THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 



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' Tis held that sorrow makes us ■wise, 

 Yet how much wisdom sleeps with thee. 

 Which not alone had guided me, 



But served the seasons that may rise ; 



And doubtless unto thee is given 



A life that bears immortal fruit, 



In such great offices as suit 

 The full grown energies of Heaven. 



And love will last as pure and whole 



As when he loved me here in time, 



And at the spiritual prime 

 Re-waken with the dawning soul. 



On the Base of the Pedestal is the following : 



THIS MEMORIAL 



Was erected under a resolution passed at Philadelphia, 



in Sept., 1852, by the 



AMERICAN POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 



of which Mr. Downing was one of the 



original founders. 



MARSHALL P. WILDER, Presidem 



The whole monument with its granite plinth is nine feet four inches in hei<!,u8 

 und cost SI .fi^'l 



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