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the property shall revert to the heirs of John A. Washington, the oldest son 

 of the present proprietor. 



" 5th. That the sum of one hundred thousand dollars in money, or United 

 States six per cent, stock, running not less than ten, nor more than twenty 

 years, with interest, payable semi-annually, shall he paid to Mrs. Jane C. 

 Washington, or to her duly authorized agent, upon the conveyance of the 

 property to the United States." 



On such liberal terms as these, it seems almost impossible that the country 

 should not respond as with one voice. The sum of $ 100,000, though 

 seemingly large for 150 acres of land, should not be estimated, when we re- 

 flect that the spot is consecrated by the remains of one, who was " first in 

 the hearts of his countrymen," and every true patriot should look upon it as 

 of no moment in itself. Two monuments are already proposed to his mem- 

 ory, — one in New York, and the other in Washington City, — and either of 

 which will cost far more than the sum required for the purchase of Mount 

 Vernon. Yet, though laudable as these objects are, in all their pomp of ap- 

 pearance, they can never awaken those patriotic feelings which must well 

 up in the bosom of every individual who treads the ground hallowed as the 

 birthplace of Washington — endeared as the home of his declining years, and 

 consecrated by the deposit of his sacred remains. We hope that our own 

 Legislature may move in the matter, and pass a resolution approving of the 

 noble object. — Ed. 



Art. III. Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 



Saturday, Feb. 26th. — Exhibited. — Flowers : From the President of the 

 Society, Princess Adelaide, a new yellow tea rose, Pierre de St. Cyr, 

 (Bourbon,) and Comptesse de Belleveau roses; also Cyprip^dum insigne, 

 and a small slip of Spiraea prunifolia fl. pi. alba, with one or two flowers 

 expanded. From Ed. Burns, gardener to S. Bigelow, handsome seedling 

 cinerarias and pansies. From P. Barnes, cut flowers of seedling azaleas. 



March Ath. — Exhibited. — Flowers : From W. Quant, two splendid plants, 

 with eight or ten spikes of flowers each, of Bletia Tankervillffi. 



The committee made the following award : — 



Gratuity. — To Wm. Quant, for fine specimens ofBletw TankervillcE, $3. 



March llth. — Exhibited. — Flowers: From Messrs. Hovey & Co., six 

 splendid varieties of Chinese azaleas, as follows : — Leucomegtstre, trium- 

 phans. Smith's fiilgens, Speciosissimus. New Seedling white. 



Award of premiums, as follows : — 



Azaleas. — To Messss. Hovey & Co., for the best six varieties of aza- 

 leas, $6. 



March 25th. — Exhibited. — Flowers: From Azell Bowditch, five very 

 fine bouquets, composed of the rarest and most fragrant flowers, put togeth- 

 er in very good style. Also, three varieties white tea roses, and fine speci- 

 mens of the perpetual clove pink. From W. Quant, two specimens of a red 



