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MASS. HORTICULTURAL FESTIVAL. 



ils festal board wilh beauty, of which these are 1 ut the 

 types, and eloqiienre, speakiiijf to llie heart iiiul cl. 'thing 

 with many voices, the oliierwi.se inaudible silence of Nature. 



From John Milton Earle, President of Wor- 

 cester County Society: 



Tlie Mns^achuseits Horticultural Society : First and fore- 

 most aiMcinjf similar instilutioiis in this country, ii can desire 

 jio higher honor, tha.i to be jud'^ed by \\s fruits. 



The President then fjave; 



The Press: Having lighiniua- wires for helpers, it more 

 than ever needs good coitductvrs. Some o{ ihe old ones are 

 as good as new. 



The fonowin<T toast was sent in hy Mr. Epes 

 Sargent, of the Eveninil Transcrii)t. in reply to 

 a sentiment complimentary to tiie pres.s: 



Our Horticulturists : While the products of iheir {Tiirdeiis 

 ipvinre the perfection of culture, they themselves are a 

 proof, tliiit 



'■ Afafi is llie nobler growth our .soil supi>lies. 

 And satils are ripened in our norllieni skies." 



The next sentiment wast 



Tiie Ladies: The " iMorniiiir Glories" of creation, our 

 fireside '•Delights," and ei-ery day's 'Ilenrl'sEa.se." 



By Mr. E- M. Richards, Vice President: 



The next /'resident of tiie Massa'-hu setts Hoiticultural Srt- 

 cie'.y : May he ever ain> to equal his predecessors in pro- 

 moting the prosperity of this Association 



Communicated by Hon John S. Cabot, Vice 

 President: 



T. lie Treasurer of the Massachusetts. Horticultural Society: 

 He will never g've 'He g hud.'''' tliough a cood Walker— A 

 modest man, iliough his own Tulips (two- lips) praise him 



By Samuel Walker, Esq., Treasurer of the 

 Society: 



The President of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society : 

 The Wilder tnun the better President He his Marsludied 

 the Socieiy steadily forward in the path of improvement 



By J. E. Teschem.^cher, Corresponding Sec- 

 ire t a ry: 



Success to the soil, and to him who wisely cultivates it. 

 By Joseph Brecic, Chairman of Committee of 

 Arranijementst 



The Masr^athiisetts Horticultural Society : A living picture 

 of the beneficial effects of Industry, Cultivanoii, and fine 

 taste, an emblem of '-Paradise Regained." 



By Otis Johnson: 



T/te City of Baton : The garden in which was first 

 planted the s.ipling of our liberty, and in whose luxuriant 

 soil it has flourished and become a mighty Tree. 



By Josiah Lovett: 



Joseph Bre'k, the Chairman of the Commlltee on Flowers: 

 Like his namesake of olJ. wearing well his coat of many 

 fOlors, and generouly yielding flower idifts to his brethren, 

 even as Joseph filled the sacks of the chihlreu of Jacob. 



By Henry W. Dutton: 



Our Amateur Horticulturists : Thougli they deal largely 



in stocks, they cont-'ive to get hold of those only, which are 

 continually going up. 



By Eben Wight: 



Tlie Golden Age: This fiction of the poets, in regard to 

 the pa.-^t. is prophecy in reference to the future: when every 

 man shall sit under his own vine and eat the fruit of hU own 

 garden. 



By J. L. L. F. Warren: 



This "Luscious Fruit" — these ' 'beaumus flowerS)'" 

 Now .^enl lo bless our j"yoiis hours, 



Were reared by sturdy yenmcTi ; 

 But what the worth of '■•LuscioJts Fruit," 

 Or sweetest JJowers nio.-st earnest suit, 



Without the "smile ofwornan.^'' 



This Fruit, these Flowers — thy sweat and toil 



Are drawn from 'iieath ihe sod, 

 Bui Woman comes from better soil. 



The brightest '"gift of Godf' 



Voltinteer sentiments: 



Tlie Cultivators of tlie Grape: Ry never allowing its pure 

 juice lo become distibcd— they — like the bright and heaven- 

 loving flowers— will weep without woe — and blush Without 

 crime. 



Uncle Sam^s large garden: There is great confusion 

 among its owners — some think it has too great exposure to 

 tile South— others fear an avalanche or' "free soil" from its 

 N'Ttheru hills, mosi have abandoned the Clay ground, a few 

 cling lo its .Viar-ihfield, and many propose to call a Tailor 

 (Tay'or) to be Chief Gardener. May he not scorch the peo- 

 ple with his goose, or make too free wilh the cabbage. 



The A)rple: Worthy of cultivation for its productive qual- 

 ities — two apples make a pair — a dozen of pears cannot make 

 an apple. Even an apple caused a pair to fall in Paradise, 

 from whose seed have sprung many of the "Good Christ- 

 fans," always sound at the core. 



A strange contradiction in Nature : The general effect of 

 cultivation is to improve wild fruit — but if is an anomaly pe- 

 culiar to the town of Dorcliestir, that there the Wilder fruit 

 is the better. 



Flowers of Fancy : The only flowers that culture cannot 

 raise. "' They come unlooked for, if they come at all " 



Woman: If she lost us Paradise bv plucking fruit for 

 the lips, she regained it for us by planting the seeds of virtue 

 in the heart. 



Upon rnotion, the meeting adjourned for three 

 vears; and the assembly dispersed to their several 

 homes, not only to dream of juicy fruits and fra- 

 grant flowers, but feeling that they had the strong- 

 esl incentives to be zealous and active in the dis- 

 semination of that theoretical and practical know- 

 ledge v.diich must become universal before the 

 waste places shall be redeemed, anil the Ancient 

 and Honorable Order of Horticulturists shall rise 

 to their deserved and pristine dijrni'y, their pleas- 

 ing duty being to "dress and keep," no longer a 

 garden "cursed" and infested with "thorns and 

 thistles," but a " Paradise Regained." — Boston 

 Courier, 



Ripening Pears. — Those who have new varie- 

 ties of pears, must bear in mind that many of them 

 •^^mH never exhibit their excellent qualities, unless 

 picked just before maturity, and the ripening com- 

 pleted in the house. Not only must all those liable 

 tn core-rot be treated in this way, but many others. 

 In some eases, certain varieties should be gathered 

 two or three weeks before ripe, to prevent insipidi- 



ty. We suspect the low estimate placed upon the 

 Onondaga or Swan's Orange pear, last autumn at 

 Boston, was in consequence of its not having been 

 taken early enough IVfun the tree, in a peculiar sea- 

 son, as specimens in the possession of the writer, 

 picked three weeks before mellowing, were found 

 fully equal in flavor, when tasted side by side, to the 

 Dix and Louise bonne of Jersey. — Cultivator. 



