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vated, till not a fruit or a flower shall dissipate its fragrance, nor " waste 

 its sweetness on the desert air." 



VOLUNTEERS. 



By the President, Hon. H. A. S. Dearborn. Intelligence and 

 Industry the only conservators of the Republic. 



By the Hon. Thomas L. Winthrop. The Massachusetts Horticul- 

 tural Society the intelligence and zeal manifested in its infancy are 

 sure presages of its future usefulness and prosperity. 



By the Hon. Harrison Gray Otis, Mayor of the City. The standard 

 principles which our fathers planted in the old garden of Massachu- 

 setts may the taste and fashion, introduced from the old world, come 

 free from the canker worm and rot. 



From several gentlemen invited and expected, letters were received, 

 expressing their respect and interest in regard to the Society, but 

 declining to accept the invitation to attend on this occasion. Among 

 these were Mr LINCOLN, Governor of Massachusetts, J. Q,. ADAMS, 

 Ex-President of the United States, JOSEPH STORY, Justice of the 

 Supreme Court of the United States, JOHN LOWELL, Esq., Sir ISAAC 

 COFFIN, Commodore MORRIS, JOSIAH QUINCY, President of Harvard 

 University, BENJAMIN GORHAM, M. D. and Gen. WADSWORTH, of 

 New York. Judge STORY sent the following sentiment : 



The Massachusetts Horticultural Society, whose excellence is 

 proved by the best of maxims ; " by their fruits ye shall know them." 



Mr LOWELL transmitted the following : 



The Horticultural Society of Massachusetts I give it welcome, as 

 the proper means, the best means, the only means of concentrating the 

 individual skill of our excellent and intelligent cultivators may its 

 success equal my hopes, it cannot exceed them. 



Sent by JACOB LORRILLARD, Esq. President of the New York 

 Horticultural Society: 



Massachusetts A trunk whose distinguished branches produce good 

 fruits in every state of the Union. 



Transmitted by WM. PRINCE, Esq. Vice President of the New 

 York Horticultural Society, and a generous patron of the Massachu- 

 setts Horticultural Society : 



The State of Massachusetts First in achieving the independence of 

 our country, and foremost in developing the independence of her soil. 



Transmitted by WM. ROBERT PRINCE, Esq. of the New York 

 Horticultural Society. 



The spirit of Horticulture Which strews our paths with the sweets 

 of Flora, and loads our tables with the offerings of Pomona. 



By Dr. Bigelow, Corresponding Secretary of the Society. In allusion 

 to a sentiment expressed by the President in his Address. 



That department of the Horticulturist, in which all citizens are 

 interested, the Seminan/. 



By Mr Emmons, Recording Secretary. Horticulture The first 

 employment of man : may every day's experience convince him that 

 it is the best. 



By the Hon. Daniel Webster, a member of the Society, accompanied 

 by some pertinent introductory remarks upon the high professional 



