Michaux 

 for the benefit of his country and the world ; and the comparative smallncss of their 

 number, exhibits tlie prevalence of the weeds of bad taste among tlie flowers which adorn 

 the paths of life and promote happiness. Let us be diligent in our efforts to eradicate 

 those weeds, and to cultivate those flowers which promote and exhibit the beauties of 

 high civilization. 



The visit of Michau.x to America, in 1804, the account of which was published in a 

 work interesting aud instructive in a high degree — as all books of travel ought to be — 

 with his splendid scientific works, gave hira a reputation with his American rcadei's which 

 has been preserved and increased during the remainder of his life. The pamphlet of 

 which he scut a copy to this Society, giving accounts of his efFoils to improve the culti- 

 vation of the vine, a branch of culture so important to his c(mntry and ours, gives us a 

 beautiful exemplifii'ation of his desire to be useful to mankind — a desire which age could 

 not extinguish, nor that love of repose which it is so apt to inspire, contJ'ol. 



The gold medal granted him by his country, and which is here exhibited, was 

 entrusted to the care of our Society, accompanied by a letter to our associates — Messrs. 

 Buchanan and Loxgworth — characteristic of the kindness of his nature, of his exten- 

 sive benevolence, and his desire to encourage that purity of taste which leads to the best 

 results of civilization — a liberality beyond the power of gold. 



The oaks aud the pines of America are monuments to the memoiy of Michapx, ever 

 green and ever glorious — the works of God — they will 



" Give his laui'els everlasting bloom." 



The art of man can not construct such monuments, though a Powers might, with his 

 magic chisel make 



"Breathing sculpture emulate his fame." 



Yet those trees of the forest w liich he loved and honored for their beauty and useful- 

 ness, convey nobler truths to the heart and soul, and ai'c more appropriate to call up the 

 memory of this enthusiastic lover of nature. And in the rustling of their leaves fancy 

 will hear whispered an epitaph more appropriate than those borne by monumental bi'ass. 

 And imagination will body forth those lessons of purity and truth which a diligent atten- 

 tion to the works of nature will always yield. It wQl ' hold high converse ' with those 

 children of beauty, the flowers of the field ; with those emblems of strength and power, 

 the ti'ees of the forest ; and with those humbler shrubs whose presence is necessary to 

 give that vnriely to our landscapes, which the completeness of their beauty requires ; and 

 they all will combine to give a brighter record than any costly fabric of marble or orna- 

 ment can exhibit, of the worth and of the benefits to which we are indebted to Michaux. 



With these views, your committee recommend the adoption of the following resolutions : 



Resolved. That the (lincinniiti Horticultural Society, deeply sensible of the loss sustain- 

 ed by the world in the dcatli of Michaux. is desirous to add its testimony to those lovers 

 of nature and cultivators of science, throughout the civilized world, of respect for his 

 memory and rcuret for his loss. 



Resolved. That the menibers of this Society duly appreciate his generous feelings to- 

 ward their country, as displayed in his noble efforts to give the world a knowledge of the 

 riches yielded by its fi-rtile soil and benignant climate. 



Resolved, That we will presenre, with revereiitinl care the medal intrusted to us by his 

 kind and encoura'.Miig attention to our youthful institution, trustinc: that it may prove a 

 stimulus to us aud our successors, to exertions in those pursuits by which he was so highly 

 distinguisheil. 



Resolved. That we tender aud transmit to the family and personal friends of Michaux, 

 our sympathy fur their loss, combined with congratulations on their happiness in having 



