1856.] Cincinnati Horticultural Hociefy. 4qq 



Graliam deserves well of the Society for his thoughtfulness in pre- 

 senting It for exhibition on this appropriate occasion. 



Again Graham's name caught our eye; and now, sure of finding 

 something exquisite in taste, excellent in Art, or curious in Science 

 we gave heed at once. In a glass case was the African Thrush un- 

 known on this continent, bought of a sailor in X. Y., and ''put up " 

 by Mr. Graham himself. Its plumage is quite unlike any known in 

 America, a rich and most beautiful bronze with a bright tint of cop- 

 per. Its luster is admirably preserved by Mr. Graham's skill in put- 

 ting up. In the same case is a complete specimen (concholo-ical) of 

 the Nautilus, whose shell was the model for the Venetian "ondola- 

 and whose occupant hoists a little filmy sail and skims the surface 

 of the placid ocean, and on the approach of storm, furls his tiny sail 

 and sinks to the bottom till the storm is past. 



There are many other exquisite specimens of conchology in Mr 

 Graham's case: and among the other "shells" is an Ostrich's— eo-cr^ 

 shell; a curious looking thing, certainly, for a sand-bank to hatcdi 

 feathers from! But such it is: and possibly those jaunty plumes 

 now pendant from that beauty's bonnet, may have issued from the 

 fellow-nestling of this uncouth and speckled globe by its sandy in- 

 cubation. ■^ 



Mr. Graham's active zeal in behalf of horticulture, united with his 

 high attainments in natural science, renders him a most useful auxil- 

 iary to the Society's prosperity. Indeed, it is not too much to say 

 that all the most useful institutions of the city, whether scientific or 

 philanthropic, bear the impress of his most efficient but unassuming 

 activity and interest in their behalf. His reward as we know, con- 

 sists in the well-doing, but it is not therefore amiss for the public to 

 say, "well done!" 



We are yet lingering in the rear of this miniature mountain; we 

 have got half way round but not halfway through, and drawing a 

 long famishing sigh, wish we had our dinner. And then, behold 

 close at hand, we perceive certain fine looking ladies, who, like min- 

 istering angels, are dispensing ambrosia congealed into the "actual 

 presence of ice-cream, and pouring out libations of nectar bearing 

 the aroma of Java and Mocha. A smile of benevolent recognition 

 from one brought us to her side with a grateful and reverenti'al bow, 

 and ere long, bread and butter, cheese and coifee, were devoutly and 

 de^x)urously sacrificed at the domestic shrine of those benevolent 

 divinities who superintended this horticultural cuisine! God bless 

 them ! - 



