12 TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE. 



Your committee are encouraged in the belief that the time is 

 shortly coming when horticulture will be inseparable with the 

 other great interests of the American Institute. 



We had hoped to revive within the last year those pleasant 

 meetings, discussions, and lectures, which brought together such 

 spirits as Beecher, Bancroft, Greeley, Osgood, and others. 



The happy influence of horticulture is not confined to a house- 

 hold, but its influence extends to neighborhoods, communities, and 

 to nations. 



Our worthy President, by a magnanimous act, has gladdened 

 the hearts of the inmates of many a cottage, who will engrave in 

 tens of thousands of the vines of the Concord grape the name of 

 Horace Greeley. 



We trust that the American Institute will spread out its wings 

 so that this branch of industry — this civilizer of the world — may 

 find a permanent home within its borders. 



WM. S. CARPENTER, ] 



P. T. QUINN, \ CommitUe. 



B. C. TOWNSEND, J 



New York, February 7, 1867. 



