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EDITOR'S TABLE. 



"There is another observation in regard to cities which induces thoughtful men, who take 

 pride in their posterity, to remove from them when they have accomplished the objects for which 

 they were sought. How many millions of children educated in cities with the utmost care have 

 passed away without reaching distinction among their countrymen ! It is remarkable that 

 children born and bred in cities generally exhibit precocious talents ; they have the easiest access 

 to every species of learning; they are stimulated to exertion in the schools by the number of 

 competitors, and by that parental pride, vigilance, and solicitude which is spirited up by the 

 stirring society around ; they have the advantage of imbibing an early knowledge of the world, 

 and have almost in infancy the manners, the ideas, and self-possession of polished society. But 

 although the great cities of the Old World and of the New "World send forth probably one hun- 

 dred of these fully-educated youths to test their strength in the high pursuits of life, for one 

 country adventurer, yet it is found that almost all the distinguished men who shine in the service 

 of the country, or in the liberal professions, are country-born and bred. The hot-beds of cities 

 bring forward their plants more rapidly ; but those springing from the native soil, and braving 

 the rude seasons and rough culture of the country, are found to have the best stamina. Look 

 over the list of great men who figured in our revolution, and it will be found that alincst to a 

 man they were country-born and bred. Search the annals of the revolution in England from 

 the reign of the first Cuarles to the third "William. These were times that tried the souls of 

 men in the mother country. Scarce a name appears that does not owe its celebrity to faculties 



grown in the country." 



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TwEXTT-Tuir.D Anxitai. Eepoet of the New IIavex County noEXicuLTrEAL Societt foe 1S53, with an Address 

 by Eev. W. Clift. 



This pamphlet shows us that the New Ilaven Society had nearly four hundred tax-paying 

 members in 1853 ; that from the Tth of May to the 17th of September, it held weekly exhi- 

 bitions, with liberal contributions at each, and an Annual Fair in September. "We have 

 perused the transactions with much interest, and find many things worthy of note. The 

 Directors may well congratulate the Society on its continued prosperity. 



Reports of Costmittees fok 1853, of the Massachusetts Hoet. Society, with the Schedule of Prizes for 1854. 



Tnis great Society, the pride of the whole country, prosecutes its labors with undimin- 

 ished success, and sends us reports full of instruction. The prizes offered for 1854 amount 

 to $2,520, divided thus: Prospective prizes, $750; for gardens, greenhouses, &c., $200; 

 for fruits, $620; for plants, flowers, and designs, $700; for vegetables, $250. This, with the 

 honorable ambition to excel, are sufficient to call out great efforts, and produce great results. 



JOUKNAL OF THE UNITED STATES AGEICUXTUBAL SOCIETY. 



"We have received numbers 3 and 4 of this journal, from "Wm. S. King, editor of the 

 Journal of Agriculture. Mr. King is the Secretary of the Society and the editor of the 

 Quarterly. It contains a fuU and complete report of the First National Exhibition of 

 Horses at Springfield, besides a large amount of other interesting matter. The book con- 

 tains 280 pages. 



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Catalogt:e3 Received. — Select List of Florists' Flowers^ consisting of Eoses, Dalilias^ 

 Verbenas^ Fuchsias, Geranums, Salvias, Chrysanthemums, &c., cultivated and sold by P. E. 

 Freeoff, Auburn, N. Y. This new establishment is in the market with a very good and 

 well arranged list of articles. 



WJiolesale Catalogue of Flower Seeds, from J. If. Thorburn & Co., Seed Warehouse, 15 

 John street, New Yorh. 



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