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occasion to cite. It is well known that it was not as a_ botanist 
merely that he studied the vegetables of North America, but that 
he applied himself to observe and describe their specific qualities 
and economical uses. With his name and his efforts are connected all 
the essays made in France and in Germany for the naturalizing in 
Europe of American trees. It is to him that the inhabitants of the 
United States themselves have begun to owe a more perfect knowl- 
edge of their own riches; and his benevolent cdoperation will be 
sufficient to recommend to public interest the exotic part of the for- 
est establishment, that we propose to form. 
But it is not enough to furnish proprietors with new sources of 
wealth and enjoyment; it is necessary that they should be taught 
touse them. In an address. delivered at the last public sitting 
of a society that has been obliged to suspend its useful labors, we at- 
tempted to show of what importance horticulture is to every one, and 
would be to us, such as has been conceived, brought forward and 
practiced before us, an enlightened and liberal nation, and what 
would be the advantages of its union with the kindred sciences, that 
18 to say, of practice with observation, of labor with study, of intel- 
ligence with industry. Soon afterwards we had the happiness to see 
formed a Horticultural Society, similar to those of England. . It shed 
around a sudden light; its utility was understood; the object of its 
labors was appreciated, and new ideas gave it favor. We are happy 
day to connect our institution with such favorable circumstances, 
and to meet new wants, which are most sensibly felt. We will con- 
Cur with all our power and all our devotedness to diffuse, for the 
benefit of proprietors, instruction among laborers ; to inspire, for the 
benefit of laborers, the taste for cultivation among proprietors. This 
laste is the most natural to man, the best adapted to interest him ; it 
Me that, which connects itself most happily with serious ideas by what 
it has of reality, with virtuous pleasures by what it has delightful and 
pure. There is certainly no lack of materials for horticulture. Ve- 
getable matter, in its application to the wants of man, is the theatre, 
n which are displayed two equally useful branches of industry, agri- 
culture and horticulture. ‘These two branches, so nearly related to 
each other, are enlightened, in their parallel progress, by a series of 
Seneral ideas, equally applicable to both. But agriculture operates 
Y on large masses; its labors are extended, but uniform as the 
Plains it cultivates ; and its meditations, serious and peaceful, still 
leave much leisure to our minds. Horticulture, on the contrary, 
